J'arrive pas [English translation]

I can't do anything but melt away inside

And to feel everything, subtle, honest actions in anger,

Which lies dormant and is ever vigilant

The delicate smell of hostile beings, the bitterness of people disturb me.

I can't pretend to be true,

When grave thoughts pierce my heart,

Freezes me, leaves me dumbfounded, impoverished of feeling,

Steals the desire to offer my joy, makes me fearful,

of an emptiness where splendor goes.

I try not to weep over the world which seems so vicious,

The world and its ego which beguiles with its lies,

I try to convince myself and hope that the world would change.

That our conditioned minds would awaken and risk flight.

Flight from our apathy towards tangible action.

That each link in the chain counts and feels responsible

For this world of beauty which is perishing under our very eyes,

For these children without bread and for those who pig out,

For those in power who allow Earth to wear away,

Who have made it sick and who batter our flesh,

Unhealthy consumption, all these needs that are created,

And the tragedy acted out each day under our nose.

Time's urgency lessened by empty talk,

That we agree to with a shrug of the shoulders like gentle sheep.

I can't do anything but waste away inside

And to feel everything, subtle, honest actions through anger,

Which lies dormant and is ever vigilant

The delicte smell of hostile beings, the bitterness of people disturb me.

I can't pretend to be true,

When grave thoughts pierce my heart,

Freezes me, leaves me dumbfounded, impoverished of feeling,

Steals the desire to offer my joy, makes me fearful,

of an emptiness where splendor goes...

I must not give them power,

Allow their treacherous blasphemy to glide over me,

If it affects me then it means I've stopped believing,

That I value myself even less than the poison they sow.

Take care, cultivate my garden of expectations,

Water with my soul and sow to excess

All the love that I inundate in rains of innocence,

And this is what I speak of when I say "the links".

I can't help but melt away inside.