Lyrics & Translation
Singing hope, the desire to believe, that we can reinvent everything
So, I raise my voice once again to withstand the storm
I raise my voice once again to find the courage
There's no recipe for bearing the hardships
To carry the floodwaters back upstream when tragedies rain down
There's no recipe for handling the dramas
To cross the seas rowing, when horror charms you
There's no recipe, not even when you had none before
No one warned you, you fought as best as you could
There's no recipe when hell offers you a hand
Giving up is human, the future’s so far away
But you started singing, even without choice
Like every fall, every time—it's imposed on you
Singing, like a surprised child, like a survival instinct, like a moment of fury
Singing to accept, to express, to resist, to move forward, to grow, to exist
Singing as resilience, as liberation
Singing as an obvious truth
And in the dark, behind the fog, I hear this piano singing
Singing hope, the desire to believe, that we can reinvent everything
So, I raise my voice once again to withstand the storm
I raise my voice once again to find the courage
When do you realize it’s your thing?
That music returns to lift you from every fall
When do you know it’s your compass?
When life punishes you, music consoles you
When did this piano start singing?
Its chords haunted you, cared for your health
When is it your breath?
And when do we turn it into a song?
If I feel like a child, I’ve already lived several lives
I can look ahead, singing what was taken from me
I’ve known a kind of fog too, and I heard that piano far away
And I too, without really planning, naturally my voice joins it
Our stories are totally different, yet some points connect
Like a voice of spoken strength, I write, you sing, the fog is far away
And in the dark, behind the fog, I hear this piano singing
Singing hope, the desire to believe, that we can reinvent everything
So, I raise my voice once again to withstand the storm
I raise my voice once again to find the courage
Key Vocabulary
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noir /nwaʁ/ A1 |
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brouillard /bʁujaʁ/ B1 |
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chanter /ʃɑ̃te/ A1 |
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espoir /ɛspwaʁ/ B1 |
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croire /kʁwaʁ/ A2 |
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voix /vwa/ A1 |
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orage /ɔʁaʒ/ B1 |
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courage /kuʁaʒ/ B1 |
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épreuves /epʁœv/ B2 |
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fleuves /flœv/ B1 |
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tragédies /tʁaʒedi/ B2 |
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mers /mɛʁ/ A2 |
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horreur /ɔʁœʁ/ B2 |
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enfer /ɑ̃fɛʁ/ B2 |
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avenir /av.niʁ/ B1 |
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enfant /ɑ̃fɑ̃/ A1 |
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survie /syʁvi/ B2 |
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résilience /ʁeziljɑ̃s/ C1 |
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Key Grammar Structures
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Et dans le noir, derrière le brouillard, j'entends ce piano chanter
➔ Inversion (stylistic)
➔ The standard word order would be 'J'entends ce piano chanter, dans le noir...'. The inversion emphasizes the setting (darkness and fog) before revealing what the speaker hears. It creates a more poetic and mysterious tone.
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qu'on peut tout réinventer
➔ Subjunctive mood after "que" expressing possibility/doubt
➔ The phrase "qu'on peut tout réinventer" uses the subjunctive mood ("peut" becomes "puisse" in the subjunctive), because it expresses an idea that isn't certain, but rather a possibility, a hope, or a desire. Though in modern spoken French, "peut" is often used in place of "puisse" even when the subjunctive is grammatically correct, the use of "puisse" shows a more advanced and formal usage.
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Y a pas d'recette, pour supporter les épreuves
➔ Informal Contraction and Omission of "ne"
➔ "Y a pas" is a shortened, informal version of "Il n'y a pas". In spoken French, the "ne" is often dropped in negative constructions, especially in less formal contexts. It exemplifies colloquial French.
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Quand la vie te punit, la musique te console
➔ Use of present tense to express general truths
➔ The present tense ("punit", "console") is used to express a general truth or a universal relationship between life's hardships and the comforting power of music. It's a statement that applies across time and situations.
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Si je me sens comme une enfant, j'ai déjà eu plusieurs vies
➔ Use of 'Si' clause with present tense in the 'Si' clause and past perfect in the main clause
➔ This sentence uses a 'Si' (if) clause in French. The main clause uses the past perfect tense (plus-que-parfait) to indicate an action that was completed before another time in the past. Here, it means that even though she feels like a child *now*, she *had already lived* several lives before this feeling.
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Comme un air de force oratoire, j'écris, tu chantes, le brouillard est bien loin
➔ Ellipsis and Parallel Structure
➔ The sentence uses ellipsis (omitting words implied by context) and parallel structure. The phrase could be expanded to "Comme il y a un air de force oratoire, j'écris,...", but the 'il y a' is omitted for brevity and stylistic effect. The parallel structure "j'écris, tu chantes" creates a rhythm and emphasizes the complementary nature of their artistic contributions. The elision contributes to the overall poetics of the lyrics and rhythm.
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