"Achilles, Achilles, Achilles, come down
won't you get up off, get up off the roof?
You're scaring us, and all of us, some of us love you Achilles, it's not much but there's proof.
You crazy-ass cosmonaut, remember your virtue:
redemption lies plainly in truth.
Just humor us, Achilles, Achilles, come down,
won't you get up off, get up off the roof?
["Je vois que beaucoup de gens meurent, parce qu'ils estiment que la vie ne vaut pas la peine d'être vécue. J'en vois d'autres, qui se font paradoxalement tuer pour des idées, pour des illusions, qui leurs donnent une raison de vivre (ce, qu'on appelle une raison de vivre est en même temps une excellente raison de mourir)."
ENG: "I see many people die because they judge that life is not worth living. I see others paradoxically getting killed for the ideas or illusions that give them a reason for living (what is called a reason for living is also an excellent reason for dying)."]
Achilles, Achilles, Achilles, come down,
won't you get up off, get up off the roof?
The self is not so weightless, nor whole and unbroken;
remember the pact of our youth.
Where you go, I'm going, so jump and I'm jumping,
since there is no me without you.
Soldier on, Achilles, Achilles, come down,
won't you get up off, get up off the roof?
Loathe the way they light candles in Rome,
but love the sweet air of the votives.
Hurt, and grieve, but don't suffer alone.
Engage with the pain as a motive.
Today, of all days, see...
How...
the most dangerous thing is to love.
How...
you will heal and you'll rise above.
["D'un gérant d'immeuble qui s'était tué on disait un jour qu'il avait perdu sa fille depuis cinq ans, qu'il avait beaucoup changé depuis et que cette histoire l'avait-"
ENG: "A property manager who committed suicide said he lost his daughter five years ago, that he had changed a lot since then and that this story had-"]
"ACHILLES, ACHILLES, ACHILLES, JUMP NOW,
YOU ARE ABSENT OF CAUSE OR EXCUSE.
SO SELF-INDULGENT, AND SELF-REFERENTIAL,
NO AUDIENCE COULD EVER WANT YOU.
YOU CRAVE THE APPLAUSE,
YET HATE THE ATTENTION;
THEN MISS IT, YOUR ACT IS A RUSE.
IT IS EMPTY, ACHILLES, SO END IT ALL NOW.
IT'S A POINTLESS RESISTANCE FOR YOU."
["Ce qui déclenche la crise est presque toujours incontrôlable. Les journaux parlent souvent de « chagrins intimes » ou de « maladie incurable ». Ces explications sont valables, mais il faudrait savoir si le jour même un ami du désespéré ne lui a pas parlé sur un ton indifférent. Celui‑là est le-"
ENG: "What triggers the crisis is almost always out of control. The newspapers often speak of “intimate sorrows” or “incurable disease”. These explanations are valid. But we should know if that very day a friend of the desperate man spoke to him in an indifferent tone. This one is the-"]
Achilles, Achilles, just put down the bottle,
don't listen to what you've consumed.
It's chaos, confusion, and wholly unworthy
of feeding. And it's wholly untrue.
You may feel no purpose, nor a point for existing,
it's all just conjecture and gloom.
And there may not be meaning, so find one and seize it.
Do not waste yourself on this roof.
Hear those bells ring deep in the soul,
chiming away for a moment.
Feel your breath course frankly below,
and see life as a worthy opponent.
Today, of all days, see...
How...
the most dangerous thing is to love.
How...
you will heal and you'll rise above.
Crowned...
by an overture bold and beyond.
Ah, it's more courageous to overcome.
["Les souvenirs d'une patrie perdue, l'espoir d'une terre promise. Ce divorce entre l'homme de sa vie-"
ENG: "Memories of a lost homeland, the hope for a promised land. This divorce between the man of his life-"]
YOU WANT THE ACCLAIM, THE MOTHER OF MOTHERS.
(It's not worth it, Achilles.)
MORE POIGNANT THAN FAME, OR THE TASTE OF ANOTHER.
(Don't listen, Achilles.)
BUT BE REAL AND JUST JUMP, YOU DENSE MOTHERFUCKER.
(You're worth more, Achilles.)
YOU WILL NOT BE MORE THAN A RAT IN THE GUTTER.
(So much more than a rat.)
YOU WANT MY OPINION, MY OPINION YOU'VE GOT. (No one asked your opinion.)
YOU ASKED FOR MY COUNSEL, I GAVE YOU MY THOUGHTS.
(No one asked for your thoughts.)
BE DONE WITH THIS NOW, AND JUMP OFF THE ROOF.
(Be done with this now, and get off the roof.)
CAN YOU HEAR ME ACHILLES? I'M TALKING TO YOU,
(Can you hear me, Achilles? I'm talking to you,)
I'M TALKING TO YOU.
(I'm talking to you.)
I'm talking to you.
I'm talking to you.
Achilles, come down.
Achilles, come down.
["...celle du oui et celle du non. Ce serait trop beau. Mais il faut faire la part de ceux qui, sans conclure, interrogent toujours. Ici, j'ironise à peine : il s'agit de la majorité. Je vois également que ceux qui répondent non agissent comme s'ils pensaient oui. De fait-"
ENG: "…either yes or no. This would be too easy. But allowance must be made for those who, without concluding, continue questioning. Here I am only slightly indulging in irony: this is the majority. I notice also that those who answer “no” act as if they thought “yes.” As a matter of fact-"]
Throw yourself into the unknown,
with pace and a fury defiant.
Clothe yourself in beauty untold,
and see life as a means to a triumph.
Today, of all days, see...
How...
the most dangerous thing is to love.
How...
you will heal and you'll rise above.
Crowned...
by an overture bold and beyond.
Ah, it's more courageous to overcome."
-Achilles Come Down, Gang Of Youths
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