Zazie + Axel Bauer - A ma place
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Was she in my shoes, stronger than a man,
at the end of these impasses where she leaves me?
To live in hell or to die in battle:
Do I have to go to such lengths to please her?
Is it possible for me to handle this?
Is it possible for us to forgive each other?
Is it possible for us to love each other
for who we are?
Does he put himself in my shoes sometimes
when my wings crumple
and my islands drown?
I bend under the weight,
bend under the weight
of this sort of woman
that he wants me to be.
I would like to be a beauty without sleeping in the woods.
I would like to be a queen, not a shadow of the king.
Do I have to submit?
Do I have to bleed
for him to love me
for who I am?
Could he make sure
(For me, could she make,)
to open the door sometimes? [or "open the door a bit?"]
(even if it's just a step,)
Could he also make
(Another effort,)
a gesture, take a step towards me?
(a step towards me?)
I'm not waiting for you to be the same,
I'm not waiting for you to understand me,
Only for you to love me for who I am.
Does she put herself in my shoes sometimes?
What do I have to do for her to see me?
Live through hell? Die in battle?
Do you want me to be something that I'm not?
I want to risk the effort of looking you in the eye,
but silence is deadly, and yours freezes me.
My soulmate looks for the differences [??? "mon âme soeur cherche l'erreur"]
And my blood is draining, and you are afraid.
Do I have to teach you
(I'm not asking for anything.)
about the troubled waters where I spend my time?
(Where you're going, where you've been.)
Do you truly have to know
(everything you're hiding)
everything in my past?
(in your past)
I'm not waiting for you to be the same;
I'm not waiting for you to understand me,
Only that you love me
Only that you love me
For who I am.
When I doubt,
When I fall,
And when the road is too long,
When at times I'm not
what you wish of me,
What do you want me to do then?
WHat would you do in my shoes?