My name's Mathilde and today's my birth
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I'm premature, it'll be my only time being early
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I don't know what to expect, is my life gonna be gentle
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Come on, I'm falling asleep for my first dream
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Life seems easy, I've just turned four
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I got in the wrong line, I wanted to be with the big kids
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I hid under the table, someone stole my schoolbag
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No, I must've had a bad dream
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I changed my style, I've just turned seven
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Am I a boy or a girl, why does nobody understand me
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And as soon as the bell rings for recess, I get insulted
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No, I must've had a bad dream
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I keep growing, today I'm nine
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What are they gonna give me, how many people will be there
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But on my party night, there was actually no party
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No, I must've had a bad dream
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Here I am, sixth grade, I'm finally eleven
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I don't fit their system, I learn way too easily
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I'm bored in every class, they're already mapping out my path
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No, I must've had a bad dream
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I look at the girls a bit, I'm now fourteen
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My eyes shine, should I tell my parents
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They smashed my head in the snow in front of the whole school
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No, I must've had a bad dream
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At last it's high school, I'm almost sixteen
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I like kissing her, I don't give a damn what people think
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Why did she leave me when I loved her so much
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No, I must've had a bad dream
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I'm afraid to go home, yet I'm eighteen
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I just failed my BAC, how do I tell mom
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I won't go to college and my résumé will be blank
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No, I must've had a bad dream
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I sing in the street, I'm celebrating nineteen
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I feel I'm evolving, why do they put me down all the time
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Everybody thinks I'm screwed, I wonder if I'm lying to myself
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No, I just wanted to live my dream
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I hit a techno party, it's cool, I'm twenty
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I do drugs a bit too much, I'm living in the moment
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F*ck, everything overwhelms me, the panic attacks start
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No, I must've had a bad dream
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I sing 'Ta Marinière', I'm better, I'm twenty-one
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At the end of the concerts, the crowd waits for me
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But when I ride home in a cab, where are my old friends
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I must've had a bad dream
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I own who I am, I've just turned twenty-three
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I want love in my country, I want people to really see me
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I kiss a woman at the Victoires, after that it's a nightmare
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No, I must've had a bad dream
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They attack my looks, I'm barely twenty-four
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I make music, there's nothing scary about that
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Meanness is free but effort will get paid
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I must've had a bad dream
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Life tackles me hard at twenty-five
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My illness wears a cape and gnaws at my eardrums
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I won't be Hoshi forever, I'll have to live without your screams
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Nah, I must've had a bad dream
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And it keeps going, I'm still twenty-five
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My grandpa leaves one night and leaves behind a big void
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I didn't get life, now I'll have to get death
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I must've had a bad dream
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My name's Mathilde and today I'm twenty-six
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My heart's an umbrella, my body's full of feelings
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I'm putting out a new album, will it reach people
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I hope so, I just wanna live my dream
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I must've had a bad dream
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I must've had a bad dream
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I must've had a bad dream
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I must've had a bad dream
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I must've had a bad dream
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I must've had a bad dream