Je suis malade [English translation]

I don't dream anymore, I don't smoke anymore,

I don't even have a history anymore.

I'm dirty without you,

I'm ugly without you,

l'm like an orphan in a dormitory.

I no longer feel like living my life,

my life stops when you go.

I no longer have a life and even my bed

turns into a train station platform

when you go.

I'm ill,

completely ill!

Like when my mother would go out at night and she would leave me alone with my despair.

I'm ill,

utterly ill!

You come, one never knows when.

You go1, one never knows where.

And soon it's going to be two years

that you don't give a damn.

Like to a rock,

like to a sin,

I'm clung to you.

I'm tired, I'm exhausted

from pretending to be happy when they're here.

I drink every night

but all the whiskeys,

to me, taste the same

and all the boats fly your flag.

I no longer know where to go; you're everywhere.

I'm ill,

completely ill!

I shed my blood into your body

And I'm like a dead bird when you, you sleep.2

I'm ill,

That's it I'm ill!3

You've deprived me of all my songs,

you've emptied me of all my words.

Yet I, I had talent before you.

This love is killing me,

if this continues, I will die alone with myself.

By my radio, like a stupid kid,

listening to my own voice which will sing:

I'm ill,

completely ill!

Like when my mother would go out at night and she would leave me alone with my despair.

I'm ill!

That's it I'm ill!

You've deprived me of all my songs,

you've emptied me of all my words.

And my heart is completely sick,

surrounded by barricades!

D'you hear?4 I'm ill!

1. French lyrics "repars" should read: "pars".2. French lyrics "Comme . . . desespoir" should read:

"Je verse mon sang dans ton corp

et je suis comme un oiseau mort quand toi tu dors."3. French lyrics "parfaitement malade!" should read: "C’est ça je suis malade!"4. French lyrics "Tu entends?" should read: "T'entends?".