L'ombre d'un homme [English translation]

With eyes barely open

Hurt by the daylight

I've got a bitter taste

The memory of their laughing around me.

They were my raison.. (my raison d'être*), my tune and song

Knocked-down, in my twilight,

I've lost my dignity, my name

I've kind of given up my dreams to my demons.

Give me my life back

Give me my seasons, my nights back

If you forget me and I couldn't

I am no longer

But a father's shadow, a man's shadow

Alone with this drink that confines me, that forgives me

I drown my prayers, they're carried away, disoriented,

Like a bottle at sea

Torn away by the words left in the pit of our silences

I had so much to tell you

To give direction to our future

Before running from my opportunities

I'm begging you

Look, we were so good

As though sheltered from their everyday sorrows

No, nothing's over

Without you I feel lost

If you run away if I've drunk too much, I am no longer

But a father's shadow, a man's shadow

Alone with this drink that confines me, that forgives me

I drown my prayers, carried away, disoriented,

Like a bottle at sea (x2)

Mmm we were so good yeahhh ... Ooooh

But a father's shadow, a man's shadow

Alone with this drink that confines me, that forgives me

I drown my prayers, they're carried away, disoriented,

Like a bottle at sea (x2)