Destinée [English translation]

He took the life that his parents gave him

Learnt to cry because life is complicated

Been betrayed because at school it's compulsory

Learnt life because it was his destiny

He took the life because he was not the strongest

Learnt to cry that the weak are always wrong

Been betrayed because we say silence is golden

Learnt life but paid a high price for it

He took the blows that his parents gave himl

Offered his cheek because life is complicated

Said nothing at all because at school it is compulsory

Still standing because it was his fate

He took the blows because he wasn't the strongest

Offered his cheek because the weak are always wrong

Said nothing at all because we say silence is golden

Still standing but paid a high price for it

Took the advice of those who know how to advise

Took the tool because you have to learn a trade

Had worries because you have to pay your rent

But not submissive because it was his fate

Took the advice because the choices aren't that many

Took the tool because one doesn't live out of thin air

Had worries because one has to have kids

But not submissive because nobody is a giant

Little jobs of those who know how to advise

Beans because you have to have a job

Married too early because one has to pay one's rent

Without bending over because it was his fate

Little jobs because the choices aren't that many

Beans because one doesn't live out of thin air

Married too early because one has to have kids

Without bending over because no one is a giant

Made his life like others are afraid of drowning

Successful, his two children are graduates

Took the rifle to wage war as a conscript

Come back wounded because it was his fate

Laughing at everything as if it were the solution

Come back insane like the three roses on his balcony

Took the rifle in the middle of his living room

He left before finishing his furrow

Standing up as for a war as a conscript

Offered his cheek that his parents gave him

Took the rifle of those who know how to drown

He fired because it was his fate

• Artist:Pierre Bachelet