Benjamin Biolay
Ça vole bas lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2017
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:05
Ça vole bas, ça vole pas haut
It flies low, it doesn't fly high
Ça pourrait bien finir en KO
It could very well end in a KO
Ça vole bas ça vole pas haut
It flies low, it doesn't fly high
Ça vole bas, ça vole pas haut
It flies low, it doesn't fly high
On va tous mourir bientôt
We're all going to die soon
Ça vole bas, ça vole pas haut
It flies low, it doesn't fly high
Faisons nos adieux d'abord au langage
Let's first say goodbye to language
Puis surlignons sur la carte un rivage
Then let's highlight a shore on the map
Dans l'eau froide noyons les remords
In the cold water, let's drown our regrets
À défaut de nos âmes sauvons nos corps
If we can't save our souls, let's save our bodies
Vean esta fiesta que hacemos los anos que nos quedan
Look at this party we throw with the years we have left
Ça vole bas, ça vole pas haut
It flies low, it doesn't fly high
Ça pourrait bien finir en KO
It could very well end in a KO
Ça vole bas ça vole pas haut
It flies low, it doesn't fly high
Ça vole bas, ça vole pas haut
It flies low, it doesn't fly high
Ça va finir en ground zero
It's going to end in ground zero
Ça vole bas ça vole pas haut
It flies low, it doesn't fly high
Installations des guirlandes électriques
Setting up the electric garlands
Pour redécorer toute la clinique
To redecorate the whole clinic
Dans l'eau froide noyons les remords
In the cold water, let's drown the regrets
À défaut de nos âmes sauvons nos corps
If we can't save our souls, let's save our bodies
Ça vole bas, ça vole pas haut
It flies low, it doesn't fly high
Ça pourrait bien finir en KO
It could very well end in a knockout
Ça vole bas ça vole pas haut
It flies low, it doesn't fly high
Vean esta fiesta que hacemos los anos que nos quedan
Look at this party we're having for the years we have left
Ça vole bas, ça vole pas haut
It flies low, it doesn't fly high
On va tous mourir bientôt
We're all going to die soon
Ça vole bas, ça vole pas haut
It flies low, it doesn't fly high
La gente discrimina, te margina y se elimina
People discriminate, they marginalize you and eliminate you
El miedo te vuelve vulnerable y manejable
Fear makes you vulnerable and manageable
Y terminamos siendo todos culpables
And we all ended up being guilty
La mierda corrupta nunca se acaba
The corrupt crap never ends
Hace veinte anos Molotov lo cantaba
Twenty years ago Molotov sang it
Si le das màs poder al poder...
If you give more power to power...
màs duro te van a venir a joder
They'll come at you harder to mess with you
La derecha es una fucking enfermedad
The right is a fucking disease
Un virus que crece sin importar edad
A virus that grows regardless of age
Se alimenta de inseguridades y temores
It feeds on insecurities and fears
Haciendonos creer que somos mejores
Making us believe that we're better
Yo te digo somos todos iguales
I tell you we are all equal
Tenemos cuerpo y corazon, seres mortales
We have body and heart, mortal beings
Asi que amémonos, libres sin cordura
So let's love each other, free without sanity
A ver si un poquitito de amor nos ayuda
Let's see if a little bit of love helps us
Garchemos entre nosotros, con ellos
Let's get it on with each other, with them
Y también con los otros
And also with the others
Hasta que la muerte nos separe
Until death do us part
O hasta que la muerte no se pare
Or until death doesn't stop
No somos lacayos!
We are not lackeys!
Y al fin cayo
And finally it fell
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Key vocabulary
- électriques
- electricA2
- ver
- wormB2
- bas
- lowA1
- haut
- highA2
- pourrait
- could
- bien
- wellC1
- ko
- knockout
- va
- go
- tous
- allB1
- faisons
- let’s do
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About this song
Benjamin Biolay is a French singer-songwriter and arranger in the tradition of chanson. He is known for writing and performing gruff, low-register songs that move between modern French pop, rock, and reworked tango and Latin rhythms, with albums such as Trash Yeye, Palmero Hollywood, and Trenet.