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Padam padam
This tune that obsesses me day and night
This tune is not born today
It comes from as far back as I do
Dragged by a hundred thousand musicians
One day, this tune will drive me mad
A hundred times I wanted to say why
But it cut me off
It always speaks before me
And its voice covers mine
Padam... padam... padam...
It comes a-running after me
Padam... padam... padam...
It reminds me of the past
Padam... padam... padam...
It's a tune that's pointing at me
And I carry around like a strange mistake
This tune that knows everything by heart
It says, "Remember your loves,
Remember, since it's your turn
There's no reason for you not to cry
With your memories on your arms."
And I see those who remain
My twenties beat like a drum
I see gestures clashing
All the comedy of loves
On this tune that always goes
Padam... padam... padam...
"I love yous" on Bastille Day
Padam... padam... padam...
"Always's" that we buy cut-rate
Padam... padam... padam...
Those "aplenty's and galore's" in packs
And all that to end up just around the corner
On the tune that recognized me
Listen to the ruckus it makes
As if my entire past was passing by
You have to save some sorrow for later
I have a whole solfeggio on this tune that beats
That beats like a wooden heart
Elian E.
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