A cinq heures cinquante-cinq Awake with open eyes A drift upon the night And miles away from land 5:55 5:55 A cinq heures cinquante-cinq Ante meridiem Too late to end it now Too early to start again 5:55 5:55 Soon the morning, it will arrive Can I begin another day? Whilst this old day is still alive Refusing to be put away 5:55 No sleep tonight 5:55 Like a beast awaits its faith Laid here with time to kill The very dead of night Where time and space stand still 5:55 5:55 5:55 No sleep tonight 5:55 A cinq heures cinquante-cinq Nothing will ever change On the altar of my thought I sacrifice myself again and again and again 5:55 5:55 And again And again And again ...