[spoken – intimate, close] La nuit me traverse sans demander [spoken – intimate, close, prolonged trembling vibrato on final words] elle entre par les vitres par les épaules par les silences elle connaît la route mieux que moi [rap – relaxed, conversational] I don’t chase the light I let it slide on metal through glass through me [rap – relaxed, conversational, soft breath before each phrase] neon bends on the wet black road a red signal opens and closes like a tired eye I keep my hands steady but inside everything moves [spoken – French, fluid articulation] Je roule donc je pense je pense donc je reste en mouvement [spoken – French, fluid articulation, intimate chanson tremble] pas pour fuir pas pour gagner juste pour ne pas tomber hors de moi-même chaque virage me rend un peu plus précis [half-rap – understated, reflective] Non sono qui per arrivare sono qui per reggere [half-rap – understated, reflective, low voice, slow pulse] reggere il buio senza chiamarlo nemico reggere la distanza senza farne una ferita reggere il volante come si regge una frase fragile prima che tremi troppo forte [spoken – English, close, worn but elegant] The road is not empty it is full of things that almost happened full of doors I never opened full of names that stayed behind without leaving me [chorus – murmured, collective, non-melodic] [chorus] Toujours en route always in motion sempre in mezzo [chorus – murmured, collective, non-melodic, wider space] [chorus] Toujours en route always in motion sempre in mezzo [spoken – French, trembling, almost sung] entre la ville et le sommeil entre la pluie et le phare entre ce que je porte et ce que je laisse respirer [spoken – detached, almost documentary] Nobody sees the distance only the result [spoken – detached, almost documentary] nobody counts the small corrections the swallowed fatigue the kilometers that do not become a story only arrival gets a name but the middle does the work [rap – relaxed, conversational, darker undertone] Le ruote parlano piano sull’asfalto bagnato ogni linea bianca mi passa accanto come un pensiero che non vuole fermarsi non chiedo risposta chiedo solo che la notte tenga aperto un varco sottile [spoken – French, fluid articulation, long tremolo tail] Je ne suis pas perdue je suis distribuée dans le moteur dans la brume dans le souffle court dans cette lumière jaune qui tremble sans cadere [half-rap – understated, reflective] Ci sono giorni che non hanno centro solo margini solo passaggi solo il corpo che impara a restare intero mentre attraversa [spoken – English, intimate, close] I am not searching for the end of the road I am listening to the way it holds me how it bends without breaking how it lets me pass without asking who I was [chorus – murmured, collective, non-melodic, deeper texture] [chorus] Toujours en route always in motion sempre in mezzo [chorus – murmured, collective, non-melodic, soft tremble] [chorus] Toujours en route always in motion sempre in mezzo [spoken – Italian, very close, fragile but steady] La notte non consola però accompagna non spiega niente però tiene una mano invisibile sul bordo e io continuo non perché sono forte ma perché il movimento mi ricuce senza fare rumore [spoken – French, intimate chanson tremble, prolonged vibrato] Reste encore pas longtemps juste assez pour traverser ce morceau d’ombre juste assez pour sentir que je suis encore là [spoken – English, almost whispered] The city thins out the glass goes dark my face appears then disappears not gone just moving between reflections [outro – whispered, bilingual overlap] reste remain ancora un tratto [outro – whispered, bilingual overlap, slow dissolve] reste remain ancora un tratto toujours en route sempre in mezzo still trembling still moving
