stacey kent - Le mal de vivre

[00:11.96] It arrived without warning, it came from far away

[00:16.08] It walked from shore to shore, a pout on its lips

[00:22.68] And then one morning, upon waking up, it’s almost nothing

[00:25.93] But it's there in you, sleeping in the small of your back

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[00:36.07] The pain of living, the pain of living

[00:40.70] We must live well to live better

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[00:58.22] One can put it over the shoulder or put it on the hand like a piece of jewelry

[01:07.04] Like a flower in a buttonhole or at the tip of the breast

[01:24.98] It's not necessarily misery, it's not Valmy nor Verdun

[01:35.75] But it's the tears on the eyelids on the dying day

[01:38.18] On the day that comes

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[01:53.56] The pain of living, the pain of living

[01:57.39] We must live well to live better

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[02:07.88] It doesn't matter if you're from Rome or America, or from London or Beijing

[02:11.48] Or from Egypt or Africa, or Porte Saint-Martin

[02:14.75] We all say the same prayer, we all follow the same road

[02:23.93] The road is long when you have to do it with your back aching

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[02:37.63] They have the good intention to understand us

[02:40.08] Those who come to us with bare hands

[02:43.82] We don't want to listen to them, we can't, not anymore

[02:50.98] And all alone in the silence of a night that doesn’t end

[02:58.08] Suddenly we think of those who have not come back

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[03:07.07] Of the pain of living, their pain of living

[03:12.91] We must live well to live better

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[03:20.26] And without warning, it arrived, it came from far away

[03:26.62] and it walked from coast to coast, laughter on its lips

[03:29.90] And then one morning, upon waking up, it's almost nothing

[03:34.24] But it's there, filling you with wonder, in the small of your back

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[03:41.44] The joy of living, the joy of living

[03:48.23] You must live well, your joy of living