The Athlete - Erlend Øye, Geoffroy Montel, Franck Marguin

On a racecourse

There’s a race to reach an end

Someone’s calling

The decathlon athlete’s name

Further focus

On the discipline applied

Or through constant shifts of exercise

Quatre cents mètres

Saut à la perche

Mille cinq mètres

Cent mètres

Saut en hauteur

Lancer du javelot

Du poids

Et du disque

Cent dix mètres haies

Saut en longueur

There’s a battle between the athlete and himself

And between him

And the people there to help

Their incentive

Is for the pressure to conceive

The ignition of another level of reach

Do I want this?

Do I want this in my life?

Is it worth it?

Worth the sacrifice?