Grégoire: thanks for your beautiful song on parenting, which is entitled “The Blanket” [“La couverture”]

Grégoire (born Mr. Grégoire Boissenot) is a highly talented French singer/songwriter (https://shorturl.at/nVGbs). In this brief musical post, Bambi shares his latest song, which is filled with parental unconditional love and sweetness. Following the YouTube video (sub-titled in French), you can find an English translation of the moving French lyrics, thanks to Mr. Google Translate‘s prompt assistance even during a long weekend in Canada :).

The Blanket

“You can deny me, banish me and run away from me

You can insult me, ignore me and tell me

That you’re no longer my child and that I’m useless

And that I’m wasting my time, because I never do well

You can slam the doors and scream the loudest

Hoping that I’ll he taken away and even wanting me to die

It doesn’t matter, because I have you in my veins

And I remain a parent whatever happens

And I’ll pull up the blanket again

In the middle of the night just to be sure

That your feet aren’t cold and from the tip of my lips

Yes, I will kiss you to see if you have a fever

Yes, I will pull up the blanket again

Always night after night just to be sure

And I will return in the middle of your nightmares

To tell you that it’s not true, there’s no one in the closet

Yes, I will pull up the blanket again

Yes, I will pull up the blanket again

You can throw away everything you’ve been given

You can break everything, even the most beautiful of your toys

You can ruin our entire education

And to think that we just seem old and too stupid

But I will always hurt when I see you fall

Always like a reflex, as if I were falling

And always in your tears, I will accompany you

I will contain mine to better reassure you

And I’ll pull up the blanket again

In the middle of the night just to be sure

That your feet aren’t cold and from the tip of my lips

Yes, I will kiss you to see if you have a fever

Yes, I will pull up the blanket again

Always night after night just to be sure

And I will return in the middle of your nightmares

To tell you that it’s not true, there’s no one in the closet

Yes, I will pull up the blanket again

Yes, I will pull up the blanket again”.