Mon sourire à l'envers [English translation]

My skin is too pale

These mined dark rings

under my eyes swallow back

the soaring words.

To say the truth I'm not too ugly

I swear I will veil everything from you

I won't seize what's true.

I'm quite proficient in the

emoting beauty act (1).

Under pastel make-up

does effort go up front?

I lie my faces

always even while sleeping

Apply a behaved coating(2)

I wouldn't want that to upset you.

Since it angers their ideal

when you exhibit your morale,

Since to wear your nature

is just a disguise for deception,

If you fancy making up

fake amused dimples,

All these fake looks,(3)

these forged faces wear me down.

And if sometimes I get sad,

if anger lingers in me,

since one must look more optimistic,

then I chose, I prefer

to hang my smile upside-down.

To avoid ruffling

your neatly folded conceptions

I smooth anguish

with a flatiron.

I keep my eyes wide shut(4)

and swear that when the flood

will come, my feelings will drown.

Since it angers their ideal

when you exhibit your morale,

Since to wear your nature

is just a disguise for deception,

If you fancy making up

fake amused dimples,

all these fake looks,

these forged faces wear me down.

And if sometimes I get sad

if anger lingers in me

since one must look more optimistic

then I chose, I prefer

to hang my smile upside-down.

If you fancy making up

fake amused dimples,

All these fake looks,

these forged faces wear me down.

And if sometimes I get sad

if anger lingers in me

since one must look more optimistic

then I chose, I prefer

to hang my smile upside-down.

My smile, my smile... Upside-down!

• Artist:Élodie Frégé