| Pour nous j’me suis fait du mal, toi tu n’en as jamais fait autant | For us, I scalded my soul—never have you bled as much for us as I. |
| Moi chaque jour je prouve, oui, je prouve, oui, je prouve | Each dawn I bear new witness, yes, I bear witness, yes, I vow anew— |
| Je n’en dors plus la night, ah, j’ai l’impression de parler dans l’vent | No sleep finds me by night; I wander, voiceless, through vast fields of wind. |
| Je cherche ton amour, oui, amour, oui, amour | I seek your love, elusive as the hush between bells, yes, love, yes, love— |
| T’es celle que j’ai choisie | You—chosen, like a rare stone in the river’s relentless hand, |
| La seule qui me fascine | The one and only who ensnares me, wreathed in silent fire. |
| Je cours après nous, toi tu passes ton temps à me terminer | I chase the shadow of what we were; you spend your days unweaving me, thread by thread. |
| J’t’ai donné toute ma vie | My days—all I possessed—I poured into your empty, thirsting well. |
| Je sais pas c’qui m’a pris, ouais | I do not fathom what madness seized me, no— |
| Je parle toutes les langues, pour m’faire comprendre j’ai même mimé | I have turned my tongue to every speech on earth, even shaped my body to a living glyph, |
| (Hey, Kee) | (Hey, Kee) |
| Tu voulais qu’on parle, on l’a fait (yeah yeah) | You longed for words—so we plunged into speech’s shallows (yeah, yeah) |
| Mais tu t’aperçois toi-même que ta bouche est vide (skrr skrr) | Yet even you must taste the hollow echo resounding in your mouth (skrr skrr) |
| Tu fais de grands gestes mais tes arguments sont pourris (t'as rien à dire, | Your arms carve the air, resplendent, yet your reasons rot like apples at the roots (you offer nothing, |
| ouais, yeah) | yes, yeah) |
| Tu fais l’amour si bien, ça c’est vrai (ça c’est vrai) | You conjure love’s alchemy flawlessly, that much rings true (that much rings true) |
| Mais à quoi bon être fidèle si toi tu t’sens libre? (Oh non, non, non) | But what is faithfulness worth, if your soul dances barefoot through open doors? (Oh no, no, no) |
| J’peux dormir serein, aucune faute moi je n’ai commis | I sleep at peace, not a blemish stains my name— |
| Toi toutes les fautes tu les as commises (yeah yeah) | But you—each sin, each wound, has worn your hands to the bone (yeah yeah) |
| T’as foutu l’seum à tous mes homies | You’ve salted the soil for every friend I once called kin. |
| J’peux même te citer l’nom des Johnny, Kevin, Warren, C-Jay | I could inscribe for you the litany—Johnny, Kevin, Warren, C-Jay— |
| Mais j’en resterai là | Yet here I let the matter rest, |
| Oui toutes les fautes tu les as commises (ouais yeah) | Yes, every scar was of your making (yes, yeah) |
| On voit ta face dans toutes les stories | Your face blooms in the lantern-glow of every stranger's story, |
| Au fait en parlant de Johnny, Kevin, Warren, C-Jay | And speaking of Johnny, Kevin, Warren, C-Jay— |
| Lequel t’as l’mieux??? | Which of them did you crown with most favor? |
| Pour nous j’me suis fait du mal, toi tu n’en as jamais fait autant (yeah yeah | For us, I scalded my soul, yet you never watered the flame (yeah yeah |
| yeah) | yeah) |
| Moi chaque jour je prouve, oui, je prouve, oui, je prouve (je prouve, yeah) | Each dawn I bear new witness, yes, I bear witness, yes, I vow anew (I vow, yeah) |
| Je n’en dors plus la night ah, j’ai l’impression de parler dans l’vent (parler | No sleep finds me by night; I wander, voiceless, through vast fields of wind (speaking |
| dans l’vent, ouais) | into the wind, yeah) |
| Je cherche ton amour, oui, amour, oui, amour | I seek your love, elusive as the hush between bells, yes, love, yes, love— |
| T’es celle que j’ai choisie (oh yeah yeah yeah) | You—chosen like a rare stone in the river’s relentless hand (oh yeah yeah yeah) |
| La seule qui me fascine (non non) | The only one who ensnares me, wreathed in silent fire (no, no) |
| Je cours après nous, toi tu passes ton temps à me terminer (passe ton temps à | I chase the shadow of what we were; you spend your time unraveling me (spend your days |
| m’rendre fou) | driving me mad) |
| J’t’ai donné toute ma vie | My days—all I possessed—I poured into your empty, thirsting well. |
| Je sais pas c’qui m’a pris, ouais | I do not fathom what madness seized me, no— |
| Je parle toutes les langues, pour m’faire comprendre j’ai même mimé | I have turned my tongue to every speech on earth, even shaped my body to a living glyph |