Karim et le loup [English translation]

I'm writing this standing on the edge.

They say you end up stronger for suffering,

when salt was poured on our wounds.

May the Lord bear witness, what an adventure!

Wicked and quirky creatures1.

You can never know your fate for sure.

Among all our fantasies, which is the worst?

It'll be all over before you said it.

Are we all alone in the world?

As they say, true friends are hard to come by.

At least I'll still have my guitar.

Talking about myself is not in my nature.

I am not who you think I am, what a sham!

Are we all alone in the world?

We stand in the wolf's jaws,

since man is a wolf to man,

man is a wolf to us2.

Are we all alone in the world?

1. a pun on "à tort et à travers" (any odd way), playing on literal meanings of "tort"(wrongdoing) and "travers"(quirk)2. That's what I call a potent logical inference :)

• Artist:Karim Ouellet
• Album:Trente (2016)