
Christine and the Queens
Machin‐chose lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2018
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 5:04
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 là 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
Là tout au fond, une rêveuse qui court
Down there at the bottom, a dreamer who runs
Là 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
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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.