Cœur de Pirate
I Don’t Want to Break Your Heart lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2015
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 4:06
Those streetlights are changing
As new waves of sorrow enter the night
And concrete walls can sing
All of the times we raged in fright
Can you face the facts or are you ignoring
What we've become
And I'll walk in silence until I have found
What needs to be done
But I don't want to break your heart
It's hard enough that we're apart
All I can say is your name
What we had could not be tamed
And we can fight all we want
The sun is setting on our love
And I can't take another lie
So for now, I'll say goodbye
I'll say goodbye
I can recall all of the times
That I've waited for you
Just give me a sign that you want to hear
What we are going through
And those walls keep our secrets
And they're ignoring what we've become
Just walk out in silence, I think we've found
What needs to be done
But I don't want to break your heart
It's hard enough that we're apart
All I can say is your name
What we had could not be tamed
And we can fight all we want
The sun is setting on our love
And I can't take another lie
So for now I'll say goodbye
I'll say goodbye
Yeah
I told my bae, it's her life
And she the freshest for getting me
Told her goodbye, because this ride could get dirty, yea
I couldn't lie, I keep my message like third degree
Burn you inside, ain't wanna fire my lady, yea
Wait 'til I'm 88 then I'll have the key
Attends que j'aie 88 ans, alors j'aurai la clé
Thinking back on my shorty, and realize it's for me
En repensant à ma chérie, je réalise que c'est pour moi
I leave the date then I radiate, I'm young, and I'm free
Je laisse la date puis je rayonne, je suis jeune et libre
Thinking back, can't be sorry, I love you best when I leave
En repensant, je ne peux pas être désolé, je t'aime le mieux quand je m'en vais
Aw, boo
Ah, chérie
But I don't want to break your heart (break your heart)
Mais je ne veux pas briser ton cœur (briser ton cœur)
It's hard enough that we're apart (we're apart)
C'est déjà assez dur d'être séparés (d'être séparés)
All I can say is your name (is your name)
Tout ce que je peux dire, c'est ton nom (c'est ton nom)
What we had could not be tamed (could not be tamed)
Ce que nous avions ne pouvait pas être apprivoisé (ne pouvait pas être apprivoisé)
And we can fight all we want (all we want?)
Et nous pouvons nous battre autant que nous le voulons (autant que nous le voulons ?)
The sun is setting on our love (on our love)
And I can't take another lie
So for now
But I don't want to break your heart
It's hard enough that we're apart
All I can say is your name (is your name)
What we had could not be tamed (could not be tamed)
And we can fight all we want (all we want)
The sun is setting on our love (on our love)
And I can't take another lie
So for now I'll say goodbye
I'll say goodbye
Just say goodbye
Oh, I'll say goodbye
Key vocabulary
- can
- able
- fright
- fear
- or
- goldA2
- we've
- we have
- i'll
- I will
- done
- finished
- ain't
- isn't
- wanna
- want
- i'm
- I am
- aw
- oh
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About this song
Cœur de Pirate (Béatrice Martin) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and pianist in French-language pop and adult contemporary music. She is known for her breakout hit “Commes des enfants” and for writing and performing songs that reached audiences internationally, including her English-language single “Carry On” that entered Billboard’s Canadian Hot 100.