[Verse 1] There’s a tree by the bench and the park road still, Everything else has gone — I feel it will. That tree remembers what time erased, I walk alone through yesterday. [Pre-Chorus] There was a place where love began, I’d give it all to touch your hand — to understand. We tried to make the moment stay, But even dreams can fade away. [Chorus] That tree and the park road, they’re still the same, The seasons turn, but they whisper your name. And I keep walking, through wind and rain, That tree and the park road remain. [Verse 2] You said I lived in my own parade, Too young to know the rules we made. I thought the world was you and me, But time was colder than I’d see. [Pre-Chorus] And when you left, I stayed behind, A photograph you’d never find — the tender kind. I tried to keep what love could be, But love kept slipping out to sea. [Chorus] That tree and the park road, they’re still the same, The seasons turn, but they whisper your name. And I keep walking, through wind and rain, That tree and the park road remain. [Bridge] Après toi, tout est pareil, But nothing ever feels the same. I leave my heart where we once met — The place I can’t forget. [Final Chorus] That tree and the park road, they still recall, The touch, the tears, the rise, the fall. I walk away, yet I remain — Where time forgot our name. [Outro] (Soft brass riff and strings fade; Simone whispers:) “Sous l’arbre du souvenir…”


