Blicke [English translation]

You throw glances at me

I do my best not to catch them

They are just a bit too insistent1

to mean nothing.

Hey, you look so familiar to me

when you sit here in my favourite bar.

You throw glances at me

I do my best not to catch them.

Do you see the same things I see?

I would like so much to see through your eyes,

like so much to see through your eyes.

The things you are feeling right now

I would like so much to see through your eyes,

like so much to see through your eyes.

Through flickering light and smoke,

among hundreds of people,

our glances cross the room.

Oh, I long to follow them.

Do you see the same things I see?

I would like so much to see through your eyes,

like so much to see through your eyes.

You cast glances at me

and I notice how I catch them,

even though that doesn't mean anything.

It sets so many things in motion.

Hey, you look so familiar to me.

You're sitting in my favourites.

You cast glances at me

and I notice how I catch them,

Do you see the same things I see?

I would like so much to see through your eyes,

like so much to see through your eyes.

The things you are feeling right now

I would like so much to see through your eyes,

like so much to see through your eyes.

Through flickering light and smoke,

among hundreds of people,

our glances cross the room.

Oh, I long to follow them.

Do you see the same things I see?

I would like so much to see through your eyes,

like so much to see through your eyes.

You cast glances at me

and I notice how I catch them,

You cast glances at me

Maybe it's the beginning of something.

Do you see the same things I see?

I would like so much to see through your eyes,

like so much to see through your eyes.

The things you are feeling right now

I would like so much to see through your eyes,

like so much to see through your eyes.

Through flickering light and smoke,

among hundreds of people,

our glances cross the room.

Oh, I long to follow them.

Do you see the same things I see?

I would like so much to see through your eyes,

like so much to see through your eyes.

1. lit. "they last for a glance too many". "last for a glance" is like "last for a moment". The same pun would work in French, but alas not in English