Rub A Dub [English translation]

Hey, excuse me, can I talk to you a couple minutes?

It won't be long I promise, afterwards I'm gone.

I just needed to talk to you about something, and I'm sure that if I don't do it now I'm going to chicken out and regret it.

There, I can't get you out of my mind, I can't tell it otherwise, it's not really complicated though, I think you've understood.

I'm sorry if it's a bit direct, but I think we've only got one life, that it's too short, too fragile. And it's better to have remorse than regrets right?

I don't know where it came from, where it's coming from, I couldn't explain it to you.

And I'd understand if you think I'm crazy, I wouldn't be mad at you.

It's just that when I see you it's all flashes in my head, pictures repeating again and again, and I'd like to be sure.

I see us dancing in slow-mo on some rub-a-dub and you're leaving precious words in my ear, we look at each other's eyes, we stay awake until the sun rises. I see us going out, walking, drinking and leaving without paying, building castles in the air, and make love with the windows open.

So I ain't gonna lie to you, I'm not really what's best out there.

Because I'm wonky, lying, unreliable, never on time.

But if you want, I can make myself a boxer, robber, driver, doctor, servant, lion tamer.

I ain't gonna lie, of course you'll be able to find better.

Because I'm clumsy, nervous, selfish and short-tempered.

But if you want, I can be smiling, even happy, polite, generous, write songs less nasty, or even songs for lovers.

It's weird because I feel a bit ridiculous about saying all of that suddenly, but at the same time it makes me feel really good.

First because I can finally be sure of what's on your side, but also because I realize how lucky I am, the luck I have to be able to still have feelings for somebody.

It changes my life so much, I don't think you understand, I feel like I'm not the same person anymore.

It's as if suddenly I'm recovering from a hangover that would've lasted two years, it's long two years.

I feel different, I want to wake up on time, get back in movement, smoke less and drink less, stop flirting with anybody just because I'm afraid of being alone.

I don't know where it came from, where it's coming from, once again I couldn't explain it.

It's been so long since it happened, and here it hits me, until there I wasn't really doing anything, I was going from one person to another without really getting attached. It was kinda creepy but yeah... I'm like anybody else, what do you expect...

But there I see us totally dancing in slow-mo on some rub-a-dub body-to-body, we look at each other in the eyes, and we set out again by tacking.

I see us running, swimming naked, blushing, sweating, until we burn, building castles in the air, and making love under lightning.

So I ain't gonna lie to you, I'm not really what's best out there.

Because I'm wonky, lying, unreliable, never on time.

But if you want, I can make myself a boxer, robber, driver, doctor, servant, lion tamer.

I ain't gonna lie, of course you'll be able to find better.

Because I'm clumsy, nervous, selfish and short-tempered.

But if you want, I can be smiling, even happy, polite, generous, write songs less nasty, or even songs for lovers.

And even if I know, that I'm far from being perfect,

If you want to try, give it a shot, I think it can be something beautiful, because after all we never know.

And even if you see, that I'm not someone for you,

If one evening, you're not okay, you're sad, if there's anything, let me know, I'm not going anywhere, I promise I'll be there.

So yeah, I mean, I ain't gonna lie to you, I'm not really what's best out there.

Because I'm wonky, lying, unreliable, never on time.

But if you want, I can make myself a boxer, robber, driver, doctor, servant, lion tamer.

I ain't gonna lie, of course you'll be able to find better.

Because I'm clumsy, nervous, selfish and short-tempered.

But if you want, I can be smiling, even happy, polite, generous, write songs less nasty, or even songs for lovers.

And even if I know, that I'm far from being perfect,

If you want to try, give it a shot, I think it can be something beautiful, because after all we never know.

And even if you see, that I'm not someone for you,

If one evening, you're not okay, you're sad, if there's anything, let me know, I'm not going anywhere, I promise I'll be there.

I don't want you to build false ideas either, I don't intend to propose to you.

And even if of course I can't force you to spend time with me, though I can ask you to believe me when I tell you all the things I'm telling you tonight, I'm not another asshole who just wants to bang you, just don't put me in the same bag that's all I'm asking you.

Alright, I'm gonna leave you alone now. Yeah I talk a lot, I know, I'm sorry. You can answer later, don't worry, just the time to think about all that, there's nothing urgent. In the meantime if there's anything, as I was telling you I'm not goin' anywhere.

Have a good evening.

• Artist:Fauve ≠
• Album:Blizzard (2013)