Charlotte Gainsbourg
Lying With You lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2017
- Genre
- French Pop
- Length
- 3:19
J'ai touché un visage de cire
I've touched a waxen face
Qui certainement t'a fait fuir
That surely made you run away
Ta jambe nue sortait du drap
Your bare leg was peeking from the sheet
Sans pudeur et le sang froid
Without shame and icy cold
Au coin de ta bouche, une trainée
At the corner of your mouth, a trace
Tu n'aurais pas aimé
You wouldn't have liked it
J'étais allongée contre toi
I was lying against you
J'ai pris ce droit, sans foi
I took that right, without faith
My feet are hovering above ground
Ready to follow
My mouth is whispering in raptures
Celebrating you
Laisse-moi donc imaginer
So let me imagine
Que j'étais seule à t'aimer
That I was the only one to love you
D'un amour pur de fille chérie
With a pure love of a cherished girl
Pauvre pantin transi
Poor frozen puppet
Où est parti mon baiser
Where has my kiss gone?
Quand le coffre s'est fermé
When the chest was closed
J'entends toujours battre les clous
I still hear the nails beating
Toi perdu, moi éperdue
You lost, me lost in despair
My feet are hovering above ground
Ready to follow
My mouth is whispering in raptures
Celebrating you
Shall we dream happy ever after?
Pretend we do
Playing a game of never after
Lying with you
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Key vocabulary
- jambe
- legA1
- entends
- hear
- toujours
- alwaysA1
- battre
- beatA1
- clous
- nailsB2
- perdu
- lostA1
- éperdue
- distraughtC1
- drap
- sheetB1
- fuir
- fleeB1
- allongée
- stretchedB2
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About this song
Charlotte Gainsbourg is a British singer-songwriter and actress whose work spans indie pop, art-pop, and experimental electronic music. She is known for intimate dark songwriting and collaborations with artists and producers such as Air, Jarvis Cocker, Nigel Godrich, Beck, and Daft Punk.