Christine and the Queens
Paradis perdus lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2014
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:36
Là, dans ma veste de soie rose
There, in my pink silk jacket
Je déambule morose
I walk around feeling gloomy
Le crépuscule est grandiose
The twilight is grandiose
Heartless
Heartless
How could you be so heartless?
How could you be so heartless?
Oh, how could you be so heartless?
Oh, how could you be so heartless?
Eh, oh how could you be so heartless?
Eh, oh how could you be so heartless?
Dandy, un peu maudit
Dandy, a bit cursed
Un peu vieilli
A little aged
Dans ce luxe qui s'effondre
In this luxury that crumbles
Te souviens-tu?
Do you remember?
Quand je chantais
When I sang
Dans les caves de Londres
In the cellars of London
Un peu noyé
A bit drowned
Dans la fumée
In the smoke
Ce rock sophistiqué
This sophisticated rock
Toutes les nuits
Every night
Tu restais là
You would stay there
Heartless
Heartless
How could you be so heartless?
How could you be so heartless?
Oh, how could you be so heartless?
Oh, how could you be so heartless?
Eh, oh how could you be so heartless?
Eh, oh how could you be so heartless?
Bandit, un peu maudit
Bandit, a bit cursed
Un peu vieilli
A bit aged
Les musiciens sont ridés
The musicians are wrinkled
Et ce clavier
And this keyboard
Comme c'est joli
How pretty it is
J'essaie de me rappeler
I'm trying to remember
Encore une fois
Once more
Les accords de
The chords of
Ce rock qui t'étonnait
This rock that amazed you
Comme les Anglais
Like the English
Heartless
Heartless
How could you be so heartless?
How could you be so heartless?
Oh, how could you be so heartless?
Oh, how could you be so heartless?
Eh, oh how could you be so heartless?
Eh, oh how could you be so heartless?
In the night
In the night
I hear them talk
I hear them talk
The colder story ever told
The coldest story ever told
Somewhere far along this road
Somewhere far along this road
He lost his soul
He lost his soul
To a woman so heartless
To a woman so heartless
How could you be so heartless?
How could you be so heartless?
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Key vocabulary
- là
- thereA1
- veste
- jacketA2
- soie
- silkB2
- déambule
- wanderC1
- crépuscule
- twilightB2
- peu
- fewA1
- maudit
- cursedB2
- vieilli
- agedB1
- luxe
- luxuryB2
- effondre
- collapse
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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.