Alizée
Idéaliser lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2007
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:59
Elle est seule sur le sol
She stands alone on the ground
Coulant sous l'alcool
Flowing beneath the alcohol
Le vermis se craquelle sous l'idole
The finish cracks under the idol
Se poudrer le faciès
Powdering her face
Enrober de soie
Wrapping in silk
Ce qui blesse et qu'on laisse derrière soi
What hurts and we leave behind
Idéaliser un passé brisé
Idealizing a shattered past
Pas réaliser qu'il n'est plus là
Not realizing he’s no longer there
Idéaliser, juste supposer
Idealizing, just assuming
Qu'elle a tout osé
That she dared to risk it all
Et lui poser un dernier baiser
And give him one last kiss
Un baiser
A kiss
Ses pas ont défilé dans toutes les nuits blanches
His footsteps have paraded through all the sleepless nights
Blanche-neige exhibée aux archanges
Snow White showcased to the archangels
Il neige sur Downtown, fin des seventies
It's snowing on Downtown, end of the seventies
Le temps cède l'automne sans surprise
Time yields to autumn without surprise
Idéaliser un passé brisé
Idealize a shattered past
Pas réaliser qu'il n'est plus là
Not realizing he's no longer there
Idéaliser, se faire une beauté
Idealize, make yourself beautiful
Retourner la scène visée
Turn back the targeted scene
L'aller sans retour, le saut dans le vide
The one-way trip, the leap into the void
La petite club-kid n'aime plus le jour
The little club kid no longer loves the day
Idéaliser, juste supposer
Idealize, just suppose
Qu'elle a tout osé
That she's dared it all
Et lui poser un dernier baiser
And give him one last kiss
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Key vocabulary
- petite
- smallA1
- plus
- moreA1
- poser
- poseA1
- réaliser
- realizeA1
- retour
- returnA1
- retourner
- returnA1
- temps
- timeA1
- tout
- allA1
- vide
- emptyA1
- coulant
- flowing
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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.