Benjamin Biolay
Hors la vie lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2003
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:34
Lentement mais sûrement
Slowly but surely
on décline outrageusement
we outrageously decline
forcément, oui forcément
inevitably, yes inevitably
on prend son temps
we take our time
on pense au temps d'avant
we think of the times before
sous le feu du firmament
under the fire of the firmament
qui nous marque au fer blanc
which brands us with a hot iron
On joue la comédie
We play the comedy
hors la vie, on marche sous la pluie
outside of life, we walk in the rain
on joue la comédie
we play the comedy
hors la vie, on sonde l'infini
Outside of life, we probe the infinite
Lentement mais sûrement
Slowly but surely
on approche du néant
We're nearing the void
forcément, oui forcément
Inevitably, yes inevitably
on est à cran
We're on edge
à court de carburant
Running low on fuel
on est comme ces pauvres gens
We're like those poor souls
pas plus forts et pas plus grands
No stronger and no taller
On joue la comédie
We're playing the part
hors la vie, on marche sous la pluie
Outside of life, we walk in the rain
on joue la comédie
we play the game
hors la vie, on sonde l'infini
beyond life, we explore the infinite
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Key vocabulary
- lentement
- slowlyA1
- sûrement
- surelyA1
- décline
- declineB2
- outrageusement
- outrageously
- forcément
- necessarilyB2
- pluie
- rainA1
- sonde
- probeC1
- pense
- thinksA1
- avant
- before
- feu
- fireA1
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.