Effets Secondaires [English translation]
Effets Secondaires [English translation]
In this time of confinement
We took a little break
Far from the insane rush
we opened our eyes
On this time of confusion, sometimes it feels good to get back to thinking even if it's not by choice
So between the cries of children and school work
Between the mask and the gloves, between fear and anger
Seeing the leaders freak out in their chaotic management
In this time of confinement, we ask ourselves some questions
And now…
What if this virus had many other virtues other than attacking our vulnerable lungs
What if it was also trying to show us
that our lifestyles have become harmful?
What If we have to save our lives by staying at home
finally letting the Earth recover what we took from her
Nature makes its law by taking back its rights
Taking revenge on our arrogance and contempt
And is it not a coincidence that this vile virus
Does not attack the youngest people , does not harm children ?
It only attacks adults who are responsible for this world
It condemns our drifts and avoids the innocents
This adult world has become so feverish
The established order shattered into pieces
Earthlings are reminded they are human and fragile
And maybe they feel it is time to sort things out
And what if this virus had many other powers
Other than to attack our respiratory systems
What if it was also trying to awaken our memories
On the values forgotten behind our ambitions?
We suddenly find ourselves similar, united
All in the same boat to confront the virus
It was a little less the case to fight poverty
We were less united to welcome the aquarius
What if this virus had the enormous gift of reminding us of what is really essential to us?
Travelling, going out, money are no longer the norm
And from our windows we learn to look at the sky again
We have time for family, we slow down work
And even with the outside, we reinforce our ties
We reinvent our rituals, full of ideas, full of discoveries
And every day we check in on our elders
And what if this virus was showing us who are the real heroes ?
Those who were already working in our distant thoughts
Only now they make the headlines in the papers
While the CAC 40 is in quarantine
Long before Corona hospitals were suffocating
They were coughing misery and saturation
Our leaders discover there is cause for concern
Now that there is a queue in intensive care
We suddenly recognize those who help us to live
When the state suffocates all of our public services
Those who clean the streets, who transport and deliver
We rediscover the transparents of the republic
And now…
So when this virus leaves as it came
What will be left is its side effects
What we will gain with all that we have lost?
Will our dead have had a worthwhile fate?
And now…
And now…
And now…
And now...
- Artist:Grand Corps Malade