Hiver Mile-End [English translation]

In every shop window,

I always see the same object

A plasticine heart

Beating just like a real one

The daybreak stages

A stowaway winter1

We're freezing, in the Mile End2

But at least we're freezing with style

I'm building you a song

By way of a home

It's my declaration

My breath is a drawing

A drawing of thoughts

I think about your hands

I wish I could warm them up

I feel like a writer

Ever since I met you

Your story is also mine

Montreal is our witness

I'm building you a song

By way of a home

It's my declaration

1. Lit.: 'paperless'. The usual translation would be 'illegal immigrant', but it didn't really fit here.2. Mile End, a district in Montreal.

• Artist:Ariane Moffatt
• Album:Tous les sens