Lettre à France (Letter to France)

There was once a time

You and I

Now we've crossed a line

You and I

Some days you feel so far from me, a land hidden in sleep

A love I must have dreamed

And you, who set fires in my heart, summoned lightning, drew a spark

Lies silent in the dark

I was certain the curse was broken

But I still long for you

And I try to make it through the days, write then burn another page

In the flames I see your face, my love

And I call to you, from this stranger shore

With a thousand songs and a thousand more, is the price of love still war?

I was certain the curse was broken

My heart still belongs to you

Condemned by the sentence that you passed to be a statue or a photograph

It's not me who wears a mask my dear

I see you hide your beauty behind your fear, blind yourself and the world disappears

I guess that's how love is

There was once a time

You and I

Now we've crossed a line

You and I

Some days you feel so far from me, a land hidden in sleep

A love I must have dreamed

And yes, and I know I drove you from my mind, I sometimes think of you late at night

On a night just like tonight