Coups et Blessures – Bilingual Lyrics French/English

• By: BB BRUNES
• Album: Long Courrier

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the emotional depth of BB Brunes' hit song "Coups et Blessures." Through its poignant lyrics and distinctive pop-rock sound, the song offers a powerful exploration of love, pain, and emotional vulnerability, making it a compelling track for understanding nuanced relationship dynamics and French contemporary music.

[English]

200 Watts, in a pair of boots

Delicate and nonchalant

She’s not on crack, when she smiles at me

I go crazy from insomnia

You slap me like a poster on the wall

I press charges for hits and injuries

I was almost going crazy for you

Crazy for you

200 Watts, in a pair of boots

Delicate and nonchalant

Her eyes are blurred, she seems so far from everything

When she pouts at me

My whole heart is boiling

Hi-hi

You slap me like a poster on the wall

I press charges for hits and injuries

I was almost ready to lose myself for you

Crazy for you

You track me and overshadow me

From Paris to Hong Kong

You attack me and I fall, wounded in honor

You slap me like a poster on the wall

I press charges, I know I’ll pay for it for sure

I was so close to losing my entire arm

My entire arm

...

[French]

200 Watts, en paire de bottes

Délicate et désinvolte

C'est pas des crack, quand elle me sourit

J'me détraque à coups d'insomnie

Tu me plaques comme une affiche au mur

J'porte plainte pour coups et blessures

J'étais à deux doigts de finir fou de toi

Fou de toi

200 Watts, en paire de bottes

Délicate et désinvolte

Les yeux flous, elle semble si loin de tout

Quand elle me fait la moue

C'est tout mon cœur qui bout

Cou-cou

Tu me plaques comme une affiche au mur

J'porte plainte pour coups et blessures

J'étais à deux doigts, de finir fou de toi

Fou de toi

Tu me traques et surplombes

De Paris à Hong Kong

Tu m'attaques et je tombe l'honneur blessé

Tu me plaques comme une affiche au mur

J'porte plainte, j'vais l'payer c'est sûr

J'étais à deux doigts, d'y laisser tout mon bras

Tout mon bras

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
coups /ku/ B1	noun - blows or hits
blessures /blɛsyʁ/ B1	noun - injuries or wounds
sourit /suʁi/ A2	verb - to smile
délicate /de.li.kat/ B1	adjective - delicate or fragile
insomnie /ɛ̃.sɔm.ni/ B2	noun - insomnia
plaques /plak/ B1	verb - to pin or attach
cœur /kœʁ/ A2	noun - heart
fou /fu/ A2	adjective - crazy or mad
tombe /tɔ̃b/ A2	verb - to fall
honneur /ɔ.nœʁ/ B2	noun - honor
payer /pe.je/ A2	verb - to pay
là /la/ A1	verb - to be
moue /mu/ B2	noun - pout or grimace
flous /flu/ B2	adjective - blurry or unclear
traques /tʁak/ B2	verb - to track or pursue

Key Grammar Structures

• J'porte plainte pour coups et blessures

  ➔ Use of the verb 'porter' in the sense of 'to file' or 'to lodge' a complaint.

  ➔ 'Porter' means 'to carry' literally but is used idiomatically here as 'to file' or 'to make' a complaint.

• J'étais à deux doigts de finir fou de toi

  ➔ Expression 'à deux doigts de' indicating being very close to doing something.

  ➔ This phrase expresses that someone is almost at the point of doing or experiencing something.

• Délicate et désinvolte

  ➔ Use of adjectives to describe a person or thing's qualities, gender agreement implied.

  ➔ Adjectives that describe personality or appearance, with gender agreement in French.

• Tu me traques et surplombes

  ➔ Use of the present tense 'traques' and 'surplombes' in descriptive actions.

  ➔ The verbs are in the present tense, describing ongoing actions or states.

• Tout mon cœur qui bout

  ➔ Use of the relative pronoun 'qui' to connect 'mon cœur' with the verb 'bout' (boil, beat).

  ➔ 'Qui' is a relative pronoun used to introduce a clause describing 'mon cœur'.

• Tu m'attaques et je tombe l'honneur blessé

  ➔ Use of present tense 'attaques' and 'tombe' indicating ongoing actions; 'l'honneur blessé' as a noun phrase with adjective.

  ➔ The verbs are in the present tense showing ongoing action; 'l'honneur blessé' describes a wounded honor.