Avenir
TR/ST Lyrics

Les pieds enracinés comme des fers dans ta chair
Feeling trapped and grounded, unable to move beyond your physical limitations.

L'angoisse des ghettos surpeuplés indiffère
The anxiety of crowded, impoverished neighborhoods is ignored by those outside of them.

Maisons ouvertes sur le vide des consciences
Homes may be open, but minds remain empty and disconnected from others.

Aux couleurs de solitude enrôlées par habitude
Habits of isolation and loneliness become normal, but they are still colored by sadness.

Avenir en forme d'impasse
The future appears as a dead end, with nowhere to go but back into the cycle of poverty and desperation.

La survie dans la peur pour le prix d'une passe
Surviving means paying a high price, enduring fear and violence.

Horizons camouflés
The possibility of a better future is hidden, obscured by darkness or ignorance.

Une vague de sueur pour l'envie d'une place
One must work hard and endure much, just to have a chance at a better life.

Et marcher en vainqueur
Despite adversity, one can still walk with pride, as a warrior who has fought and persevered.

Tu as un don précieux la haine
Hatred is the only gift you have, even if you do not understand why.

Sans connaître la raison, le jeu qui t'amène
You do not know why the game has brought you here, but you play on nonetheless.

Juste à regarder, palper, sentir
You can only observe, touch, and feel what is around you.

La machette qui coupe le souffle de ton avenir
The danger and violence around you threaten to destroy any hope for the future.

Bonjour le psychologue et tu deviens un schéma
Meeting with a psychologist may help, but it may also reduce you to a statistic, a case to be analyzed.

De ton existence à bout de résistance
You are tired, worn out, and on the brink of surrendering to your circumstances.

La peur de l'ombre des manchettes de journaux
You fear the dangers lurking in the shadows, like the headlines in the newspapers.

Hantent les couloirs insalubres du métro
These fears haunt the dirty, grimy subway tunnels that you have to navigate every day.

Car tu combattras tu vivras ici-bas
You will fight and survive, even in this subterranean world.

Les lignes de ta main se sont enfuies, sont sniffées
Your fate and destiny are uncertain, but they are often ignored or wasted by others.

Il te reste la rage et l'espoir à bout de bras
All you have left is anger and hope, barely within your grasp.

Tu dois payer, payer ce prix si tu veux exister
If you want to exist, to have a presence in this world, you must pay a cost, a sacrifice that may never be repaid.