I met a prophet dark as the night
J'ai rencontré un prophètesse sombre comme la nuit
She could see into my soul
Elle pouvait voir dans mon âme
Said she'd been watching and had some advice
Elle a dit qu'elle m'observais et m'a donné des conseils
She said shadows make you whole
Elle avait dit: les ombres t’enveloppent entièrement
A life without pain is a wolf in sheep's clothes
Une vie sans douleur est comme un loup dans la peau d'une brebis
Cause if you listen to the lessons that it holds
Car si vous écoutez les leçons qu'elle détient
You'll find the gold
Vous trouverez de l'or
Child its time to break the shell
Mon enfant, il est temps de casser la coquille
Life's gonna hurt but its meant to be felt
La vie sera dure mais ce ne sera pas en vain
You cannot touch the sky from inside yourself
Tu ne pourras jamais attendre le ciel de ta coquille
You cannot fly until you break the shell
Tu ne pourras jamais voler si tu ne casse pas ta coquille
I can remember when I was a child
Je me souviens quand j’étais enfant, comme les grandes personnes semblaient folles
How the grown folks seemed so crazy
Pourquoi étaient-elles si en colère Pourquoi étaient-elle si gueulardes
Why are they so angry, why are they so loud?
Je me suis dite que ca ne serais jamais comme ca
And when I grow up that's never ever gonna be me
C'est la que j'ai decide
That was the moment that I decide
De construire un mur de plus de 10 pieds de haut
That I would build a wall just shy of six feet tall
Assez solide pour ne jamais tomber
Mon enfant, il est temps de casser ta coquille
Child its time to break the shell
La vie sera dure mais ce ne sera pas en vain
Life's gonna hurt but its meant to be felt
Tu ne pourras jamais attendre le ciel de ta coquille
You cannot touch the sky from inside yourself
Tu ne pourras jamais voler si ne casse pas ta coquille
You cannot fly until you break the shell
Courage is not being hard
It's time to peel back all of the layers
You put between who You're meant to be
So much disappointment to finally understand
That there is no such thing as perfect
Were all simply doing the best that we can
And we have a choice to live or truly be alive
Child its time to break the shell
Life's gonna hurt but its meant to be felt
You cannot touch the sky from inside yourself
A bird cannot fly until it breaks the shell
Do with these words what you will
Its time for us to be for real
You'll be stuck on the ground until
You finally break the shell