Je marche seul [English translation]

Like a boat adrift

Without purpose and without reason

I walk though the city

All alone and anonymous

The city and its traps

Are my privileges

I'm all the richer for it

But it can't be bought

And I don't care, don't care about anything

About these chains hanging on our necks

I run, I forget

I take a break, a respite

(chorus)

I walk alone

Through the streets giving themselves

And the night forgives me, I walk alone

Forgetting the hours

I walk alone

Without witness, without anyone

Only my steps ringing out, I walk alone

Actor and viewer*

To meet, to charm

When the night is up to its tricks

To promise something without saying it

Just staring looks

Oh, when life is stubborn

At those murderous hours

I'm all the richer for it

But it can't be bought

And I don't care, don't care about anything

About these chains hanging on our necks

I run, I forget

I take a break, a respite

(chorus)

I walk alone

When my life is nonsense

When desire abandons me

I walk alone

To drown with elsewhere

I walk alone...