Casser la table – Bilingual Lyrics French/English

• By: Salebarbes

Lyrics & Translation

[French]

[English]

Woh, oh, oh

Whoa, oh, oh

Moi, j'étais plus capable

I couldn’t go on anymore

J'avais perdu le swing

I had lost the groove

Tu m'as appris back à danser

You taught me how to dance again

Tu m'as appris back à danser

You taught me how to dance again

Des fois ça tourne en rond

Sometimes it’s a circle

C'est pas un set carré

It’s not a perfect set

Des fois la ligne est brisée

Sometimes the line is broken

Les lignes sur l'bord du chemin

Lines on the side of the road

Comme les lignes dans ma main

Like the lines on my palm

Sont après de s'effacer

They’re fading away afterward

Ça fait qu'emmène-moi Ouerre

So take me away, oh

Y où c'est que les lumières

Where are the lights

Sont jamais fermées

That never turn off

Woh, oh, oh

Whoa, oh, oh

Moi, j'étais pu capable

I couldn’t go on anymore

J'avais perdu le swing

I had lost the groove

Quasiment mort et enterré

Almost dead and buried

Mais toi

But you

Toi t'as cassé la table

You broke the table

T'as shaker le building

Shook the building

Tu m'as appris back à danser

You taught me how to dance again

Tu m'as appris back à danser

You taught me how to dance again

Oh ça y allait par là

Oh, it used to go like that

J'ai hâlé l'brake à bras

I yanked the handbrake

Les responsabilités

Responsibility

Payer ma maison

Paying for my house

Penser à ma pension

Thinking about my pension

Comment est-ce qu'ils vont m'embaumer?

How will they lay me out?

Well mais pour à soir

But tonight

J'veux rien savoir

I don’t want to know

J'veux pas aller me coucher

I don’t want to go to bed

Woh, oh, oh

Whoa, oh, oh

Moi, j'étais pu capable

I couldn’t go on anymore

J'avais perdu le swing

I had lost the groove

Quasiment mort et enterré

Almost dead and buried

Mais toi

But you

Toi t'as cassé la table

You broke the table

T'as shaker le building

Shook the building

Tu m'as appris back à danser

You taught me how to dance again

Tu m'as appris back à danser

You taught me how to dance again

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
capable /kapabl/ B1	adjective - having the ability or qualities necessary to do something
swing /swɪŋ/ B1	noun - a regular movement back and forth or from side to side
dance /dæns/ A2	verb - to move rhythmically to music
lights /laɪts/ A2	noun - artificial illumination sources
building /ˈbɪldɪŋ/ B1	noun - a structure with a roof and walls, such as a house or skyscraper
responsibility /rɪˌspɒnsəˈbɪlɪti/ B2	noun - the state or fact of having a duty to deal with something or of having control over someone
pension /ˈpɛnʃən/ B2	noun - a regular payment made during a person's retirement from an investment, work, or insurance scheme
shaker /ˈʃeɪkər/ B2	noun - a person or thing that shakes; especially a device or a person who shakes a drink or musical instrument
brandt /bʁɑ̃t/ C1	noun - a surname, possibly referring to a person or a brand name
break /breɪk/ A2	verb - to separate into parts or pieces by force
table /ˈteɪbəl/ A1	noun - a piece of furniture with a flat top

Key Grammar Structures

• Moi, j'étais plus capable

  ➔ Imperfect tense to express past states.

  ➔ The phrase "j'étais plus capable" indicates a past inability.

• Tu m'as appris back à danser

  ➔ Past participle used with auxiliary verb 'avoir'.

  ➔ The phrase "Tu m'as appris" means 'You taught me'.

• Les responsabilités

  ➔ Noun phrase indicating plural responsibilities.

  ➔ The word "responsabilités" refers to duties or obligations.

• J'veux rien savoir

  ➔ Negation with 'rien' to express 'nothing'.

  ➔ The phrase "Je veux rien savoir" means 'I don't want to know anything'.

• T'as shaker le building

  ➔ Colloquial use of 't'as' for 'tu as'.

  ➔ The phrase "T'as shaker le building" means 'You shook the building'.

• Quasiment mort et enterré

  ➔ Colloquial expression indicating a state of being 'almost dead'.

  ➔ The phrase "Quasiment mort et enterré" means 'Almost dead and buried'.