Imperial Beach

Music by Solo Thief Poem by Louis Aragon (English Translation) What would I be without you who came to meet me What would I be without you but an heart sleeping in the wood But this hour stopped at the dial of the watch What would I be without you but this faltering I've learned everything from you about the human things And I've seen the world your way from then on. I've learned everything from you: how you drink from fountains How one reads in the sky, the distant stars how from the passer-by who sings, you take up his song I've learned everything from you up to the meaning of shiver What would I be without you who came to meet me What would I be without you but an heart sleeping in the wood But this hour stopped at the watch's dial What would I be without you but this faltering I have learned everything from you as far as I'm concerned That it's clear at noon, that a sky can be blue That happiness isn't just a tavern's oil lamp You took me by the hand in that modern hell Where man doesn't know anymore what it's to be two You took me by the hand like an happy lover What would I be without you who came to meet me What would I be without you but an heart sleeping in the wood But this hour stopped at the watch's dial What would I be without you but this faltering Who talks of happiness often has sad eyes Isn't it a sob of disappointment A broken string at the guitarist's fingers And nevertheless I tell you that happiness exists Elsewhere than in dreams, elsewhere than up in the skies Earth, Earth, here comes those unknown harbours What would I be without you who came to meet me What would I be without you but an heart sleeping in the wood But this hour stopped at the dial of the watch What would I be without you but this faltering