Barbara Pravi
You Are the Reason (French duet version) lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2018
- Genre
- French Pop
- Length
- 3:10
There goes my heart beating
'Cause you are the reason
I'm losing my sleep
Please come back now
Comme les lueurs fragiles
Like the fragile glimmers
Du soleil à l'automne
Of the sun in autumn
Mon coeur se défile
My heart is slipping away
Défait de toi
Unraveled from you
Faut-il que je retienne
Must I hold back
Les sons et les couleurs
The sounds and the colors
Quand les larmes me viennent
When the tears come to me
Comme l'automne avant l'heure
Like autumn before its time
Oh, 'cause I need you to see
That you are the reason
Comme les colères soudaines
Like sudden outbursts of anger
Des nuages à l'automne
From clouds in the autumn
Je déverse ma peine
I pour out my sorrow
Déçue de toi
Disappointed in you
Si l'on revenait sur nos pas
If we could go back on our paths
Je rendrais les armes à tout nos combats
I would lay down my arms in all our battles
Pour t'aimer sans peur et sans regret
To love you without fear and without regret
Serais-tu prêt
Would you be ready
Faut-il que je retienne
Must I hold back
Les sons et les couleurs
The sounds and the colors
Quand les larmes me viennent
When the tears come to me
Comme l'automne avant l'heure
Like autumn before its time
Oh, 'cause I need you to see
That you are the reason
(I don't wanna fight no more)
(I don't wanna hide no more)
(I don't wanna cry no more)
(Come back, I need you to hold me)
You are the reason
(A little closer now, just a little closer now)
(Come a little closer, I need you to hold me tonight)
Faut-il que je retienne
Must I hold back
Les sons et les couleurs
The sounds and the colors
Quand les larmes me viennent
When the tears come to me
Comme l'automne avant l'heure
Like autumn before its time
Oh, 'cause I need you to see
That you are the reason
Que tu es la raison
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Key vocabulary
- beating
- hitting
- i'm
- I am
- automne
- autumn
- coeur
- heartA1
- défait
- defeat
- faut-il
- must it
- retienne
- hold back
- revenait
- was returning
- rendrais
- would return
- armes
- weaponsA1
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About this song
Barbara Pravi is a French pop singer, songwriter, and actress known for her poetic modernization of classic chanson and her Eurovision breakout with “Voilà,” which earned her second place for France. She has also released charting albums including On n’enferme pas les oiseaux and La Pieva.