I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
Éblouie par la nuit à coups de lumières mortelles
À frôler les bagnoles, les yeux comme des têtes d'épingles
J't'ai attendu cent ans dans les rues en noir et blanc
Tu es venu en sifflant
Éblouie par la nuit à coups de lumières mortelles
À shooter les canettes, aussi paumée qu'un navire
Si j'en ai perdu la tête, j' t'ai aimé et même pire
Tu es venu en sifflant
Éblouie par la nuit à coups de lumières mortelles
Vas-tu l'aimer, la vie, ou la regarder juste passer ?
De nos nuits de fumettes il ne reste presque rien
Que tes cendres au matin
Dans ce métro rempli de vertiges de la vie
À la prochaine station, petit Européen
Mets ta main, descends-la au-dessous de mon cœur
Éblouie par la nuit à coups de lumières mortelles
Un dernier tour de piste avec la main au bout
J' t'ai attendu cent ans dans les rues en noir et blanc
Tu es venu en sifflant
À frôler les bagnoles, les yeux comme des têtes d'épingles
J't'ai attendu cent ans dans les rues en noir et blanc
Tu es venu en sifflant
Éblouie par la nuit à coups de lumières mortelles
À shooter les canettes, aussi paumée qu'un navire
Si j'en ai perdu la tête, j' t'ai aimé et même pire
Tu es venu en sifflant
Éblouie par la nuit à coups de lumières mortelles
Vas-tu l'aimer, la vie, ou la regarder juste passer ?
De nos nuits de fumettes il ne reste presque rien
Que tes cendres au matin
Dans ce métro rempli de vertiges de la vie
À la prochaine station, petit Européen
Mets ta main, descends-la au-dessous de mon cœur
Éblouie par la nuit à coups de lumières mortelles
Un dernier tour de piste avec la main au bout
J' t'ai attendu cent ans dans les rues en noir et blanc
Tu es venu en sifflant
Lyrics submitted by proksima
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But, I cannot believe this did not HAVE a translation.