Penser à ne pas grandir

Voir les étoiles et les nues dans le ciel (Penser à ne pas grandir…)
Voir l’arc en ciel après la pluie (Penser à ne pas grandir…)
Tout ça met un sourire sur nos visages
Tout ça nous fait penser à n’pas grandir

Sentir l’air frais en dehors (Penser à ne pas grandir…)
Sentir, s’éclater, se réjouir (Penser à ne pas grandir…)
Moi j’me sens mieux comme on me redonne une vie
Tout ça me fait penser à n’pas grandir… !

REFRAIN :
Penser à ne pas grandir
Raconter le conte de fée
Penser à ne pas grandir
J’ai pas besoin de leur dire si j’veux m’éclater
Qu’on m’dit que j’vis pas réellement
Qu’on m’dit que je suis trop excitée !
Ma vie est éclaircie
Mais je vis au ralenti
(Penser à ne pas grandir…)
(Penser à ne pas grandir…)

Voir les couleurs autour de moi (Penser à ne pas grandir…)
Voir mes reflets sur l’eau toute seule (Penser à ne pas grandir…)
Tout ça met un sourire sur mon visage
Tout ça me fait penser à n’pas grandir… !
(au refrain)


As always, I’m providing a translation :

Seeing the stars and the clouds in the sky (Thinking of not growing up) # Seeing the rainbow after the rain (Thinking of not growing up # All that puts a smile on our faces # All that makes us think of not growing up

Feeling the fresh air outdoors (Thinking of not growing up) # Feeling, having fun, rejoicing (Thinking of not growing up) # I feel better, as though I've been given a new life # All that makes me think of not growing up

CHORUS : Thinking of not growing up # Telling fairytales # Thinking of not growing up # I've no need to tell them if I wanna have fun # Let them say I'm not living realistically # Let them say I'm too excited ! # My life is cloudy # But I'm living at a slow pace (Thinking of not growing up - twice)

Seeing the colours around me (Thinking of not growing up) # Seeing my reflections on the water all alone (Thinking of not growing up) All that puts a smile on my face # All that makes me think of not growing up [repeat chorus]


This is meant to be a really upbeat theme. And when I say upbeat I don't mean 120 BPM. I mean faster - at least 140 BPM. And because the title literally translates to "Thinking of not growing up", it's gonna have synth effects and kids screaming "Haik !" periodically. Oh yes, and rainbows and stars and everything childlike too. Ohhhhhh, this is my most favourite set of lyrics yet ! In a way, I'm hitting out at all those who think my being eccentric is futile. And I'm not afraid to say it.

Truth be told, I was thinking of working on this song somewhere in March - I already had the idea for the song as well as the key, the look and feel, the chords and the first three lines of the chorus. It's only now that I finally manage to put it in words.

For the look and feel :
Search for this .mp3 file online - Rikku's Theme, by Noriko Matsueda and Takahito Eguchi, from Final Fantasy X-2. You'll get what kind of speed I'm putting it at, and you'll also understand what kind of synth I'll be using.