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The car's on fire and there's no driver at the wheel
And the sewers are all muddied with a thousand lonely suicides
And a dark wind blows
The government is corrupt
And we're on so many drugs
With the radio on and the curtains drawn
We're trapped in the belly of this horrible machine
And the machine is bleeding to death
The sun has fallen down
And the billboards are all leering
And the flags are all dead at the top of their poles
It went like this:
The buildings tumbled in on themselves
Mothers clutching babies picked through the rubble
And pulled out their hair
The skyline was beautiful on fire
All twisted metal stretching upwards
Everything washed in a thin orange haze
I said : "Kiss me, you're beautiful -
these are truly the last days"
You grabbed my hand and we fell into it
Like a daydream or a fever
We woke up one morning and fell a little further down -
For sure it's the valley of deaf
I open up my wallet
And it's full of blood.

La voiture en feu et personne au volant
Et les égouts sont embourbés par un millier de suicide solitaires
Et un sinistre vent souffle
Le gouvernement est corrompu
Et on prend tellement de produits
Avec la radio allumée et les rideaux tirés
On est piégé dans les entrailles de cette horrible machine
Et la machine saigne à mort
Le soleil s'est couché
Et les panneaux-réclames lorgnent
Et les drapeaux sont tous morts en haut de leurs mats
C'est arrivé comme ça :
Les bâtiments se sont écroulés sur eux mêmes
Les mères agrippent les bébés arrachés aux décombres
Et retirent leurs cheveux (traduction incertaine)
L'horizon en feu était magnifique
Ces métaux tordus tendus vers le ciel
Tout est lessivé/écuré par une ténu brume orange
J'ai dit : "Embrasse moi tu est magnifique
Ce sont probablement les derniers jours"
Tu as saisi ma main et nous avons sombré dedans
Comme dans une rêverie ou un délire
Nous nous sommes réveillé un matin et replongé un peu plus profond
Pour sûre c'est la vallée de la mort
J'ouvre mon portefeuille
Et il est plein de sang.

Providence (Divorce & Fever) [en]

- D'you think the end of the world is coming?
- The preacher man says it's the end of time... He says that America's rivers are going dry. The interest is up, the stock market's down. You guys have to be careful walking around here this late at night... This ... This is the perfect place to get jumped.
- But d'you think the end of the world is coming?
- No. So says the preacher man but... I don't go by what he says.

- Pensez vous que la fin des temps approche ?
- Le prédicateur dit c'est la fin des temps... Il dit que les rivières Américaines s'assèchent. L'intérêt s'accroît, et la bourse descend. Vous autre, faites attention en vous balladant dans le coin tard la nuit... C'est... C'est l'endroit rêvé pour se faire braquer.
- Mais pensez vous que la fin du monde est arrive ?
- Non. C'est ce que dit le prédicateur mais... je ne suis pas de son avis.

Oh yeah, all kinds of them.... Everybody seemed to uh, that's right they're just walkin around doin nothin, even on their own.... Play with the children, kid around. Anybody that the son wasn't ashamed to walk out the way they was, who had a tattoo, or the fat lady and the bareheaded person, or the alligator skin... Tthat wouldn't be odd, they had so many odder things down there. But that goes out to whatever carnival all over the world, all over the countries. And a lot of freak of natures were put into it. Used to call them "geeks." A "geek" was a person who was an alcoholic or on drugs. And they put em in a cage, and he was a wild-man. But they stopped that in the cities and they.. But the carnival got traveled in the country... They still had the "geeks." They'd all come pay money to see a man like an animal in a cage. But uh, It wasn't done because it was uh uh uh a playground... Uou see, some for the first time were amazed.... And you remember it was part of the sideshow. But today they got so many "geeks" out there... That they're actually running amongst the public, not in a cage where they should be. They're runnin in the street amongst us all.

_Well... Where are you coming from ?

_Well... I don't like the way the country's ran, don't you know, and, erm... That's pretty much what I was expressing in my poem. The government.. .The American government - they're sneaky, they're very deceitful, they're liars, they're cheats, they're rip-offs. I mean, the American government is one systematic government that... that nobody can trust. Idon't trust them myself.

_ And how long have you been writing for ?

_ Huh?

_ How long have you been writing for ?

_ Since I was four.

_ D'you do this sort of thing a lot, like, open-mic kinda questions ?

_ Oh I love open-mics, I love coming here to do open-mics, absolutely.

_ What kind of reactions d'you usually get ?

_ Usually, people are... are pretty much in agreement with what I'm saying.

_ We overheard you before talking about... You went to court today for a speeding ticket...?

_ That's accurate.

_ Right. D'you wanna tell us that story ?

_ Yes, absolutely, I wouldn't mind telling you the story. Erm... I went to court today for a speeding ticket, and I told the judge, erm... "Let me tell you something, and you listen and you listen good, I'm only gonna say this one time and one time only, I don't repeat myself for nobody," I said. I says... "I'm here to pay a speeding ticket, not to listen to your lectures and hear you run your mouth for an hour." I says "I'm here to pay off my speeding ticket... and I'm here to get my fines out of the way and get the fuck to work." The judge says "You can't talk like that in my courtroom, you're in contempt of court." Then I said... I told the judge, "If that's the best you can do, I feel sorry for you." I said "why don't you just shut your fucking mouth for once and listen." I said "I'm not gonna take any shit." I said "I'm gonna pay my speeding ticket like I said." I walked up to the god damn judge and I hand him my 25 dollars and I says "here's my money, now I am leaving."
and I left it at that...
...Then, before I left, I turned around and told the judge "I'm here to state who I am and be honest with you." I said "if they thought I was dangerous on the road like you're trying to accuse me of, wouldn't they have taken my license when I first got it? Yes they would. And the judge says "Yeah, you have a point." he goes "You don't need to get loud," I said "Don't get loud?" I says "I've got every right to get loud." I says "You can't do a god damn thing about it, because I'm expressing myself in your court, and there is nothing you can do about it. You think you're god because you have a robe and you can put people up the god damn river for 20 years? Well you're not."
And I left it at that...

_ Did you walk away ?

_ Yes I did... I don't like the judicial system, I don't like the government system, I don't like the police, I don't like anything to do with this country's government. I just don't like it, because... they're sneaky, like I said - they're deceitful, they're lying, they're cheats, they rip people off. that's the American government for you. America is a third world country, and people don't recognise it... And I think that that's pretty god damn sad, that they don't recognise their own country as a third world, third rate, third class slum.

_ Well... D'you have any weapons ?

_ Yes, I do. I own a high-powered assault rifle, I own a 12-gauge double barrel shotgun, I own a regular shotgun, I own a regular hunting rifle, I own a 9 milimetre, a 357, a 45 handgun, a 38 special, and, erm... I own an M-16 fully automatic ground assault rifle...

_ D'you think things are gonna get better before they get worse ?

_ No way. Things are just gonna get worse and keep on getting worse. Like I said, America's a third world country as it is and... and we're just basically in a hopeless situation as it stands.

_ What d'you think this country's gonna look like in the year 2003 ?

_Y'know, I'll tell you the truth - nothing against you guys, but I don't wanna answer that question because... I haven't even got a mind that's that... that inhumane.

_ Are you ready for what's coming ?

_ Ready as I'll ever be.

_ Most people aren't.

_ There's a little saying... dates back for generations...

_ Go on...

_ Be prepared for anything at any time from anybody, don't take no shit, always stand your ground. People wanna come up to me and run their mouth - guess what? I'll throw them through the fucking window... I won't think a thing of it.

_ Would you mind reciting your poem for us ?

_Not at all, I don't see why... I don't see why I couldn't.

There's an evil virus that's threatening mankind
It's not state of the art, it's a serious state of the mind
The muggers, the backstabbers, the two faced elite
A menace to society, a social disease
To brainwash the mind is a social disorder
The cynics, the apathy one-upmanship order
Watching beginnings of social decay
Gloating and sneering at life's disarray
Eating away at your own self esteem
Pouncing on every word that you might be saying
To attack someones mind is a social disorder
The constitution, the government, martial law order
Superficially smiling a shake of the hand
As soon as your back is turned treason is planned
When every good thing's laid to rest
By the governments hate, by the constitution and their lies
And every time you think you're safe
And when you go to turn away
You know they're sharpening all their knives
All in your mind
All in your head
Try to relate it
All in your mind
All in your head
Try to escape it
Without a conscience they destroy
And that's a thing that they enjoy
They're a sickness that's in all of our minds
They want to sink the ship and leave
The way they laugh at you and me
You know it happens all the time
But it only happens in your mind
The rats in the cellar you know who you are...
Or do you?
Watching beginnings of social decay...

_ Thank you for your time

- Bon... D'où venez vous ?

- Et bien... Je n'aime pas où va le pays, tu vois, et euh... C'est à peu près ce que je montre dans mon poème. Le gouvernement... Le gouvernement Américain -Ils sont sournois, ils sont super fourbes, ils mentent, ils trompent/fraudent, ils arnaquent. Je veux dire que le gouvernement Américain est un gouvernement systématique qui... en qui personne ne peut avoir confiance. Je n'ai pas confiance moi même.

- Et depuis quand écrivez vous ?

- Hein ?

- Depuis quand écrivez vous ?

- Depuis mes quatre ans.

- Vous faites souvent ce genre de choses, genre micro-trottoirs ?

- Oh j'adore ça, j'adore venir ici pour le micro-trottoir, absolument.

- Quelles réactions recevez vous en générale ?

- D'habitude les gens sont plutôt d'accord avec ce que je dis.

- On vous entendait, tout à l'heure parler de... Vous étiez au tribunal aujourd'hui pour une contravention...?

- Exactement

- Ok, Vous voulez nous raconter ça ?

- Oui, absolument, cela ne me dérange pas de vous raconter. Euh... Je suis allé au tribunal aujourd'hui pour une contravention (ndt: speeding ticket contravention pour excès de vitesse), et j'ai dit au juge, euh.. "Laissez moi vous dire une chose, et vous écoutez et des deux oreilles, je ne le dirais qu'une fois et une seule, je ne répète pour personne," J'ai dit. Je dit (ndt : I says "Je dit" est conjugué à la troisième personne du singulier) "je suis là pour payer ma contravention (ndt : cf. précédente), pas pour écouter vos sermons et vous entendre blablater pendant une heure."Je dit(ndt : cf. précédente) "je suis là pour régler ma contravention (ndt : cf. précédente)... et je suis là pour m'acquitter de mes amendes et puis me je me tire au boulot." Le juge dit "Vous ne pouvez parlez de cette manière dans mon tribunal, c'est un outrage à magistrat." Alors j'ai dit.. J'ai dit au juge, "Si c'est tout ce que tu peux faire, je suis désolé pour toi." J'ai dit "Pourquoi ne fermes tu pas ta gueule pour une fois et écoute." J'ai dit "Je vais pas me laisser bourrer le mou." J'ai dit "Je vais payer ma contravention, comme j'ai dit." Je me suis rapproché de ce foutu juge, 25 dollars dans la main et je dit "Voici mon argent, maintenant je pars."
et sur ce je pars...
...Ensuite, avant de partir, Je me suis retourné et j'ai dit au juge "Je suis ici pour spécifier qui je suis and pour être honnête avec vous." J'ai dit "si ils pensaient que j'étais dangereux sur la route, ce dont vous m'accuser, ne m'auraient-ils pas retirer mon permis la première fois ? Si." Et le juge a dit "Ouais c'est vrai." Il poursuit "C'est inutile de crier," j'ai dit "Inutile de crier?" je dit "J'ai le droit de hausser le ton." Je dit "Vous n'êtes pas foutu de faire quelque chose pour ça, parce que je m'exprime dans votre court, et il n'y rien que vous puissiez faire. Vous croyez vous êtes Dieu parce que vous portez une robe et que vous pouvez mettre les gens à l'ombre pour 20 ans ? Et bien non."
et sur ce je pars...

- Vous êtes sorti ?

- Oui...Je n'aime pas le système judiciaire, je n'aime pas le système gouvernemental, je n'aime pas la police, je n'aime tout touche au gouvernement de ce pays. Je ne les aime pas, simplement parce que...Ils sont sournois, comme je l'ai dit - Ils sont fourbes, menteurs, ils fraudent, ils volent les gens. C'est ça le gouvernement Américain. L'Amérique est un pays du tiers monde et les gens ne le rendent pas compte... Et ça c'est plutôt salement triste qu'ils reconnaissent pas leur propre pays comme un pays du tiers monde, de troisième classe, un taudis de troisième zone.

- Ok... Avez vous des armes ?

- Oui en effet. J'ai un puissant fusil d'assaut, J'ai un fusil de chasse double canon calibre 12, J'ai un fusil de chasse classique, J'ai une carabine de chasse, J'ai un 9 millimètre, un 357, un 45, un 38 spécial, et, euh...j'ai un fusil d'assaut automatique M-16...

- Pensez vous que la situation va aller mieux avant d'empirer ?

- Impossible. Les choses empirent et vont continuer d'empirer. Comme j'ai dit l'Amérique est un pays du tiers monde... et en fait nous sommes dans une situation désespérée telle qu'elle est.

- A quoi ressemblera ce pays en 2003 ?

- T'sais, pour dire vrai -rien contre vous les mecs, mais je ne vais pas répondre à cette question parce que...je ne conçois même pas combien c'est inhumain.

- Êtes vous prêt pour ce qui arrive ?

- Prêt comme jamais.

- La plupart des gens ne le sont pas.

- Il y a un proverbe... qui remonte à des générations...

- Continuez..

-Sois prêt à tout, à tout moment, de la part de n'importe qui, envoies chier, tiens le coup. Des gens veulent venir chez moi et me raconter des histoires - tu sais quoi? Je les envoie par la fenêtre... Je m'en tape.

- Cela vous ennuieriez de réciter votre poème pour nous ?

- Pas du tout, je ne vois pas pourquoi je ne pourrai pas.

Il y a un mauvais virus qui menace l'humanité
Ce n'est pas l'état de l'art, c'est un sérieux état d'esprit
les agresseurs, les traîtres, l'élite double face
Une menace pour la société, une déficience sociale
Le lavage de cerveau est une désordre social
Les cyniques, cet apathique ordre envieux (the apathy one-upmanship order)
Observant les prémisses du déclin social
Sarcastique, se réjouissant face au désarroi de la vie
Rongeant votre amour propre
Se jetant sur chaque qui sort de votre bouche
Attaquer l'esprit d'autrui est un désordre social
La constitution, le gouvernement, l'état de loi martiale
Sourire artificiel / poignée de main
A peine le dos tourné, la trahison est en place
Quand toutes les bonnes choses s'évanouissent
Par la haine du gouvernement, par la constitution et leurs mensonges
Et à chaque fois que tu penses être en sécurité
Et quand tu t'apprêtes à renoncer
Tu sais qu'ils affûtent leurs lames
Dans ton esprit
Dans ton tête
Essaye de faire le rapprochement
Dans ton esprit
Dans ton tête
Essaye d'y échapper
Sans remords ils détruisent
Et apprécient de la faire
Il y a une maladie dans nos esprits
Ils veulent couler le navire et partir
Comme ils se moquent de toi et moi
Tu sais que ça arrive tout le temps
Mais cela n'existe que dans ta tête
Les rats de la cave, c'est là ce que nous sommes.
Le sais tu ?
Observant les prémisses du déclin social

- Merci pour votre temps.

Storm : "Welcome to Barco am/pm..." [en]

Welcome to Arco am/pm mini-market. We would like to advise our customers that any individual who offers to pump gas, wash windows, or solicit products is not employed by or affiliated with this facility. We discourage any contact with these individuals, and ask that you report any problems to uniformed personnel inside.
Thank you for shopping at Arco am/pm, and have a pleasant day.

Storm : "Welcome to Barco am/pm... "[fr]

Sleep :"...They don't sleep anymore on the beach..." [en]

And huh... Anyway... Let's see what else I... I.. Huh... It was Coney Island, they called Coney Island the playground of the world... There was no place like it... In the whole world, like Coney Island, when I was a youngster... No place in the world like it. It was so fabulous! Now it shrunk down to almost nothing, you see... And I still remember in my mind how things used to be... And huh... You know... I feel very bad. But people from all over the world came here... All over the world. There was a playground, they call it the playground of the world, over here. Anyway...Huh... [...] I , huh, you know. I even got... When i was... When i was very small I even got lost in Coney Island... But they found me on the... on... On the beach. And we used to sleep on the beach here, sleep overnight... And they don't do it anymore... Things changed, see... They don't sleep anymore on the beach.

Sleep :"...They don't sleep anymore on the beach..." [fr]

Static (Chart #3)

...Prepared in innocence to meet our king of glory
And so we have this
You have it in your secret windows
And you're understanding to understand it and to bring it forth
It takes minute detail
It takes a holy life
It takes emotions
It takes dedication
It takes dedication
It takes a death
And only God can allow it
And you couldn't do it if you're not the seed of God
And so the path through the great corridors
These are corridors unto His perfection
That is which the Prophet and the Urim and Thummim has penetrated
That through this great sea of blackness
That I penetrated through these corridors
And I went through that last segment
Where I went through these dark serpentines
I passed through that corridor
Where they sat
Where they are
And when you penetrate to the most high God
You will believe you are mad
You will believe you've gone insane
But I tell you if you follow the secret window
And you die to the ego nature
You will penetrate this darkness
Oh yes there's many a man or woman
That's been put in the insane asylum
When this has happened to them
And they're sitting there today, people think they're insane
But they saw something that's real
And they see it when they're on drugs
The only thing is they see it
Not through the light of God, and the way I show you
I show you to see it through the light of God
And the understanding of God
Because when you see the face of God you will die
And there will be nothing left of you
Except the god-man, the god-woman
The heavenly man, the heavenly woman
The heavenly child
There will be terror under this day of night
There will be a song of jubilee waiting for your King
There will be nothing you will be looking for in this world
Except for your God
This is all a dream
A dream in deat hand so I went through that window
And the tower of hell and the great serpentines of the highest order
And I went through that when I showed you chart #3
The question is asked and learned and someone who....

Static (Chart #3) [fr]