Whatever you say, I'll be on my way
After all this time
You broke my heart in two and kept one half with you
But now I know where to find
You’ve got a surprise
I can see it in your eyes
It’s going to be fun
You turned my life to blue
After all this time
The color of your blood, it’s true
After all, it’s time
No matter the wind
Memories are fading away
Wherever I go
You’re already there

[Refrain]
After all, it’s time
Oh baby (3X), you’d stay behind me
Let’s go back to the same place
Where we always play your game
Away from the sun
I won’t feel your bite, I won’t feel anything
After all this time
After all,
After all, after all, after all…
Whatever you say, I’ll be on my way
No matter that war is coming
We’ll never die
Only lovers left alive (2X)
After all this time

Behind the curtain,
You will see
A lady in the gods
Her gaze pierces thee
You want it
You try to find it
They’re paying to see if you find it
A weary smile drawn
on your face
Hidden by the shadow
of a spotlight
You’re seeking the exit door
A wall of shame
knocks you down
You want it (easy)
You know I know you know
You're ready for it
You want it easy
You know, I know you're not alone
A dress rehearsal
while you sleep alone
The opening night
will be at dawn
The opening night
will be at dawn
At dawn
Oh I'm afraid of your lines
Oh afraid of your lights
Oh afraid of your lions
Afraid of your lies

A red sun soaked the atmosphere
Dunes shaped a post-dream landscape
All that remains of the sea is a pale lake
I hadn't been back at least for forty years
I swear I can see again
My sandcastle in the mist (x2)
Now I remember when mother swam
Around a red lighthouse, far from the shore
Beyond the waves that frighten sailors
Coming closer to a three-master weighing anchor
She drifted away with the tide
A ghost-ship crossed the horizon
I swear I can see again
My sandcastle in the mist
Someone came to cover it with shells (x3)
She’s back, on dry land; she’s back, on dry land

You were safe, safe in a temple
I was in danger, in a church
You were playing, playing the organ,
I blew out the candles
The street was cold,
The street was old
You could hear
The snow falling
I could feel your footsteps
Getting closer

[Refrain]
On the corner where I'll meet you
I promise myself I'd celebrate the day by wedding you
in the street of love, invisible love
I will always live in the same old street, my love
You'll never leave the same old street, oh no
(X2)

You may change your neighbors
I may change houses
We'll stay face to face on the same street, my love, invisible love
I will always live in the same old street
You'll never leave the same old street

[Fin]
We’ll have a good time
One day or one night, we’ll cross our paths
In the street of love, invisible love

I don’t show off in this storm
I’m in pieces, lost in the ocean
From land to land, I’m rusting in my gown
I yearn to go home
From land to land, I’m rusting in my gown
I’m so afraid of your America
I need more time, they need more money
I need more space to turn around… and look you in the face
I was a queen made of copper
Shining over parisian roofscape
A huge, a great attraction
And now, chained to Independence Day
I need more time, they need more money
I need more space to turn around… and look you in the face
Mother of exiles serves her life sentence (X2)
I’m tired but I feel safe
Back on my feet but stiff
My red gown turned to vert-de-gris
The color of a greenback, tarnished

[Refrain]

Carmen is lost, in Tennessee
Bored at the border, Camden-Paris
Days last centuries
And weeks are an eternity
Carmen is lost in Tennessee
She's borderline, Paris-New Madrid
She goes in circles
And these circles are shrinking
Slowly, deeply, here and there
Alone and lonely, in Tennessee
Lost… in Tennessee
Walking backwards, into the trees
To skip the smiles she doesn't need
Anymore, in Tennessee
Under the moonlight
You forget the sun
Under the moonlight
She forgot her son
Days last centuries
Eternally in Tennessee
Under the moonlight
They forget the sun
Under the moonlight
She forgot her son
Carmen is lost in Tennessee (x2)
She lost her way, like a submarine in The Mississippi river
Carmen is lost in Tennessee
Her mirror has no memory
Carmen is lost in Tennessee
She lost her way, like a submarine in The Mississippi river

It’s all right, she said
It’s all right
She grabs the keys
For a trip, a long and fast one
A butterfly on the hood
A spider on the glass
In the trunk, my dirty boots move again
Right hand on the wheel
Left hand on your knees
Your eyes glued to the windshield
The engine grows impatient, now
It smells of gasoline
You’re feeling drunk indeed
Foggy is your gaze
I guess the brakes are broken
It’s time to start again
Let’s the Moon choose a road
And radio choose a song
It’s time to start again
It’s time to start again
It’s all right she said
It’s all right she said, it’s all right
You’ll drive until headlights dazzle the old stars
Even Superman faints on your way
It’s time to start again

A first class carriage
They wake up in the last train
crossing ruins and ashes
Heading for the limits
Of a desert, taking their fortune and paint cans
Into a well-hidden rocket
What should we think?
Laughing or crying
A stupid dream from nowhere

[Refrain] (X2)
Midnight travellers
I will play with your toys
(I will) sleep in your yachts
Smoke in panic rooms
Dance with your souls

They bought the Moon
And sold its twin
I collect satellites debri
I've promised it to
The last gold diggers
I will dance with their souls
Mine left with them
From up there the sky is yellow
They're gonna paint
Mars blue

[Refrain] (X1)
Midnight travellers
I will play with your toys
wear your clothes
disguise your clones
Please, leave me alone
Midnight travellers
I will play with your toys
spread your drones
I'll land on your islands
Please, leave, leave me, leave me alone

You change your world
‘Cause the times change
(Broadway is behind you)
West coast angels are waiting for you
The call that shall come
Won’t wake you up from your dream
You missed your scene and survived
How do you want to feel when you’ll say goodbye ?
Will you be the first or thirteenth woman
(It’s the luck of a cutting room)
Hopper paints you wandering
You missed your scene and survived
How do you want to feel when you’ll say goodbye ?
‘Cause she knows, she feels she’s not real
‘Cause she knows, she feels it’s the wrong reel
A ghost of her feature on a silver screen
A letter she leaves on Hollywood sign
As she falls for the last time

I came alone, with the storm
My head full of doubts
My mind full of hopes
I saw myself on the other side
Fading away
You're wide but not so long, Rubicon
Always feeling low, so far from home
Tomorrow is an another day
Always smiling, all night long
I'll find the way
Should I wait for Moses,
Or for a drought to come
Dig a tunnel, or build a bridge
or a makeshift raft of reeds
Praying all day long
You're wide but not so long, Rubicon
Always feeling low, so far from home
Tomorrow is an another day
Always swiming, all day long
Today's the day

[Refrain]
Rubicon, always gone X4
Its bends draw a wicked smile
The riverbed follows a flow
Wilder and wilder
That would be a suicide
Praying all night long
You're wide but not so long,
Rubicon
Do I take to the mountains
Or take to the sea ?
I got lost, I got lost along the way
I hear myself shouting
Go around the world
I hear myself screaming
Go around the world
To find me
Reaching the other side (bank)
will take my whole life

[Refrain]

Hide somewhere
Until the night falls
Until the closing time
Until I lose my name
And your name as well
Until we cry for someone who loves you
(Cry for someone)
Until your lips make me cry
(Cry for someone)
Until your eyes... bend the horizon
Hide, let's hide somewhere else
Until the night falls in love
Until the last ticket is sold
Until I love someone else
And you’ll do the same

[Refrain]
Let me feel the warm light... the worn night
Till Mona Lisa lies down
Until the picture turns around
Till the crowd returns the crown
Until the queens begin to crow
Meanwhile tonight, when I'll fall in love
I’ll become someone different
A stranger to myself
Let's hide, let's stay hidden
I hear your sentence like a true romance
We sleep in the same dream
Until the night begins