Pic et pic [English translation]

I wake up

Everything's the same

The same discourse and the same decor

All these mornings

Mean nothing

It's time to shout louder

Don't tell me

That's the way it is

That there are plenty more unfortunate than me

That we must pray

And thank heaven for all we owe to it

Pic et pic 1 in body and soul

At their turn to sleep outdoors

For my part, I'm going to dream of my fate

Pic et pic at the end of blades

At this destiny which has been wrong

To want to leave us on the edge

The night is watching me

I'm not tired

I live desire without the commonplace

I have to think, imagine

I have my whole life to remake

We wake up

The sun is shining

The world isn't quite the same

We will sing

We will drink to the new ideas which we're sowing

Pic et pic in body and soul

At their turn to sleep outdoors

For my part, I'm going to dream of my fate

Pic et pic at the end of blades

At this destiny which has been wrong

To want to leave us on the edge

Enough with breaking us, with leaving us on the side

I'm tired of these affronts which drag me to the bottom

Finish these litanies which constantly deny our insomnias

Hell was yesterday, tonight our dreams are hard as iron

Enough with flattering us, with throwing us away like over-played

toys of the one who lies

They have betrayed so many vows

Think!

Of all the chores which we can no longer get rid of

Hell was yesterday, tonight our dreams are hard as iron

Pic et pic et amstramgram

At their turn to sleep outdoors

For my part, I'm going to dream of my fate

Pic et pic at the end of blades

At this destiny which has been wrong

To want to leave us on the edge

To want to leave us on the edge

1. References the words of a French children's song/counting game: "Am, stram, gram,

Pic et pic et colégram". I felt it was easier to leave these bits untranslated, as they're difficult to render properly in English - like trying to translate "Eeny, meeny, miny, moe"

• Artist:1789, les Amants de la Bastille (Musical)
• Album:1789 : les Amants de la Bastille