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Machin‐chose – Christine and the Queens

Christine and the Queens

Machin‐chose lyrics with English translation

Language
French
Level
Intermediate
Released
2018
Genre
Pop
Length
5:04
  1. Ils s'affrontaient par dizaines

    They faced off by the dozens

  2. Une équipe, un capitaine

    A team, a captain

  3. Le soleil droit sur leurs beaux contours

    The sun shining down on their beautiful outlines

  4. Fièrement et le souffle court

    Proudly there, with breath short

  5. Pour qui reviennent ces heures de parcours?

    For whom do these hours of journey return?

  6. Pour qui reviennent ces heures de parcours?

    For whom do these hours of journey return?

  7. Et dessous ma peau la grêle

    And beneath my skin, the hail

  8. Comme les pensées qu'on démêle

    Like the thoughts that we untangle

  9. Récréation au fond de la cour

    Recess at the back of the yard

  10. Est-ce depuis que je fuis la foule?

    Is it since I’ve been fleeing the crowd?

  11. Pour qui reviennent ces heures de parcours?

    For whom do these hours of journey return?

  12. Pour qui reviennent ces heures de parcours?

    For whom do these hours of journey return?

  13. Je suis forever machin-chose, ever, ever

    I am forever this-and-that, ever, ever

  14. Ever, ever, ever, ever

    Ever, ever, ever, ever

  15. Ever, ever, ever, ever

    Ever, ever, ever, ever

  16. Les yeux fermés, portes closes, ever ever

    With eyes closed, doors shut, ever ever

  17. Ever, ever, ever, ever

    Ever, ever, ever, ever

  18. Ever, ever, ever, ever

    Ever, ever, ever, ever

  19. Elle ne se souvenait jamais

    She never remembered

  20. Et mon prénom s'oubliait

    And my name was forgotten

  21. Deux, trois surnoms inventés pour rire

    Two, three nicknames made up for fun

  22. Je suis l'enfant qui s'en va écrire

    I am the child who goes off to write

  23. Et c'est pour ça que je ne peux venir

    And that's why I can't come

  24. Et c'est pour ça que je ne peux venir

    And that's why I can't come

  25. Car elles avaient cet attrait

    For they had that appeal

  26. La santé qui m'échappait

    The health that slipped away from me

  27. tout au fond, une rêveuse qui court

    Down there at the bottom, a dreamer who runs

  28. tout au fond, une rêveuse qui court

    Down there at the bottom, a dreamer who runs

  29. Pour qui reviennent ces heures de parcours?

    For whom do these hours of journey return?

  30. Pour qui reviennent ces heures de parcours?

    For whom do these hours of journey return?

  31. Je suis forever machin-chose, ever, ever

    I am forever this and that, ever, ever

  32. Ever, ever, ever, ever

    Ever, ever, ever, ever

  33. Ever, ever, ever, ever

    Ever, ever, ever, ever

  34. Les yeux fermés, portes closes, ever ever

    With eyes closed, doors shut, ever ever

  35. Ever, ever, ever, ever

    Ever, ever, ever, ever

  36. Ever, ever, ever, ever

    Ever, ever, ever, ever

  37. Ever, ever, ever

    Ever, ever, ever

  38. Ever, ever, ever

    Ever, ever, ever

  39. Ever, ever, ever

    Ever, ever, ever

  40. Ever, ever, ever

    Ever, ever, ever

  41. Ever, ever, ever

    Ever, ever, ever

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Key vocabulary

portes
doorsA1
prénom
first nameA1
rire
laughA1
soleil
sunA1
souffle
breathA1
affrontaient
faced
équipe
teamA2
attrait
attractionB2
santé
healthA1
échappait
escaped

About this song

Christine and the Queens, French (born Héloïse Letissier), is a synth-pop and art-pop artist known for highly choreographed performances and queer-themed songs. He gained recognition with the 2014 album Chaleur Humaine and later released Chris and the French-language Redcar project.

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Machin‐chose

Ils s'affrontaient par dizaines

They faced off by the dozens

Une équipe, un capitaine

A team, a captain

Le soleil droit sur leurs beaux contours

The sun shining down on their beautiful outlines

Fièrement et le souffle court

Proudly there, with breath short

Pour qui reviennent ces heures de parcours?

For whom do these hours of journey return?

Pour qui reviennent ces heures de parcours?

For whom do these hours of journey return?

Et dessous ma peau la grêle

And beneath my skin, the hail

Comme les pensées qu'on démêle

Like the thoughts that we untangle

Récréation au fond de la cour

Recess at the back of the yard

Est-ce depuis que je fuis la foule?

Is it since I’ve been fleeing the crowd?

Pour qui reviennent ces heures de parcours?

For whom do these hours of journey return?

Pour qui reviennent ces heures de parcours?

For whom do these hours of journey return?

Je suis forever machin-chose, ever, ever

I am forever this-and-that, ever, ever

Ever, ever, ever, ever

Ever, ever, ever, ever

Ever, ever, ever, ever

Ever, ever, ever, ever

Les yeux fermés, portes closes, ever ever

With eyes closed, doors shut, ever ever

Ever, ever, ever, ever

Ever, ever, ever, ever

Ever, ever, ever, ever

Ever, ever, ever, ever

Elle ne se souvenait jamais

She never remembered

Et mon prénom s'oubliait

And my name was forgotten

Deux, trois surnoms inventés pour rire

Two, three nicknames made up for fun

Je suis l'enfant qui s'en va écrire

I am the child who goes off to write

Et c'est pour ça que je ne peux venir

And that's why I can't come

Et c'est pour ça que je ne peux venir

And that's why I can't come

Car elles avaient cet attrait

For they had that appeal

La santé qui m'échappait

The health that slipped away from me

tout au fond, une rêveuse qui court

Down there at the bottom, a dreamer who runs

tout au fond, une rêveuse qui court

Down there at the bottom, a dreamer who runs

Pour qui reviennent ces heures de parcours?

For whom do these hours of journey return?

Pour qui reviennent ces heures de parcours?

For whom do these hours of journey return?

Je suis forever machin-chose, ever, ever

I am forever this and that, ever, ever

Ever, ever, ever, ever

Ever, ever, ever, ever

Ever, ever, ever, ever

Ever, ever, ever, ever

Les yeux fermés, portes closes, ever ever

With eyes closed, doors shut, ever ever

Ever, ever, ever, ever

Ever, ever, ever, ever

Ever, ever, ever, ever

Ever, ever, ever, ever

Ever, ever, ever

Ever, ever, ever

Ever, ever, ever

Ever, ever, ever

Ever, ever, ever

Ever, ever, ever

Ever, ever, ever

Ever, ever, ever

Ever, ever, ever

Ever, ever, ever