OVER TIME

Over Time

Jacky Lakrichi

I was born from an ember, from a burst of light

I came from a breath, a shiver in the air

In a mother's arms, in a father's shadow

A small heartbeat in an ephemeral world

And then over time

I ran in the grass, I danced in the rain

Skinned knees, bursting laughter

Bedtime stories, monsters under the bed

Dreams of adventure, burning suns

And time carries me away, river or ocean

Each moment fades, is slowly reborn

I burn, I exult, I defy time

I weave my path, an incandescent thread

And then over time

Hearts that capsize, fleeing glances

The soul lost under the crackling rain

First loves, shivers under the skin

The promises we make, the oaths too beautiful

And then...

The roads open and the dawn calls me

A bag on my back, a thousand lights under my wings

Nights of carelessness, Vertigo of time

Nights without sleep, running with the wind

And time carries me away, river or ocean

Each moment fades, is reborn gently

I burn, I exult, I defy time

I weave my path, an incandescent thread

Let them say of me, to the wind, to the stars

Let them say of me, in the depths of the night

That they will remember my refrains

That over time I have loved endlessly

That over time you have loved endlessly

And then...

A child's laugh like a shooting star

And in my arms a vibrant life

The laughter of a child who learns to understand

A home that burns with a tender light

And then...

The storms left on the shores of the past

The still warm ashes of those we loved

The murmured goodbyes, the deep absences

But always this fire that lights up the world

Let them say of me, to the wind, to the stars

Let them say of me, in the depths of the night

That they will remember my refrains

That over time I have loved endlessly

That over time you have loved endlessly

And then...