À l'ombre [English translation]

The water 1

Is so quiet

A sign

Of autumn

The

The fear starts 2

On my face

Doubt

Shudders

Am I

Meant to dream ?

With a low voice

Tell me

Not to be any longer

In the shade

Risking becoming unknown

You hide and hit yourself

In the shade

You cut yourself off

Thus you tear yourself away to the Sky

In the shade

And feeling like letting go

That anything or anyone knows

When it is nightfall

Weary of this too brief lifetime

You become a mere shadow 3

The soul

Is the light

While the soul roves

Over every path

My heart shuts

The demon harries

My tomorrows

And now

Beneath the maples

Cold rears 4

But you, tell me

Not to be

1. "Onde" is a literary word to refer to the water.2. to appear3. of yourself / of your former self4. Reading this verse makes me think about another meaning "Cold writhes in pain"

• Artist:Mylène Farmer
• Album:Monkey Me