Nuit blanche [English translation]

I spend another sleepless night

A channel crossing

I count the sheep who bathe there

I bump into the ding dong of big ben

I spend another sleepless night

An hour on the back, two on the edge

I try a dream then delete it

Go though all the temperatures

My open eyes map out

Thanks to the diodes of the hifi

The smallest trace on the wall

That the painting faults leave

And I could already list

A dragonfly two fox terriers

A thing which looks like France

It just lacks a bit of Provence

REFRAIN

And you, you sleep, conquistador

In your America one falls asleep so fast

I would like to transplant the arms of Morpheus onto you

To nestle myself there and finally sleep

I spend another sleepless night

And you in your bubble 1

You saw branches

It’s no longer a cartoon strip

But it’s a forest

That you have decimated

I have done everthing to pierce your bubble

A coughing fit that I fake

But to prevent you from giving me

The slip I might as well whistle for it 2

And tomorrow you’ll be affronted

The pillow mark on your forehead

You will say unbelievably cheekily

“I didn’t close my eyes all night”

When it’s time to get out of bed

I will have two craters under my eyes

We must believe that my sleep

Is in cahoots with the sun3

REFRAIN (2x)

And you, you sleep, conquistador

In your America one falls asleep so fast

I would like to transplant the arms of Morpheus onto you

To nestle myself there and finally sleep

1. A speech bubble, like in a comic2. Il peut toujours se brosser - he can whistle for it3. not sure about this!

• Artist:Renan Luce
• Album:Repenti (2006)