Life spoiled me like nobody else
I had it easy, I had fun
Overdoing it like crazy without ever really paying attention
I went around the planet ten times
In trucks and jumbo jets
Whether I was in Brussels or Candiac, I had a f*cking blast
I sang in the biggest halls
From Paris all the way to Montreal
I soaked up the warmth
Of glory and its spotlights
And one day, life catches up with us
Like an eighteen-wheeler slamming into us
Youth surrenders, weary, under the weight of the passing years
Health on the slow fader, I look in vain for a glimmer
A little ray to hang on to
In the cracks of a faded glory
I don't want your pity or anything else
My life was way cooler than yours
But my body worn to the bone
Tonight, it's my own shadow
That, silently, will leave the stage
Gently setting down the mic
Tonight, it's my own shadow
That, silently, will leave the stage
To cross to the other side of the curtain
Are we at the end of the show?
I think it's the end of the show
Karl, is it the end of the show?
Yeah, we're at the end of the show
So that's that, here we are
I'd have taken more, it's already the terminus
I who loved life so much, it's all over
I'm tired, I can't sing anymore
I'm sick of it and my heart's not in it
I've reached the very end of my road
My star is dying, down comes the curtain
Tonight, the old singer has played his last show
Kill the follow spot and the lights
No, I don't need to be lit anymore
I'm leaving through the back door
On tiptoe, I dive into the Universe
I could say with a smile
"Ok, all right, I had one hell of a ride"
"And I've got no regret" but that's not quite true
Because in the end, I hurt myself
Burning my wings as much as the candle
Often, my death instinct was stronger
In my fallow mind, I dream of rest
No hope on the bill, I've given my last show
Kill the follow spot and the lights
No, I don't need to be lit anymore
I'm leaving through the back door
On tiptoe, I dive into the Universe
What's after the end of the show?
Is it cool or is it radio silence?
What's after the end of the show?
Farewell, brothers in tears and blood
Or should I say into nothingness?
Because when the show is over
There's nothing on the other side of the curtain
No guided tour in a lit tunnel
No hell or paradise, all that's f*cking bullsh*t
That's what happens at the end of the show
That's what happens at the end of the show
Whether it's stellar or ordinary
Every life ends the same way
It's the only justice on Earth
All equal in the graveyard
Whether it's stellar or ordinary
Every life ends the same way
It's the only justice on Earth
All equal in the graveyard
That's what happens at the end of the show
That's what happens at the end of the show
Whether it's stellar or ordinary
Every life ends the same way
That's what happens at the end of the show
No guided tour in a lit tunnel
That's what happens at the end of the show
That's what happens at the end of the show
That's what happens at the end of the show
Kill the follow spot and the lights
No, I don't need to be lit anymore
I'm leaving through the back door
For the Universe to swallow me