Convinced of having lived
Each of us thinks we possess the
Monopoly of suffering
We proudly display our scars
And we like to remind how much
Our lives are sad and cruel
We are the navel of the world and
Everyone claims to have grown up in
The shadow of happiness we make our movie
In the noise of our complaints there are so many
People that we no longer hear crying
You know, we don't just suffer in the suburbs
Everywhere you can read the same
Lack of love in the eyes
Even in the beautiful neighborhoods
Smiles are masks
We don't buy happiness without one
Day time unmask us
Distress has no color, wake up:
Under how many white skins
Does pain hide?
Everyone has their secrets, walled in silence
These internal hemorrhages that make us
Cry in silence

You can suffer without coming from the suburbs
Everywhere you can read the same
Lack of love in the eyes
To each his own ghetto, everyone carries his burden
You can grow up in the open air
But like behind bars

Chronic malaise, our pains that we drag
We hope they disappear but
In fact they hibernate
In the winter of our wounds
Our heart contains it
It's a pain without reprieve
For life it's firm
And we hide to cry
If we smile at the world
It's hoping to deceive it
Because deep down
Who can really know what kills us
And what we are?
People are content to compare themselves
Right?
Suffering without being able to say it is worse
I still have the chance to write it
So I sing for those
Who die from their living
In silent dramas
Bulimia of pain, anorexia of happiness
Everyone hums their life in E minor
Even minor
Everyone has their secrets, walled in silence
These internal hemorrhages that make us
Cry in silence

You can suffer without coming from the suburbs
Everywhere you can read the same
Lack of love in the eyes
To each his own ghetto, everyone carries his burden
You can grow up in the open air
But like behind bars

Never believe you are the only one
To cry enough to flood the ground
Some wrap their sadness
In a shroud but alone
They end up crying like the willow
Listen to the hearts beat, they go boom-boom
To the rhythm of fears, boom, boom
Everyone carries his burden
Hearts freeze and take
Pretense as coats
When others retreat into violence
Hide behind arrogance
Translate their sadness by insolence
People hide their pains
Stand up like trees
But their branches are made of clay
Crystal under marble
The deadly wounds are those
That we cannot confide
If we feel suffocated
It's because we try to stifle them
Everyone has their secrets, walled in silence
These internal hemorrhages that make us
Cry in silence

You can suffer without coming from the suburbs
Everywhere you can read the same
Lack of love in the eyes
To each his own ghetto, everyone carries his burden
You can grow up in the open air
But like behind bars

Paris, we cry in silence
New York, we cry in silence
Kinshasa, we cry in silence
Palestine, we cry in silence

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