from the Damian Chazelle movie, La La Land, starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone
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My aunt used to live in Paris
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I remember, she used to come home and tell us
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stories about being abroad and,
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I remember that she told us she jumped in the river once,
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Barefoot
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She smiled, leapt, without looking
and tumble into the Seine
The water was freezing, she spent a month sneezing
but said she would do it, again.
Here's to the ones who dream,
Foolish, as they may seem.
Here's to the hearts that ache.
Here's to the mess we make.
She captured a feeling, sky with no ceiling,
Sunset inside a frame.
She lived in her liquor and died with a flicker,
I'll always remember the flame
Here's to the ones who dream,
Foolish, as they may seem.
Here's to the hearts that ache.
Here's to the mess we make.
She told me:
A bit of madness is key
to give us new colors to see.
Who knows where it will lead us?
And that's why they need us,
So bring on the rebels, the ripples from pebbles
The painters, and poets, and plays
Here's to the fools who dream,
Crazy, as they may seem.
Here's to the hearts that break.
Here's to the mess we make.
I trace it all back...to that.
Her, and the snow, and the Seine
Smiling through it, she said she'd do it,
Again.