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L'enfant Roi Lyrics

Je ne sais qu'une chose tu tiens
ma joie ma peine entre tes mains

Tu est le souffle le lien
mon enfant roi , mon magicien

Rien ne m'appartient
(mais) au sud je reviens

Noyé dans le coeur des foules
c'est dans ton fleuve que je m'ecoule

Quand tous les ponts d'or s'ecroulent
c'est de ton aire que je me saoule

Rien ne m'appartient
(mais) au sud je reviens

Les territoires inconnus
je les parcours, je les inclus

Mon pays, mon sang, ma rue
sont dans tes yeux, je les ai vus
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Cover art for L'enfant Roi lyrics by Noir Désir

My translation:

I know nothing else; you hold my joy, my pain, in your hands

You are the breath, the bond My boy-king, the magician.

Nothing belongs to me To the south I return

Drowned in the heart of the crowds It is in your river that I melt away

When all the golden bridges collapse On your air (the French should be "air" not "aire") I get drunk

The unknown territories I travel through them, I include them

My country, my blood, my street Are in your eyes, I've seen them.

Sorry about the rather awkward translation, but at least I didn't just stick it in babelfish. Beautiful, haunting song. Seems to be about an obsession with a child, and one's visions for living on through this child.

Cover art for L'enfant Roi lyrics by Noir Désir

I'm not religious but I think he sings about Jesus here.

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