Translation of the song lyrics Du sable sur les paupières - Hocus Pocus, Kohndo

Du sable sur les paupières (original)

Hey !
Can’t you see, you can be what you want to be
Can’t you see, you can be what you want to be
Come on and see
Yeah, comment distinguer l’essentiel
Avec du sable sur les paupières
Apprécier des couleurs couvertes de poussières
Viens, viens, franchissons l’voile
Que tu vois réellement à quoi ressemble à toi
Au fond, peu importe si t’es pas dans l’style
Comment kicker les apparences d’un battement d’cils
Quand il y a tant d’fond d’teint et tant d’vernis
Tant d’teintes musicales ternies, yeah
J’voudrais te guider, explorer tes idées
S’exiler pour exister, sans s’exhiber
J’ai ce goût amer d’un manque de diversité
L’inconfort d’un uniforme qu’on veut me faire porter
Éveillé, je lutte pour garder les yeux ouverts, ouais
Car le marchand de sable est passé
Du sable sur les paupières
Mais du sable sous les pavés
Hey !
Can’t you see, you can be what you wanna be
Fly away with me
Can’t you see, you can be what you wanna be
Come on and see
T’inquiète, j’marche sans œillères, l'œil en face des trous
L’monde à portée d’mes deux yeux sans qu’ma vue s’dédouble
J’aimerais plus de lumière pour ce monde flou
Enlever le voile posé sur toi quand ton cœur souffre
Impressionniste plus que réaliste
Un brin d’panique t’embarque, poussé à la crise
Dans ce monde tragique, j’aimerais t’apaiser des cris
Qui persistent quand ces images tard le soir s'éternisent
J’aimerai t’emmener où la peur cesse
Où la liberté a d’autre odeur que weed et coups d’sexes
Trop d’hommes s’arment de désillusions, peu l’savent
Trop s’enferment dans l’illusion sans esclave
Spectateur sur ordinateur, attendre un bonheur
Prêt à vendre aux enchères, loin des cyber-club
Libre espace enfermé dans une lucarne fade
Putain d’sable amassé sur tes paupières froides
Hey !
Can’t you see, you can be what you want to be
Fly away with me
Can’t you see, you can be what you want to be
Come on and see
Fuis les spots et réveille-toi
Crame ton poste et libère-toi
Cesse de croire que t’a pas le choix
Il n’tient qu'à toi de vouloir autre chose
J’rêve d’une pensée aux multiples facettes
Que Serge et son magnéto change la cassette
Écoutons la face B l’autre côté
Et saches que t’as pas que ton portable pour voter
Rêve électrique dans des cages dorées
Amour plastique à l’aurore beurrée
Applique un baume si t’es torturé
Un peu d’magie pour ta survie
Un sentiment trouble qui n’date pas d’hier
Quelques lignes qui le partagent
Du sable sur les paupières
Un grain de sable dans l’engrenage
Hey !
Can’t you see, you can be what you want to be
Fly away with me
Can’t you see, you can be what you want to be
Come on and see

Du sable sur les paupières (translation)

Hey!
Can't you see, you can be what you want to be
Can't you see, you can be what you want to be
Come on and see
Yeah, how to distinguish the essential
With sand on the eyelids
Appreciate colors covered in dust
Come, come, let's cross the veil
That you actually see what you look like
Basically, it doesn't matter if you're not in style
How to kick appearances with a blink of an eye
When there's so much foundation and so much polish
So many tarnished musical hues, yeah
I would like to guide you, explore your ideas
Going into exile to exist, without showing off
I have this bitter taste of a lack of diversity
The discomfort of a uniform they want me to wear
Awake, I struggle to keep my eyes open, yeah
For the sandman has passed
Sand on the eyelids
But sand under the cobblestones
Hey!
Can't you see, you can be what you wanna be
fly away with me
Can't you see, you can be what you wanna be
Come on and see
Don't worry, I walk without blinkers, the eye in front of the holes
The world within reach of my two eyes without my sight splitting
I would like more light for this hazy world
Take the veil off you when your heart aches
Impressionist more than realist
A bit of panic takes you on board, pushed to the crisis
In this tragic world, I'd like to soothe you with cries
That lingers when these late night images drag on
I'd like to take you where the fear ends
Where freedom has no other smell than weed and sex shots
Too many men arm themselves with disillusion, few know it
Too many lock themselves in the illusion without a slave
Computer viewer, waiting for a bliss
Ready to sell at auction, far from cyber-clubs
Free space enclosed in a bland skylight
Fucking sand piled up on your cold eyelids
Hey!
Can't you see, you can be what you want to be
fly away with me
Can't you see, you can be what you want to be
Come on and see
Run away from the spots and wake up
Burn your post and free yourself
Stop thinking you don't have a choice
It's up to you to want something else
I dream of a multi-faceted thought
Let Serge and his recorder change the tape
Let's hear the B side the other side
And know that you don't just have your cell phone to vote
Electric dream in golden cages
Plastic love with a buttery dawn
Apply balm if you're tortured
A little magic for your survival
A troubled feeling that does not date from yesterday
A few lines that share it
Sand on the eyelids
A grain of sand in the gears
Hey!
Can't you see, you can be what you want to be
fly away with me
Can't you see, you can be what you want to be
Come on and see