Aux timides anonymes [English translation]

I knocked on the door

And gave the password

Today it's "Tortoise

Come out of your shell"

In the entrance way a tune

An old Francoise Hardy number

In the Salon there is the circle

That I have every tuesday

At Timids Anonymous

There's the name tag you pin on

With a pseudonym

Like curtain and like rail

That one draws over our lives

To fight this curse

That has thwarted our desires

Since our playground days

Chorus:

Timid

It's written on our damp

Hands

One could think we were haughty

But there is in our gaze

Which is fixed on our shoes

The fear of disappointing

And not a lack of boldness

Timid

It's read on our livid

Faces

Except when the hemoglobin

Explodes like a geyser

Originating in the heart

We live in the desert

And meeting the eyes of others

Hiding out in the neighbourhood

That would be too much

And even for me who

Plays the clown on the stage

At Timids Anonymous

There are various workshops

There is the one that is presented by

A former sales rep

Which teaches the technique

of "No thank you, that's fine"

Today's practical case

Jehovah's Witnesses

To shine in society

A former lighthouse keeper

Teaches us to control

Our blushing

And the fear of silence

With hackneyed phrases

"Who do you see at RC Lens

At the next match?"

Chorus