Je Suis Malade Lyrics in English L.E.J.

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Je Suis Malade by L.E.J. from French to English.
I don't dream anymore
I don't smoke anymore
I don't even have
a story
I'm alone without you
I'm ugly without you
I'm like an orphan
in a dorm
I no longer want
to live my life
my life stops when
you leave
I've got no life left
and even my bed
turns into a station platform
when you go away
I'm sick
completely sick
like when my mom
went out at night
and left me alone with
my despair
I'm sick
perfectly sick
you show up, nobody knows when
you leave, nobody knows where
and it'll soon be two years
that you don't give a d*mn
like to a rock
like to a sin
I'm hooked
on you
I'm tired
I'm exhausted
from pretending to be happy
when they're here
I drink every night
but every whiskey
tastes the same to me
and every boat
flies your flag
I don't know where to go anymore
you're everywhere
I'm sick
completely sick
like when my mom
went out at night
and left me alone with
my despair
I'm sick
perfectly sick
you show up, nobody knows when
you leave, nobody knows where
and it'll soon be two years
that you don't give a d*mn
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SONG MEANING

Je Suis Malade is the ultimate French power-ballad about lovesickness, and L.E.J. delivers it with raw, modern energy. Instead of describing a cold or fever, the singer lists all the symptoms of a broken heart: she no longer dreams, smokes, or even has stories to tell. Without the person she loves, she feels ugly, orphaned, and utterly adrift. Every daily object turns into a painful reminder: her bed becomes a train platform, every boat seems to wave her lover’s flag, and every glass of whisky tastes exactly the same.
The chorus hammers the diagnosis: “Je suis malade” – “I’m sick,” completely and perfectly sick with love.

The song paints a dramatic picture of dependency. The beloved appears and disappears without warning, leaving the singer suspended between hope and despair for almost two years. She clings to this person “like a rock” or “like a sin,” exhausted from pretending to be happy in front of others. By comparing her adult heartache to the childhood terror of being left alone when her mother went out at night, the lyrics show how abandonment wounds can resurface in romance. In short, Je Suis Malade is a theatrical cry of obsession, loneliness, and the stubborn refusal to heal when love feels more like an illness than a cure.

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