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Alors c'est comme ça qu'on fait 00:02
Faut être désolée 00:04
Désolée d'être désolée, jamais 00:06
Alors c'est comme ça qu'on vit 00:10
S'excuser sans répit 00:12
D'être ça d'être ainsi, tant pis 00:14
J'avoue mes maladresses 00:18
J'avoue même ma paresse 00:20
J'avoue mes ambitions 00:22
Sont le reflet de ma passion 00:24
J'avoue mes maladresses 00:25
Ainsi est ma sagesse 00:28
J'avoue mais je suis moi 00:30
Et pour ça, j'suis pas 00:32
Désolée 00:34
Pa-pa-la-la-pa la-pa-la-pa-pa-la-la-pa 00:35
Pa-pa-pa-la-la-pa la-pa-la-pa-pa-la-la-pa 00:38
Désolée 00:42
Pa-pa-la-la-pa la-pa-la-pa-pa-la-la-pa 00:42
Pa-pa-pa-la-la-pa 00:46
Alors c'est comme ça qu'on plait 00:50
Qu'on est enfin parfait 00:52
S'écraser s'effacer, assez 00:54
J'ai jamais su faire autrement que gentiment 00:58
J'ai jamais su faire sans sentiment, sans assentiment 01:00
Le regard des gens m'était important, avant 01:03
J'avoue mes maladresses 01:06
J'avoue même ma paresse 01:08
J'avoue mes ambitions 01:10
Sont le reflet de ma passion 01:12
J'avoue mes maladresses 01:14
Ainsi est ma sagesse 01:16
J'avoue mais je suis moi 01:18
Et pour ça, j'suis pas 01:20
Désolée 01:22
Pa-pa-la-la-pa la-pa-la-pa-pa-la-la-pa 01:23
Pa-pa-pa-la-la-pa la-pa-la-pa-pa-la-la-pa 01:26
Désolée 01:30
Pa-pa-la-la-pa la-pa-la-pa-pa-la-la-pa 01:31
Pa-pa-pa-la-la-pa la-pa-la-pa-pa-la-la 01:35
Oh oh oooh 01:38
Voir les choses en grand 01:41
Voir si j'ose vraiment 01:44
Sans me voir jamais 01:48
Désolée, mes maladresses 01:54
J'avoue même ma paresse 01:56
J'avoue mes ambitions 01:58
Sont le reflet de ma passion 02:00
J'avoue mes maladresses 02:02
Ainsi est ma sagesse 02:04
J'avoue mais je suis moi 02:06
Et pour ça, j'suis pas 02:08
Désolée 02:10
Pa-pa-la-la-pa la-pa-la-pa-pa-la-la-pa 02:11
Pa-pa-pa-la-la-pa la-pa-la-pa-pa-la-la-pa 02:14
Désolée 02:18
Pa-pa-la-la-pa la-pa-la-pa-pa-la-la-pa 02:19
Pa-pa-pa-la-la-pa la-pa-la-pa-pa-la-la 02:23
02:27

Désolée – Bilingual Lyrics French/English

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Discover the empowering message of Mentissa's song "Désolée." Through its catchy pop melodies and heartfelt lyrics, you can explore themes of self-acceptance and authenticity, learning to embrace your unique qualities and shed the need for apologies. This song offers a vibrant expression of personal freedom and self-love.

[English]
So, is that how it's done?
You have to be sorry
Sorry for being sorry, never
So, is that how we live?
Apologizing endlessly
For being that, for being like that, too bad
I admit my clumsiness
I even admit my laziness
I admit my ambitions
Are the reflection of my passion
I admit my clumsiness
Such is my wisdom
I admit it but I am me
And for that, I'm not
Sorry
Pa-pa-la-la-pa la-pa-la-pa-pa-la-la-pa
Pa-pa-pa-la-la-pa la-pa-la-pa-pa-la-la-pa
Sorry
Pa-pa-la-la-pa la-pa-la-pa-pa-la-la-pa
Pa-pa-pa-la-la-pa
So, is that how we please?
How we are finally perfect
Crush oneself, disappear, enough
I never knew how to do other than kindly
I never knew how to do without feeling, without agreement
People's gaze was important to me, before
I admit my clumsiness
I even admit my laziness
I admit my ambitions
Are the reflection of my passion
I admit my clumsiness
Such is my wisdom
I admit it but I am me
And for that, I'm not
Sorry
Pa-pa-la-la-pa la-pa-la-pa-pa-la-la-pa
Pa-pa-pa-la-la-pa la-pa-la-pa-pa-la-la-pa
Sorry
Pa-pa-la-la-pa la-pa-la-pa-pa-la-la-pa
Pa-pa-pa-la-la-pa la-pa-la-pa-pa-la-la
Oh oh oooh
Seeing things in a big way
Seeing if I really dare
Without ever seeing myself
Sorry, my clumsiness
I even admit my laziness
I admit my ambitions
Are the reflection of my passion
I admit my clumsiness
Such is my wisdom
I admit it but I am me
And for that, I'm not
Sorry
Pa-pa-la-la-pa la-pa-la-pa-pa-la-la-pa
Pa-pa-pa-la-la-pa la-pa-la-pa-pa-la-la-pa
Sorry
Pa-pa-la-la-pa la-pa-la-pa-pa-la-la-pa
Pa-pa-pa-la-la-pa la-pa-la-pa-pa-la-la
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Vocabulary Meanings

désolée

/de.zɔ.le/

B1
  • adjective
  • - sorry, regretful

vivre

/vivʁ/

A1
  • verb
  • - to live

excuser

/ɛks.ky.ze/

B1
  • verb
  • - to excuse, to apologize

maladresse

/ma.la.dʁɛs/

B2
  • noun
  • - clumsiness, awkwardness

paresse

/pa.ʁɛs/

B2
  • noun
  • - laziness

ambition

/ɑ̃.bi.sjɔ̃/

B1
  • noun
  • - ambition

reflet

/ʁə.flɛ/

B1
  • noun
  • - reflection

passion

/pa.sjɔ̃/

B1
  • noun
  • - passion

sagesse

/sa.ʒɛs/

B2
  • noun
  • - wisdom

plaire

/plɛʁ/

B1
  • verb
  • - to please

parfait

/paʁ.fɛ/

A2
  • adjective
  • - perfect

écraser

/e.kʁa.ze/

B2
  • verb
  • - to crush

effacer

/e.fa.se/

B1
  • verb
  • - to erase, to delete

sentiment

/sɑ̃.ti.mɑ̃/

B1
  • noun
  • - feeling, sentiment

regard

/ʁə.ɡaʁ/

A2
  • noun
  • - look, gaze

choses

/ʃoz/

A1
  • noun
  • - things

oser

/oze/

B1
  • verb
  • - to dare

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Key Grammar Structures

  • Alors c'est comme ça qu'on fait

    ➔ Cleft sentence with "c'est...que"

    ➔ This structure emphasizes a particular part of the sentence. Here, it emphasizes the way things are done: "this is how things are done".

  • Faut être désolée

    ➔ Impersonal expression "il faut" + infinitive

    "Il faut" means "it is necessary" or "one must." Here, it means "one must be sorry". The subject is impersonal.

  • Désolée d'être désolée, jamais

    ➔ Adjective + "de" + infinitive

    ➔ The structure "adjective + de + infinitive" expresses the reason or cause of the adjective. In this case, "Désolée d'être désolée" means "Sorry for being sorry". The "jamais" emphasizes the negation.

  • D'être ça d'être ainsi, tant pis

    ➔ "Être + ça / ainsi" + Interjection "tant pis"

    "D'être ça d'être ainsi" suggests the state of being as she is. "Tant pis" means "too bad", "never mind", indicating acceptance of the situation. She is saying that if people have a problem with the way she is, then too bad.

  • J'avoue mes maladresses

    ➔ Verb "avouer" + noun

    "Avouer" means "to confess" or "to admit". Here, she is admitting her clumsiness.

  • Sont le reflet de ma passion

    ➔ Subject + "être" + noun phrase with "de"

    ➔ The structure indicates that the subject is a reflection of something else. Here, "Sont le reflet de ma passion" means "are the reflection of my passion". It explains what the ambitions are a consequence of.

  • Ainsi est ma sagesse

    ➔ Inversion of subject and verb for emphasis

    ➔ The usual word order would be "Ma sagesse est ainsi". The inversion emphasizes the "ainsi" (thus, so), highlighting the nature of her wisdom.

  • Et pour ça, j'suis pas Désolée

    ➔ Prepositional phrase "pour ça" + negation "pas" with "être"

    "Pour ça" means "for that" or "because of that". "J'suis pas désolée" means "I am not sorry". She's not sorry for being herself.

  • J'ai jamais su faire autrement que gentiment

    ➔ "Ne...que" structure, restricting the action

    ➔ The construction "ne...que" means "only". Here, she only knows how to do things kindly. She has never known how to do things *other* than kindly. "Autrement que" means "other than".