Dans le Mercure [English translation]

(And if we set the sails...?)

(And if we set the sails...?)

A bit of freedom under a cheerful sky.

It's not much asking to hear nothing but the wind.

To leave the quarrels to the madmen on the chessboard

and us, small pawns, to stop turning the cheek.

To drink to the gossipy mermaids' health.

To stop looking back, making fun of the time that goes by.

To have on our bedheads a moon as full as an egg

and to allow new blood to run through our hearts.

Hey, hey, hey, hey.

And if we set the sails

and went on an adventure?

If we let stars fly

farther beyond the walls?

And if we set the sails

and loosened our belts up?

Life wouldn't be that bad

a bit up higher, on Mercury.

Life wouldn't be that bad

a bit up higher.

Because a pearly smile is worth a dozen made of concrete.

Because we're going to choke if we don't let go of the pressure.

The sun is sacred and, above all, sacredly good.

Why not turn it on for more than one season?

Here we've cleaned too much but the tiles are still dirty.

We've bought everything yet we all feel so lonely.

It seems like beauty is a sky full of stars,

so why staying here and continuing with our foul mood?

Hey, hey, hey, hey.

And if we set the sails

and went on an adventure?

If we let stars fly

farther beyond the walls?

And if we set the sails

and loosened our belts up?

Life wouldn't be that bad

a bit up higher, on Mercury.

Life wouldn't be that bad

a bit up higher, on Mercury.

Life wouldn't be that bad

a bit up higher.

We're not a pack, we're not cattle.

Our hearts are too big, they're always one size bigger.

We want a life underwater, surely not along the tracks,

and we dream in detail with their love in abundance.

Hey, hey, hey, hey.

(And if we set the sails...?)

(And if we set the sails...?)

(And if we set the sails...?)

Life wouldn't be that bad

a bit up higher.

And if we set the sails

and went on an adventure?

If we let stars fly

farther beyond the walls?

And if we set the sails

and loosened our belts up?

Life wouldn't be that bad

a bit up higher, on Mercury.

Life wouldn't be that bad

a bit up higher.

Life wouldn't be that bad

a bit up higher.

Life wouldn't be that bad

a bit up higher, on Mercury.

• Artist:Natasha St-Pier
• Album:Bonne Nouvelle (2012)