À ma place [English translation]

[Axel Bauer]

Would she be, in my place,

Stronger than a man,

At the end of these impasses,

Where she abandons me?

To live through hell

To die in combat

Must I, to please her,

Go this far?

Could it be that I reach it?

Could we forgive each other?

Could it be that we love each other

For what we are?

[Zazie]

Does he put himself in my place

Sometimes

When my wings are torn

And my islands are drowned?

I'm bending under the weight

Bending under the weight

Of this half-a-woman

That he wants me to be.

I'd like to be the beauty

But not sleeping in the woods,

I'd like to be the queen,

But not the king's shadow.

Must I give in,

Must I bleed,

For him to love me, too,

For what I am?

[Zazie]

Could he try

[Axel Bauer]

Would she take, for me

[Zazie]

To open the door a little

[Axel Bauer]

Just one step

[Zazie]

Would he do it again

[Axel Bauer]

One more try

[Zazie]

A gesture, a step toward me

[Axel Bauer]

A step toward me

[Zazie et Axel Bauer]

I don't expect you,

To be the same as me.

I don't expect you,

To understand me.

But only that you love me,

For what I am.

[Axel Bauer]

Does she put herself in my place,

Sometimes?

What must I do,

For her to see me?

To live through hell,

To die in combat.

Do you want to make me,

Something I'm not?

I'm willing to make an effort

To look you in the eyes

But the silence is dead

And yours is freezing me.

My soulmate,

Looks for the error.

The more my blood empties,

The more afraid you are.

[Axel Bauer]

Must I teach you?

[Zazie]

I'm not asking a thing

[Axel Bauer]

The trouble waters I'm lurking in

[Zazie]

Where you're going or where you came from

[Axel Bauer]

Do you truly need to know

[Zazie]

Everything you're hiding

[Axel Bauer]

The doubt inside of me

[Zazie]

Inside of you

[Zazie et Axel Bauer]

I don't expect you,

To be the same as me.

I don't expect you,

To understand me.

But only that you love me,

Only that you love me,

For what I am.

When I doubt,

When I fall,

And when the road,

Is too long,

When sometimes,

I'm not,

What you expect me to be,

What do you want,

Us to do then?

What would you have done,

In my place?

• Artist:Axel Bauer
• Album:Personne n'est parfait