Ils passèrent comme des rois égarés
A travers toute leur vie
Dans des villages appauvris

Ils pensèrent résister
Autour de gens agités
Que leur amour puisse exister
Toutes les nuits à l'infini
À l'infini

Car je ne crois pas que tout va bien par ici
Je veux aller quelque part
Je veux aller vers un paradis
Ne pas m'enfermer dans un parc
A attendre un jour qu'elle ne parte
Pour une croisière sans retour
Vers la Nouvelle Angleterre
Une croisière

Car cet endroit ne lui disait plus rien
Elle y avait perdu, perdu son chemin
Ah! Son chemin

Mais je ne crois pas que tout va bien par ici
Je veux aller quelque part
Je veux aller vers un paradis
On s'est construit et j'ai tout détruit
On s'est détruit, on a reconstruit
On s'est construit, on a tout détruit
Je me suis détruit, on a tout détruit
On s'est puni

Oh, oh

Car cet endroit ne lui disait plus rien
Elle y avait perdu, perdu son chemin

On s'est construit et j'ai tout détruit
On s'est détruit, on a reconstruit
On s'est construit, on a tout détruit
Je me suis détruit, on a tout détruit
On s'est puni


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Punishment Park Lyrics as written by Nicolas Sirchis Nicolas Leteurtre

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    intense love(search)

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