The Stranger Songtext
von Tuxedomoon

Mais j′ai fait un pas, un seul pas en avant
Et cette fois, sans se soulever
L'Arabe a tiré son couteau qu′il m'a présenté dans le soleil
La lumière a giclé sur l'acier
Et c′était comme une longue lame étincelante qui m′atteignait au front
Au même instant
La sueur amassée dans mes sourcils a coulé d'un coup sur les paupières
Et les a recouvertes d′un voile tiède et épais
Mes yeux étaient aveuglés derrière ce rideau de larmes et de sel
Je ne sentais plus que le cymbales du soleil

I was born today
There were strangers there
Lock me up and left me in a chloroform sun
I yelled and I yelled but nobody cared


First day at school
I lost my front tooth
Boys beat me up
'Cause I wasn′t like them
I fought till I bled and everyone was scammed
Yeah everyone was scammed

Is it my fault?
Is it my fault?
Is it my fault
That I'm strange?

I wasn′t good at kickball
I wasn't good at games
I used to make a habit of beating up cats
Cause I was scared and I couldn't dance
And nobody cared but I learned
Today I′m glad to say
I′m just what a rest

Anonyme is best
Anonyme is best
And life goes stranger every day
Has anybody dared to be more than dead

It isn't my fault
It isn′t my fault
I say, It isn't my fault
That I′m strange?


Je pensais à la source cachée derrière le rocher
J'avais envie de retrouver le murmure de son eau
Envie de fuir la chaleur et les foules
Envie enfin de retrouver l′ombre et le silence
Mother died today or maybe yesterday
I don't know, I don't know, I don′t know
Got to ask my boss to let me go
At the funeral they expected me to cry

Well I didn′t
I don't know why
I don′t know how
Everybody's staring at me now
What′s gone to their heads
What's gone to their heads

Is it my fault?
Is it my fault?
Is it my fault
That I′m strange?
I'm strange, I'm strange, I′m strange
I′m a stranger