Quand les vagues reviennent [English translation]

Yes, indeed

I am cracked,

I am beat,

I am broken

like the glass1

forgotten by a poet

that gets dumped overboard.

I am twisted

I am rusty

I am skinny as a nail2

that would have been forgotten

on your neck3

Don't worry,

I'm out of here.

I'm pulling out

this thorn you drag,

this heavy ball4 that clings

to your feet, to your veins

like children do,

like beached

mermaids do

as the waves come back.5

I am bored, I am drowning

when the waves come back,

I always think of you.

Yes, indeed,

I am without joy,

I am empty6

like a town on a sunday,

like a wounded bird

clinging to the branch,

the branch all bent

by the weight of the smiles

that we won't flash each other anymore.

Got to go.

Don't worry

I am far away

I am nothing,

just a bit of dust

another woman will

brush aside, with the back of her hand,

like children do

when they are sad

in order to avoid the wind

as the waves come back.7

I am bored, I am drowning

when the waves come back,

I always think of you.

Yes, indeed,

I feel much better.

Sometimes as a happiness fades away

(anotyher) happiness takes its place

and helps us coping.

I'm telling you

right in the eyes:

I hardly feel sad anymore,

and yet sometimes,

as the waves come back,

I get bored, I drown.

WHen the waves come back,

I always think of you.

I think of you.

I always think of you.

1. "verre" (glass) sounds like "vers" (verse)2. "maigre comme un clou" is similar to "a skeleton with skin" or "thin as a rake"3. "clou" can also mean "boil". Bon appétit...4. "boulet" is a very trendy word for "numbskull" too5. Thank you, Mrs Alma, for another great WTF moment...6. rather means "exhausted" here, but it's used as "emptied" for the town next line, and as "exhausted" again for the wounded bird.7. I remember feeling sad as a child, but can't say I ever brushed dust aside with the back of my hand to avoid wind as waves came back. I must be missing something there...

• Artist:Alma (France)
• Album:Ma peau aime