| J’avais l'âme aiguisée, pointue comme la lumière
| I had a sharp soul, sharp as light
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| Les idées diffractées réfléchissaient la mer
| Diffracted ideas reflected the sea
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| Libre comme l’eau enroulée, déroulée sur ma peau
| Free as water rolled up, unrolled on my skin
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| Noir, comme le fruit que tu appelles «nuit»
| Black, like the fruit you call "night"
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| Who are you?
| Who are you?
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| Why are you?
| Why are you?
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| When are you?
| When are you?
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| Gonna come to me
| Gonna come to me
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| J’avais l'âme aiguisée pointue comme la lumière
| I had a sharp soul sharp as light
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| Mes idées réfractées réfléchies sur la mer
| My refracted ideas reflected on the sea
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| Et sous moi, les courants aussi puissants que silencieux
| And beneath me the currents as strong as they are silent
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| Comme des autoroutes de vides où serpente l’invisible
| Like empty highways where the invisible meanders
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| Je glisse comme je m'élève, tout nu, tu m’as vu
| I slide as I rise, naked, you saw me
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| Je glisse comme je m'élève, tout nu, tu m’as eu
| I slide as I rise, all naked, you got me
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| Au panthéon du vide, un costard sur mesure
| In the pantheon of emptiness, a tailor-made suit
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| Pour épaules fracassées par nos journées d’usure
| For shoulders shattered by our days of wear
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| Who are you?
| Who are you?
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| Why are you?
| Why are you?
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| When are you?
| When are you?
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| Gonna come to me
| Gonna come to me
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| Who are you?
| Who are you?
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| Why are you?
| Why are you?
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| When are you?
| When are you?
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| Gonna come to me
| Gonna come to me
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| J’avais l'âme aiguisée fendue par la lumière
| I had a sharp soul split by the light
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| Mes idées réfractées réfléchies sur la pierre
| My refracted thoughts reflected on stone
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| Regarder se tourner sans bruits les pages dorées
| Watch the golden pages turn silently
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| Dans le galop du vent, réapprendre à marcher
| In the gallop of the wind, learning to walk again
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| Au panthéon du rêve, un costard sur mesure
| In the pantheon of dreams, a tailor-made suit
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| Découpé dans la tôle des carcasses de voitures
| Cut from sheet metal car wrecks
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| Sous le vacarme des étoiles, tout nu, tu m’as voulu
| Under the din of the stars, naked, you wanted me
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| Comme la morsure du vent dans l’hiver revenu
| Like the bite of the wind in the returned winter
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| Who are you?
| Who are you?
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| Why are you?
| Why are you?
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| When are you?
| When are you?
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| Gonna come to me
| Gonna come to me
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| Who are you?
| Who are you?
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| Why are you?
| Why are you?
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| When are you?
| When are you?
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| Gonna come to me
| Gonna come to me
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| J’avais l'âme aiguisée pointue dans la lumière
| I had my soul sharpened sharp in the light
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| Les idées délivrées réfléchies sur la mer
| Ideas released reflected on the sea
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| Libre comme l’eau enroulée sur ma peau déroulée
| Free as water rolled up on my unrolled skin
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| Noir comme le fruit que tu appelles «nuit»
| Black like the fruit you call "night"
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| Et sous moi, des courants aussi puissants que silencieux
| And under me currents as strong as they are silent
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| Des autoroutes de vides où serpente l’invisible
| Highways of emptiness where the invisible meanders
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| Et j’y glisse comme je m'élève, tout nu, tu m’as vu
| And I slip there as I rise, naked, you saw me
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| Au panthéon du rêve, un costard sur mesure | In the pantheon of dreams, a tailor-made suit |