Ok, that last song was shallow and funny, this song is quite the opposite, deep and thoughtful and human. One of the moments I appreciate living in this era. Prior to the Internet the chances of being able to discover this living in the US would be slim to none.
What follows is an English translation. I don’t speak French, well not more than a handful of words, but prior to reading this translation I was still able to get a feel for what this was about just from the emotion in the music. Awesome harmonies at points too.
I’m Running
That’s it, I was just born there
I don’t know where I’m going or where I am
But everyone wants to be there
Somewhere, there in life
And I want to set my feet there
But only my soul has access
And I know,
That I have none of its evils
No longer disposable
I take off and graze the earth where my four paws are stuck
Hush, suddenly these seducers sing that a soul knows that this one is absent
All dead, fed up with living
But my numeric desires follow, and so I am drunk
On nuanced thoughts
On songs of sensation
And I don’t know on what foot I’m dancing.
So I am leaving
Non-stop I am leaving
Late as always, that’s why
I am running
(dimdamdam 5x)
I am laughing
(dimdamdam 5x)
Yes, I am laughing
(dimdamdam 5x)
And then I laugh
(etc…)
Next I laugh
(etc…)
After that I laugh
(etc)
Yes I laugh
(etc)
And I laugh
(etc)
And I continue from the subway in my head
People are skimming their own content
But I will need more than one time
To sate the hunger of these eardrums
For they eat us crunk
Or in sauce
They eat the air and leave the sounds
Yes, this public scares me
I’m not afraid of death but of oblivion
It’s good, what you’ve done
So they retain something of you
But overall, not what you were like
Moreover, I don’t have luck
So, it’s fortunate I’m not dreaming of getting rich
Because I will go without, and, unaware
I will handle stacks, with my bad luck
You see why I would like to be a pig, lion, or man, and
Live without regret
Or be dead.
dimdamdam 10x
(Or be dead.)
dimdamdam 10x
But it’s stronger than me
And as I don’t like mankind, I remain outside of myself
Always elsewhere, I am getting nowhere
Even my thoughts are running, outdoing each other
Under the moon they have little desire to see me there
And I often return there so they will rejoin me
Instead of passing the time in sustaining myself
I run away, think before dying
I am running
(dimdamdam 5x)
I am laughing
(dimdamdam 5x)
Yes, I am laughing
(dimdamdam 5x)
And then I laugh
(etc…)
Next I laugh
(etc…)
After that I laugh
(etc)
Yes I laugh
(etc)
And I laugh
(etc)
Taken from http://lyricstranslate.com/en/je-cours-im-running.html#ixzz3elA7uVHN