We rise
C'est l'heure

thrown about from box to box
by the bells
ordering our lives

the cellmates
who share our space
differ du ligne au ligne

we trudge along our daily paths
une heure de this
une heure de that

each of the days that pass
drags by slowly
but the weeks go fast

chaque ligne that I write
takes my pen an hour
but les heures I'll bide

l'histoire repeats again
we find ourselves penned
into les lignes

une heure has gone
it's the time
for a new box

I rise
C'est l'heure