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We just put other people's costumes on
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A jacket only hides a bit of what we see
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We only grow a little, just barely
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Just the span of a dream, a daydream
And touch them with a fingertip
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The child who remains, almost naked
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The moments of innocence
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We take on airs and combat poses
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We fool ourselves, we think
That we're making choices
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Just beneath the appearance, it trembles
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A little one who looks like us
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We know full well he's there
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That keeps at it and repeats
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That betrays who we are
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Under the crown, a gaze
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Of a prince or of a valet
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All those thousands of dreams
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Walks in Charlemagne, anxious
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We don't change, we just put
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Other people's costumes on, that's all
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We only hide ourselves for a moment
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Ungrateful and solitary, walks
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Long enough to watch me