That's it, they blew up the Eiffel Tower
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That's it, they blew up the Eiffel Tower
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We didn't think they'd dare, but the damage is done
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How did we get here? Hard to believe
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The night was calm, they only bombed three times
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I went up to Paris to see my girlfriend
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War grabbed us by the collar, dragged us out of routine
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Swapped flowers for tears, whispers for screams
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Her building was hit, I didn't find her under the debris
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I'm going back empty-handed, catching the first train to join my family
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The departure's set for tomorrow morning
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People can do wonders and the craziest horrors
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It's been four days since I heard from Oli
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We've smashed our ivory towers
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I only knew it through history books
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I'm watching over the family, yeah, our parents are getting old
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We pack buses, block roads, protect ourselves however we can
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And the crowd flees those lunatics without straightjackets
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They say they're executing people in Capitole Square
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Four tickets for a ferry, one chance to get away
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A new life on the other side of the Mediterranean
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The bullets taunt us, we're scared of being in the wrong place
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My brother told me, If I don't come back, leave without me
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Hard to stay informed, they cut the network
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It's almost four days since I heard from Flo
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Of course the noise of packed carriages keeps me awake
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Some put their whole house at the bottom of a little bag
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The train stops and starts, makes me nauseous
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We did in two days what used to take six hours
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I have to meet the family at the port of Marseille, but I'm late
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I think they'll leave without me, what a nightmare
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No big deal, I'll catch up with them by dinghy
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No signal, impossible to get a single bar
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I see a child on the ground, ask her if she's alone
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She says she saw her parents lying under shrouds
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People can do wonders and the craziest horrors
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It's almost six days since I heard from Oli
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Heading for Marseille A pile of everything in the hold
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We pretend not to see all the bodies along the road
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The cities have changed, life and horror so fast
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The subways are dormitories, the cinemas hospitals
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On the pier, we push and cram at the front
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Suddenly the ferry shows up, some would kill for a spot inside
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On board, I cry over the state of this world
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We waited for my brother till the very last second
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We don't want to be over there, we just want to be somewhere else
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Finally breathe like the morning after a nightmare
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The boat starts, I stare at its wake on the water
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It's nearly seven days since I heard from Flo
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I reach the port of Marseille with the little girl in my arms
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Almost a day late, they've all left without me
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But I have a smuggler's contact, a beach and a time
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More than thirty of us, crammed in, of course we don't travel alone
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He tells me Pick the girl or your bag to lighten the load
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Then I empty my pockets and give him everything I have left
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And here I am, actor in a strange fable
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Chasing paradise on an inflatable boat, we sail far from here
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And the bigger the waves get, the smaller our hope becomes
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And it rocks, and it rocks, some fall into the beast's belly
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Here we are in the middle of a storm
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In a second, the girl slips from me and dives
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I hear her screams carried off by the roaring sea
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Rain, salt and tears mix together
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A woman grabs my hips and drags me into the dance
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The boat flips, we cling and we sink
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Our cries for help are lost in the swell
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To think not long ago I was with my friends
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We went from bar to bar all night long
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My lungs fill with water and my eyes close
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My soul blows out its lantern
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People can do wonders and the craziest horrors
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I'll never get news of Oli again
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The boat docks, first sight, barbed wire
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My brother never told me about that
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More guns and body armor
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They make us sign papers in a language we don't speak
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They search us, disinfect us like animals
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They separate us from my father, no time for a last word
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In temporary camps, blankets, a mattress
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A guy from Nice tells me he's been here for months
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I already miss Toulouse, my mother falls asleep in my arms
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She keeps whispering that Flo will join us
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The heat is suffocating, we've emptied every bottle
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In the paper I learn they blew up the Eiffel Tower
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Next day they pack us into buses
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Stacked on top of each other, the weak with the strong
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Hundreds of crazies escort our departure
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Fists raised in the air, shouts, dirty looks
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I meet the eyes of a guy yelling with fervor
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It's the first time on the trip I'm really scared
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I can only see him in the middle of the crowd
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On his sign it says Go back home
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(But I'm sorry, we can't take in all the French
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We can't take in all the French
They're arriving by the thousands
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If they had a shred of honor
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They'd go back to their country and fight for France
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They'd fight to defend their family and their honor
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That's how it is, I'm sorry
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We come, we come from Nantes, and they've destroyed everything
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Everything destroyed in Nantes, nothing left
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We had, we had everything there, we've lost all we had
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Uh, I don't know what to do, I don't even know where to go
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I've lost some people from my family
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Today, most of the problems our country faces
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It's the French's fault
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I'm sorry, before they came to us everything was fine
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So we can't take people in either)