Alizée
À contre‐courant lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2003
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 4:28
Nos univers
Our universes
A contre-courant
Against the current
Tout a l'envers...
Everything upside down...
Pas pour longtemps!
Not for long!
Quand tu es sur terre
When you are on earth
Mets-moi au courant
Keep me informed
Que j'imagine...
So that I can imagine...
Nos fusions.
Our fusions.
On se desire
We desire each other
Sous haute-tension
Under high tension
Mais pas de prises...
But no grabs...
De nerfs, je con...
Of nerves, I'm con...
...cilie tes rires
...your laughter I console
Et mes electrons
And my electrons
Un bal de vie
A dance of life
Bal de ballons
A dance of balloons
Rien d'ordinaire
Nothing ordinary
Rien que du bon temps
Just good times
Tete a l'envers...
Head upside down...
Pas trop longtemps.
Not for too long.
Quand tu es sur terre
When you're on earth
Mets-moi au courant
Keep me in the loop
Que je devine...
So I can guess...
Les intentions.
The intentions.
On s'electrise:
We electrify each other:
Tension maximale
Maximum tension
Les corps-circuits...
The bodies-circuits...
De deux amants
Of two lovers
On s'illumine
We shine bright
Lumiere animale
Animal light
L'ecole de l'e...
The school of e...
...lectro-aimant.
...lectromagnet.
Retrouver le sens
Finding the meaning
De la vie, je pense
Of life, I think
Passe par l'ennui
Is through the boredom
Quand toi, tu es parti,
When you, you have left,
Retrouver les sens
Rediscovering the senses
Moments qui s'insolencent
Moments that become sunlit
Des defiles de doigts,
Parades of fingers,
De mon envie de toi.
Of my desire for you.
Quand le courant passe, aussi la menace
When the current flows, so does the threat
Du temps qui se barre, du temps qui nous separe
Of time that slips away, of time that divides us
Et le courant passe, j'ai en moi l'audace
And the current flows, I have the boldness within me
Du champs magnetique, et ca c'est magnifique!
Of the magnetic field, and that's just beautiful!
Nos univers
Our universes
A contre-courant
Against the current
Reviens sur terre
Come back to earth
Et pour de bon
And for good
Quand tu m'esperes
When you hope for me
Mets-moi au courant
Keep me in the loop
Que j'envisage...
That I'm contemplating...
Une rebellion
A rebellion
On se statique
We stay static
Quand je lui dis non,
When I say no to him,
Pas plus de six...
No more than six...
Allocutions
Speeches
Il me panique
He panics me
D'electrocution
Of electrocution
Mon isolant
My insulation
C'est la passion
It's passion
Retrouver le sens
Rediscovering the meaning
De la vie, je pense
Of life, I think
Passe par l'ennui
Is through the boredom
Quand toi, tu es parti,
When you, you went away,
Retrouver les sens
Rediscovering the senses
Moments qui s'insolencent
Moments that become sunlit
Des defiles de doigts,
Parades of fingers,
De mon envie de toi.
Of my desire for you.
Quand le courant passe, aussi la menace
When the current flows, so does the threat
Du temps qui se barre, du temps qui nous separe
Of time that slips away, of time that separates us
Et le courant passe, j'ai en moi l'audace
And the current flows, I have the boldness inside me
Du champs magnetique, et ca c'est magnifique!
Of the magnetic field, and that’s magnificent!
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Key vocabulary
- univers
- universeB2
- contre-courant
- counterflowB2
- tout
- allA1
- envers
- against
- longtemps
- long timeA1
- terre
- earthA1
- mets-moi
- put me
- courant
- currentB1
- haute-tension
- high voltage
- prises
- clampsB1
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About this song
Alizée is a French pop singer known for her early 2000s hits, including the debut single “Moi… Lolita” and the album Gourmandises. She is noted for high record sales and recognition as a top newcomer in major French music awards.