MAMA, STAY

Thousands people were nearby me

I shook the hands and kissed the bows

But I can’t remember exactly

What were the very words I chose

To tell them that your death was so

Thus you would have liked it to be

And the only thing they must know

Is that you died very happy

We drank Champagne the day before

Making plans of your son’s wedding

You were so proud and even more

More than a heart is surviving

Maybe that’s why I can’t believe

You didn’t struggle for your life

You knew I needed you to live

Now, how can I just stay alive ?

I would have liked to say

Please stay

Mama, please, don’t die

Your death is a true lie

Stay for me another day

Mama, please, please, stay…

Thousands regrets, thousands letters

From the ones who won’t forget

You were the sun in the winters

For the helpless an advocate

You were for me much more than that

More than a mother or a friend

More than advices often flat

My beginning may be your end

All these things I couldn’t tell them

Because I didn’t realize

That these thousands people all came

To make you take another size

It’s sure you won your wings to fly

All along these last fifty years

But please explain and tell me why

I’m so lonely within my tears.

I would have liked to say

Please stay

Mama, please, don’t die

Your death is a true lie

Stay for me another day

Mama, please, please, stay…

Thousands people were nearby me

After I said to you « good bye »

You can be sure your grave will not be

The apology of my why

You will be for ever a question

Why did you have to die by now

I know the answer’s like an ocean

Too deep to respect any law.

I would have liked to say

Please stay

Mama, please, don’t die

Your death is a true lie

Stay for me another day

Mama, please, please, stay…

(Again and again…till the end).

For my loving mother…

« Eternity is just a thought of mind ».

Eysines (Gironde), 01/29/1998

 Céline ELIAS

Later or sooner

Later or sooner
All our words will finally fit
Sooner or later
This odd cold gonna be heat
Might be anywhere
However we could both meet
Might be anywhere
As long as our hearts can beat

Sooner or later
I will trust noone but you
Later or sooner
Lot of stuffs gonna be few
Is there an answer
Or an unbelieved clue
Is there an answer
To make any glance come true

If you don't understand it
Please go away
Away from me
If it's always a new hit
Please go away
Away from me

Later or sooner
I hope sex will set us free
Sooner or later
You will have to talk to me
No needed lover
Cos' you never gonna agree
No needed lover
I wanna touch your body

Sooner or later
We're gonna meet once again
Later or sooner
It's hidden deep in my brain
There is no answer
For I know I should remain
There is no answer
As my desire comes to pain

If you don't understand it
Please go away
Away from me
If it's always a new hit
Please go away
Away from me

Paris, 28/03/07

Celine Elias