Lyrics and translation Alain Chamfort - Exister

Exister

Exister ça te tombe dessus
Comme un grain un soir d′automne
Exister n'est pas un dû
On arrive comme un intrus
La veille il n′y avait personne
Exister n'est pas un dû
Ça demande un camion-grue
Tellement parfois ça pèse des tonnes
Exister quel sport de rue
Sur ces pas de badmington
Exister on est prévenu
Fabrique des champions déchus
Des jeunes qui ramassent leurs couronnes
Exister on est prévenu
Un beau jour on en peut plus
Et malgré tout on s'y cramponne
Exister, si j′avais su
Aurais-je décliner la donne
Exister c′est incongru
Est-ce l'oeuvre du hasard nu
Ou celle d′un dieu qui tâtonne
Exister c'est incongru
Problème à deux inconnus
Deux oxygènes et un carbone
Exister c′est déjà vu
Y'en a qui se désabonnent
Exister comme on a pu
Sans le moindre tohu-bohu
Sans vagues ni coup de klaxon
Exister comme on a pu
Puis partir comme on est venu
Comme un grain d′une nuit d'automne
Exister comme on a pu
Sans le moindre tohu-bohu
Sans vagues ni coup de klaxon
Exister comme on a pu
Puis partir comme on est venu
Comme un grain d'une nuit d′automne

To Exist

Existence falls upon you,
Like a seed in autumn's fall.
Existence isn't something you're owed,
We arrive as an intruder.
The day before, there was no one.
Existence isn't something you're owed,
It requires a crane.
Sometimes, it weighs tons.
Existence, what a street sport,
On the steps of a badminton court.
We are warned about existence,
It creates fallen champions.
The young who pick up their crowns.
We are warned about existence,
One day, we can't take it anymore,
And yet, we cling onto it.
To exist, if I had known,
Would I have declined the hand that had been dealt?
To exist is absurd,
Is it the work of pure chance,
Or that of a God who fumbles?
To exist is absurd,
A problem for two strangers,
Two oxygens and a carbon.
To exist is something we've seen before,
Some unsubscribe.
To exist as best we can,
Without any fuss,
Without waves or the sound of horns.
To exist as best we can,
Then to leave as we arrived,
Like a seed on an autumn night.
To exist as best we can,
Without any fuss,
Without waves or the sound of horns.
To exist as best we can,
Then to leave as we arrived,
Like a seed on an autumn night.