It's one of those days, marked with a cross
With a black indelible marker
The kind of day that will be told
In forty years to his little girl
Religions set aside
Just humans following each other
And defending their freedoms
I am French before being Jewish

It's never been so crazy
To see a whole people standing
It's never been so long
Between Republic and Nation

It's one of those days that will be written
In all history textbooks
The silence louder than the screams
Fear smothered by hope
The locals open their windows
Like an advent calendar
There's something being born
There will be an after, a before

Like a one-way street
Between Nation and Republic
Like a boulevard turned pedestrian
Between Republic and Nation

When you want to kill a newspaper
You die at the printing press
Even chance makes its moral
So that in full mourning we smile
Make humor and not war
Hands clapping in unison
I hear the barriers breaking
It's the most beautiful of songs

It will always be a shame
A Marseillaise, in full tribute
We are always a bit foolish
Between Republic and Nation

Not everyone is Charlie Hebdo
Too many prophets, fathers, saints
But today Charlie is showing off
With his drawing pencil
Held high towards the sky
The subscribers, the infidels
The fighters of the amalgam
French before being Muslim

It will forever be historic
We even applauded the cops
And I cried with emotion
Between Republic and Nation
Between Republic and Nation
Between Republic and Nation
Between Republic and Nation
Between Republic and Nation

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