Patrick Bruel
Flash Back lyrics with English translation
- Language
- French
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1989
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:44
14 mai 59.
May 14th, 59.
Je brise la coquille de mon oeuf
I break the shell of my egg.
Tout va bien, tout va mal,
Everything's fine, everything's bad,
Pour l'instant, ça m'est égal.
For now, I couldn't care less.
On me dorlote, on me tripote,
I'm being pampered, I'm being played with,
On m'embrasse, on m'agace.
I'm being kissed, I'm being annoyed.
C'est tout le portrait de son papa,
It's the spitting image of his father,
Mais qui c'est papa, je connais pas!
But who is dad? I don't know him!
Back back, Flash Back! Back back, Flash Back!
Back back, Flash Back! Back back, Flash Back!
Back back, Flash Back!
Back back, Flash Back!
14 mai 72.
May 14, 72.
J'ai 13 ans, j'ai le blues.
I'm 13 years old, I've got the blues.
Je comprends pas bien tout ce qu'on me veux
I don't really understand what they want from me,
Mais j e dis rien et je baisse les yeux.
But I say nothing and lower my eyes.
Terminale terminée, je quitte le bal des culturés.
Final year done, I'm leaving the cultured's ball.
Encore un petit tour en fac,
Just one more round at university,
Mais là j'ai le déclic, je prends mes clacs!
But now I've got the spark, I'm grabbing my things!
Back back, Flash Back! Back back, Flash Back!
Back back, Flash Back! Back back, Flash Back!
Back back, Flash Back!
Back back, Flash Back!
14 mai 84
May 14, 84.
Le show bizz c'est super!
The showbiz is great!
C'est comme partout, faut un peu se battre.
It's like everywhere, you have to fight a little.
Y'a des cons mais y'a des frères.
There are fools but there are brothers.
Les années 80 c'est bien!
The 80s were good!
J'ai eu de la chance, j'ai pu monter dans le train.
I was lucky, I got to hop on the train.
Dans ces cas là, on pense qu'à soi,
In those moments, we only think of ourselves,
Alors je fonce, je fonce mais j'oublie pas!
So I rush, I rush but I don't forget!
Back back, Flash Back! Back back, Flash Back!
Back back, Flash Back! Back back, Flash Back!
Back back, Flash Back!
Back back, Flash Back!
Tu vois si on se raconte tous notre vie,
You see if we all share our lives,
C'est qu'on croit que c'est pas la même que celle des autres.
It's just that we think it's not the same as the others.
On se réveille un jour
One day we wake up
Et on se dit qu'on court tous vers la même histoire,
And we tell ourselves that we're all running toward the same story,
Qu'on court tous vers la même histoire d'amour.
That we're all running toward the same love story.
14 mai 3002
May 14, 3002
Au paradis, je suis heureux!
In paradise, I am happy!
J'ai rien à faire que des chansons.
I have nothing to do but songs.
Je les joue à Dieu. Il trouve ça bon
I play them for God. He finds it good.
Mais certains soirs, les anges et moi,
But some nights, the angels and I,
Quand on a le blues, on regarde en bas
When we have the blues, we look down below.
Et près du vieux piano de Lennon,
And near Lennon’s old piano,
On joue pour vous et y paraît que ça sonne.
We play for you and they say it sounds good.
Back back, Flash Back! Back back, Flash Back!
Back back, Flash Back! Back back, Flash Back!
Back back, Flash Back!
Back back, Flash Back!
Key vocabulary
- mai
- MayA1
- brise
- breezeB1
- coquille
- shell
- oeuf
- eggA1
- tout
- allA1
- va
- go
- bien
- wellC1
- mal
- badlyA1
- instant
- moment
- égal
- equalB1
About this song
Patrick Bruel is a French singer and actor known for his prominence in 1990s pop and his later work in traditional French chanson. He rose to commercial success with the number one single “Alors Regarde” and has also maintained a parallel career in film, including César-nominated acting for Le Prénom.