Barracuda II – Bilingual Lyrics French/English

• By: Julien Doré
• Album: aimée

Lyrics & Translation

[French]

[English]

Tout l'monde a quelque chose à dire

Everyone has something to say

Sur mes cheveux ou le climat

About my hair or the weather

Bien que les deux aillent vers le pire

Although both are heading for the worse

Personne ne se battra pour ça

No one will fight for that

Tout est encore un peu possible

Everything is still a bit possible

Mais plus personne ne le voit

But no one sees it anymore

Le yeux bandés sur l'invisible

Blindfolded to the invisible

Demain nous appelera "Papa"

Tomorrow will call us "Daddy"

N'attends pas que quelqu'un te dise

Don't wait for someone to tell you

Ce que tu dois et ne dois pas

What you should and shouldn't do

Un doigt ça se lève et ça vise

A finger can be raised and aimed

Toujours celui qui sait pourquoi

Always the one who knows why

Tu dois continuer de sourire

You must keep smiling

À ceux qui ont profité de toi

At those who took advantage of you

Même si ta colère transpire

Even if your anger seeps through

Te prends pas pour Baracuda

Don't think of yourself as Barracuda

Même si ta colère transpire

Even if your anger seeps through

Te prends pas pour Baracuda

Don't think of yourself as Barracuda

Dis moi quelque chose, ah, ah, ahah

Tell me something, ah, ah, ahah

Que je ne vois pas, ah, ah, ahah

That I don't see, ah, ah, ahah

Si le monde explose, ah, ah, ahah

If the world explodes, ah, ah, ahah

Parle lui de moi

Talk to him about me

...

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Un jour tu feras tes valises

One day you'll pack your bags

Vers un lendemain sans douceur

For a tomorrow without sweetness

Loin du sommeil des âmes grises

Far from the sleep of gray souls

Qui sont parties bien avant toi

Who left long before you

Et s'il en reste quelque chose

And if something remains of it

Profite autant que tu pourras

Enjoy as much as you can

Mais ne dis pas que c'est ta faute

But don't say it's your fault

Les hommes ne s'excusent pas

Men don't apologize

Dis moi quelque chose

Tell me something

Que je ne vois pas

That I don't see

Si le monde explose

If the world explodes

Parle lui de moi

Talk to him about me

Dis moi quelque chose

Tell me something

Que je ne vois pas

That I don't see

Et si le monde explose

And if the world explodes

Parle lui de moi

Talk to him about me

Oh parle lui de moi

Oh talk to him about me

...

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
cheveux /ʃəvø/ A2	noun - hair, especially on a person's head
climat /kli.ma/ B1	noun - climate, the general weather conditions of a region
pire /pjʁ/ A2	adjective - worst
possible /pɔ.sibl/ A2	adjective - that can be done or achieved
invisible /ɛ̃.viz.ibl/ B2	adjective - unable to be seen
appelera /a.pə.lə.ʁa/ B2	verb - will call, will summon
attends /a.tɑ̃/ A2	verb - waits or expects
diseur /di.zœʁ/ C1	noun - one who says or tells
décide /de.side/ B1	verb - decides, makes a decision
sourire /su.ʁiʁ/ A2	verb - to smile
profit /pʁo.fi.te/ B1	verb - to take advantage of, to benefit from
colère /kɔ.lɛʁ/ A2	noun - anger, rage
transpire /tʁãspiʁ/ B2	verb - to sweat, to emit or give off
explose /ɛk.sploz/ B2	verb - explode, blow up

Key Grammar Structures

• Tout l'monde a quelque chose à dire

  ➔ Indefinite pronoun 'tout le monde' (everyone)

  ➔ 'Tout l'monde' means 'everyone' and is used to refer to all people in a general sense.

• N'attends pas que quelqu'un te dise

  ➔ Negative imperative form 'n'attends pas'

  ➔ 'N'attends pas' means 'don't wait' and is used to give a command or advice in a negative form.

• Tu dois continuer de sourire

  ➔ Present tense 'tu dois' (you must)

  ➔ 'Tu dois' means 'you must' and expresses obligation or necessity in the present.

• Dis moi quelque chose

  ➔ Imperative form 'dis moi' (tell me)

  ➔ 'Dis moi' means 'tell me' and is used to give a direct command or request.

• Si le monde explose

  ➔ Conditional clause 'si le monde explose' (if the world explodes)

  ➔ 'Si le monde explose' means 'if the world explodes' and introduces a hypothetical situation.

• Les hommes ne s'excusent pas

  ➔ Negative form 'ne s'excusent pas' (do not apologize)

  ➔ 'Ne s'excusent pas' means 'do not apologize' and is used to express a general truth or belief.

• Profite autant que tu pourras

  ➔ Subjunctive mood 'tu pourras' (you can)

  ➔ 'Tu pourras' means 'you can' and is used to express potential or ability in a hypothetical context.