Et si tu n'existais pas

And if you did not exist
tell me why I would exist
To hang around in a world without you
without hope and without regret

And if you did not exist
I would try to invent love
Like a painter who sees under his fingers
Born the colors of the day
And who does not believe

And if you did not exist
Tell me who I would exist for
Bandwidths asleep in my arms
That I would never love

And if you did not exist
I'll just be one more point
In this world that comes and goes
I would feel lost
I would need you

And if you did not exist
Tell me how I would exist
I could pretend to be me
But I wouldn't be true

And if you did not exist
I think I would have found it
The secret of life, the why
Simply to create you
And to look at you

And if you did not exist
tell me why I would exist
To hang around in a world without you
Without hope and without regrets

And if you did not exist
I would try to invent love
Like a painter who sees under his fingers