Chapter 8: Post-traumatic stress
Trembling, cold sweats, hallucinations, anorexia, vomiting, dizziness, prostration, nightmares, insomnia... these are the most common symptoms endured by the young people welcomed by LIMBO. Living is not enough, you have to survive: the violence of the past persists even in the life after. Hervé was left for dead on a path in the DRC. Now a student at the Sorbonne, he is regularly caught up in his nightmares.
I DON'T BELIEVE IT
Text Hervé and Chérif, music Mathias Duplessy
Fendo miti puno – Since I got out
Kuan gal an gal ko ma io – Of the sea
Hi lan gi la – I’m still dizzy
Hi lan gi la – I’m still dizzy
Benda nazua bosomi – Since I am free
Na lalaka te – I don’t sleep
Ba landaka nga – And I dream
Tango nioso – That I’m still being chased
Si mi walike – When I lie down
Hi kidi mbo – The bed rocks
Wama io – Like on the sea
Wama io – Like on the sea
Lelo na bomoyi – Today I’m alive
Kasi n’esengo te – But my heart is crying
Pona mboka nga – My country is burning
Muana mawa – And I’m burning with sadness
I'm standing, but I'm dizzy
I am here and I am there
I am the past, I am the future
I'm here, and I'm not here
I don't believe it
I'm standing, but I'm dizzy
I am here and I am still there
I am energy, I am pain
I'm alive and I don't believe it
I don't believe it