1789, Les Amants de La Bastille "Je Veux Le Monde"

I Want the World

I am the mirror
Of a better love
I begged the night
To make you see the day
And since,
You've lost yourself in other beds.
In the name of power,
You change your views.
You think you know everything;
Ambition makes you deaf.
You forget
Woman, who gave you life.

They're mad; they're mad.

I want the world.
To tears, citizenesses,
Woman is sovereign!
We dream the world,
Make the revolt
Nothing scares us anymore
We've known* sorrow
And we want the world.

You play at being soldiers
I am your salvation.
You lose the battle
But the game goes on
If I give
Nine of my months
To make a man.

They're mad; they're mad.

In this bullfight,
You see virtue!
Death is, for you,
An absolute pleasure.
You shiver
When a life leaves us.

I want the world.
To tears, citizenesses;
Woman is sovereign!
We dream the world,
Make the revolt.
Nothing scares us anymore
We've known* sorrow
And we want the world.

I am the world
Because the earth is round
Like a fertile mother.
I want the world
Without such somber days.
Enough of sorrow;
I've known* that by heart.

I want the world.
To tears, citizenesses,
Woman is sovereign!
We dream the world,
Make the revolt.
Nothing scares us anymore
We've known* sorrow
And we want the world.

I want the world.
To tears, citizenesses,
Woman is sovereign!

We dream the world,
Make the revolt.
Nothing scares us anymore
We've known* sorrow
And we want the world.