The Physics of Gridlock

Silently I sit on this road

Sifting the dust through my hands

To feel that I belong

Silently I weep from my soul

There's always been something I need

To feel that I am whole

I'm taking a trip down the line

Watching this new state of mind:

"All is mine!"

Silently I weep for mankind

At some point we cut every rope

To touch the sun

And suddenly

And silently

Like hot air balloons

Our minds took to the skies

Hovering above luscious fields

With a beautiful view

But this hunger for the ground

Inside

And every red-light in town

Is screaming for lost and for found:

"All is mine!"

We're all longing to belong

We're all longing to be home

Invincible young and strong

But we have lost it all

When we turn life into a road

A direction towards a goal

Ending where no one really wants to go

And so my friend

Welcome to the end

All who won't pretend

All who cannot mend

All who lost themselves

On Life's dusty shelves:

No one ever wins

We're but mortal kings

Of passing things

But I see a better man

His feet on his father's land

His head in his mother's hand

He still belongs

He's lying there on the shore

He never asks where to go

'Cause his is a grounded soul

He'll always know

III: On nous a donné la vie

Je suis le mer

C'est pourquoi je dis:

Pour tous mes frères

Pour tous mes amis

Je vous donne la misère:

Je vous donne la vie

Je vous donne la misère:

Je vous donne la vie

Je vous donne la vie

Vous voyez tout en moi

Vous voyez un dieu

Je me vois en toi

Dans chaque lieu

Je vous donne cette croix

Je vous donne cette fleur

Je vous donne cette croix

Je vous donne cette fleur

Nous partageons ce sentiment d'impuissance

Toujours jeunes filles et garçons sans défense

Silenceusement nous allons

Silencieusement nous passons

On nous a donné la misère:

On nous a donné la vie

On nous a donné la misère:

On nous a donné la vie

On nous a donné la vie