Song Lyrics - Orelsan - Civilization - The quest
Nothing can bring me further back
That the smell of plasticine
Mom is kindergarten
It is even the mistress next door
I am five years old and I go through the window
To go and hide in his class
She says to me, you're not supposed to be there
I say him, near you, that's my place
I like books, I get to be alone
So I'm more happy when it rains
I do some catechism lessons
But I'm not sure I believe in God
I am seven years old, life is easy
When I don't know, I ask my mother
One day she said to me, I don't know everything
I lost faith in the universe
At five, I just wanted to have seven
At seven, I was in a hurry to see the rest
Today, I would like time to stop
Ah, what matters is not the arrival is the quest
I sweep the dead leaves on the ground
The cold makes me blister on my hands
I am ten years old, I am a fan of basketball
I dress in small American
My father, my hero, offered me
Jordan 8 with scratch
So I do everything to make him proud
When he comes to see me to all the games
I go back to college, I am called a budding
Normal, my shoes cost a blind
I want to put them anymore, my father gets angry
You have everything, we had nothing
I am twelve years old, I don't care the brothel in progress
To try to make me friends
The music teacher does not care
He is in paradise of teachers
At eleven years old, I just wanted to have thirteen
At thirteen, I was in a hurry to see the rest
Today, I would like time to stop
Ah, what matters is not the arrival is the quest
Often I fell in love
But for once, it's reciprocal
I give up all my friends loosely
I see more than my girl, we smoke cigarettes
Fourteen, I'm just a ghost
At least that's what my parents say
Darling wants me to drag more than with her
Yet she makes me face all the time
Since I move, it separates us
I tell myself that love is additional
My brother has fun in basketball
So I prefer to give up
I am fifteen, I watch Kids in a loop
I hang out with guys like Kasper
My father is severe with me
So I reflect him on my brother
At fifteen, I just wanted to have sixteen
At sixteen, I was in a hurry to see the rest
Today, I would like time to stop
Ah, what matters is not the arrival is the quest
I go down the steps, fear in the stomach
To intercept my bulletin
At home, it's the Cold War
We understand each other more so I say nothing more
I am sixteen years old and I go through the window
To join the others at Skatepark
We drink beers, we smoke joints
And I tell all of this in my Raps
Years go, even a little too much
To the point that I no longer dare sing my age
My brother films when I put the ring
My brotherly animates the wedding
The things I dare to say to anyone
Are the same that fill rooms
Mom is there, my father is proud
And the universe is not so bad
(The universe is not so bad)
At sixteen, I just wanted to have seventeen
Seventeen, I was in a hurry to see the rest
Today, I would like time to stop
Ah, what matters is not the arrival is the quest
At five, I just wanted to have seven
At seven, I was in a hurry to see the rest
Today, I would like time to stop
Ah, what matters is not the arrival is the quest