La Morale [English translation]

[verse 1]

You were always the most popular of the group

For you I'll come up with a phrase, I was proud of your answer

In the evening, I kept myself by my bedroom window

Downing beers in your aunty's car

We were the masters of lying around

As if the Earth had something in store for us

Maybe we have to stop waiting for it

What is stoping you waiting for it, and pulls it elsewhere

Becoming part of the average idiots, that was our worst nightmare

We wasted our time to escape our futures

Wishing on a shooting star is easier when you live the night

Sadist with an angel's head, a strange charisma

You enslaved more girls than human trafficking

You wanted to become a Basketball player

And you were disheartened, when you understood that you weren't the best

Just like everyone else, now you search your youth to face your fears,

On a mountain of errors.

[Refrain]

I feel like I'm giving a lecture

And it annoys me when I do,

But I feel like it's going badly

Even if I can't do much.

[verse 2]

How many carriages, how many trains have you missed?

What can be done to catch them?

stretched out in fifteen square metres

To ask you where the last ten years have gone

You live on aid, you live on the edge

You can't bear more than your room, if you do, you become upset

The days all resemble each other, you wake up

With a lump in your stomach, you take a stroll through town

As if you had things to do there

You hand out a CV, to have a clear conscience

But you would surely have better luck

Finding a job, writing your name at the top of a blank sheet

The carefree girls wanted to live a life of passion

Now they want to have a family, a stable job

Any date becomes a mission

When your mind slows, annihilated by idleness

[Refrain]

[verse 3]

You would like to change, rearrange yourself

It's hard to face the truth

Your bad habits are almost a pride

Your flaws have become your personality

You wanna fuck it all up, you become solemn

You fall into the lie, begin to panic

Beware who you turn to for comfort

You could find anything while out feeling sorry for yourself.

[Refrain]

[Outro]

"Orelsan - Hello ?

Gringe - Yeah it's Gringe, how are you ?

O. - I'm ok, how are you ?

G. - Yeah I'm ok. Hey tell me, I listened to that song before : your not speaking about me, are you?

O. - Ah... Euh... Nahh !

G. - ok good?

O. - Do you want to do a song together?

G. - Okay !"

• Artist:Orelsan
• Album:Le Chant des Sirènes