L'oiseau Lyrics in English Feu! Chatterton

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song L'oiseau by Feu! Chatterton from French to English.
Au bord de l'eau
By the water's edge
Un pigeon défunt
A dead pigeon
Pour un oiseau
For a bird
Mais quelle drôle de fin
But what a strange end
Sur la plage échoue sans cesse
Washes up on the beach endlessly
Jeté par les vagues
Tossed by the waves
Échoue sans cesse
Washes up endlessly
Là-bas
Over there
À présent l'orage
Now the storm
Dort sous la grève
Sleeps beneath the shore
Tout gorgé d'eau
All waterlogged
Le sable s'élève
The sand rises
Puisse l'oiseau foudroyé
May the struck-down bird
Dans le creux de mes pas
In the hollow of my steps
Reposer
Rest
Viens là
Come here
Le soleil perce l'oiseau gris
The sun pierces the grey bird
De ses raides et doux
With its stiff and gentle
Rayons comme des aiguilles
Rays like needles
Une poupée vaudou
A voodoo doll
Le soleil perce l'oiseau gris
The sun pierces the grey bird
De ses raides et doux
With its stiff and gentle
Rayons comme des aiguilles
Rays like needles
Une poupée vaudou
A voodoo doll
Arrive-t-il
Did it come
D'un pays lointain
From a distant land
Ce volatile
This bird
Au regard éteint?
With lifeless eyes?
Moi je le crois revenu
I believe it's come back
Apeuré et nu
Afraid and naked
Du fond de ma mémoire
From the depths of my memory
Rétive
Stubborn
Alors du temps qui passe
So from the passing time
Je remonte le cours
I go back up its course
Jusqu'à l'impasse
To the dead end
Où gisent mes amours
Where my loves lie
Espérant trouver des plumes
Hoping to find feathers
Un souvenir de plus
One more memory
Du pauvre oiseau
Of the poor bird
Reconnu
Recognized
Le soleil perce l'oiseau gris
The sun pierces the grey bird
De ses raides et doux
With its stiff and gentle
Rayons comme des aiguilles
Rays like needles
Une poupée vaudou
A voodoo doll
Le soleil perce l'oiseau gris
The sun pierces the grey bird
De ses raides et doux
With its stiff and gentle
Rayons comme des aiguilles
Rays like needles
Une poupée vaudou
A voodoo doll
Viens que je te mette à l'abri
Come, let me shelter you
Des longs doigts lumineux
From the long, luminous fingers
De l'astre enfantin qui appuie
Of the childish star pressing
Sur les plaies de tes yeux
On the wounds of your eyes
Viens que je te mette à l'abri
Come, let me shelter you
Des longs doigts lumineux
From the long, luminous fingers
De l'astre enfantin qui appuie
Of the childish star pressing
Sur les plaies de tes yeux
On the wounds of your eyes
Pigeon de mon cœur
Pigeon of my heart
Pigeon de mon cœur
Pigeon of my heart
Épine
Thorn
Tu es le remords
You are remorse
Infatigable oiseau moqueur
Tireless mockingbird
Pigeon de mon cœur
Pigeon of my heart
Épine
Thorn
Tu es le remords
You are remorse
Infatigable oiseau moqueur
Tireless mockingbird
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