Chambres d'Asie [English translation]

Draperies hanging from closed windows of Asian bedrooms

Paper on the walls of bedrooms in musty hotels

Drapes of torn up curtains, miserable neon lights

And nothing left to prove yourself you do exist

Draperies hanging from closed windows of Asian bedrooms

Paper on the walls of bedrooms in musty hotels

Motionless and warm drapes in endless nights

Bedsheets marked with all the screams and smells of fleeting time

Asian bedrooms, leave back to them, night or day

Musty walls, velvet skins

Draperies hanging from closed windows of Asian bedrooms

Paper on the walls of bedrooms in musty hotels

Motionless and warm drapes in endless nights

Bedsheets marked with all the screams and smells of fleeting time

Draperies of curtains drawn across closed windows

Resting bodies reflected in the mirrors on the walls

Clanking of the keys of locks on iron barred doors

And corridors lit night and day like in hell

Like in hell, but what's your choice, go back there despite all

Musty walls, where they say they love you

Draperies hanging from closed windows of Asian bedrooms

Paper on the walls of bedrooms in musty hotels

Useless and sad memories of those long nights

And bite in the sheets of the Asian bedrooms

As you bite into a fruit

Asian bedrooms, leave back to them one day or the other

And take with you someone else's skin

• Artist:Gérard Manset
• Album:Prisonnier de l'inutile (1985)