Lyrics & Translation
Almost touching the cars, eyes like pinheads
I waited for you 100 years in black and white streets
You came whistling
Dazzled by the night with deadly light
Shooting cans as lost as a ship adrift
If I lost my mind, I loved you—even worse
You came whistling
Dazzled by the night with deadly light
Should we love life, or just watch it pass by?
From our smoky nights, there's almost nothing left
But your ashes at dawn
In this subway filled with the vertigo of life
At the next station, little European
Take your hand, lay it below my heart
Dazzled by the night with deadly light
One last lap with the hand at the end
I waited for you 100 years in black and white streets
You came whistling
Key Vocabulary
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éblouie /eb.lu.i/ B2 |
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nuit /nɥi/ A1 |
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lumière /ly.mjɛʁ/ A2 |
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mortelle /mɔʁ.tɛl/ B2 |
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regarder /ʁə.ɡaʁ.de/ A2 |
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cœur /kœʁ/ A2 |
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rues /ʁy/ A1 |
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canettes /ka.nɛt/ B1 |
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aimer /e.me/ A1 |
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vertiges /vɛʁ.tiʒ/ B2 |
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station /sta.sjɔ̃/ A2 |
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européen /ø.ʁo.pe.ɛ̃/ B1 |
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attendu /a.tɑ̃.dy/ B1 |
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piste /pist/ B2 |
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paumées /po.me/ B2 |
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Key Grammar Structures
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Éblouie par la nuit à coup de lumière mortelle
➔ Passive Voice with "par"
➔ "Éblouie par la nuit" means "Dazzled by the night." The structure 'être + past participle + par' indicates the passive voice, specifying the agent causing the action. "à coup de lumière mortelle" means 'with deadly light.'
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Les yeux comme des têtes d'épingle
➔ Comparison using "comme"
➔ This line uses "comme" to make a comparison. "Les yeux comme des têtes d'épingle" means "Eyes like pinheads," indicating very small pupils, perhaps due to drugs or intense focus.
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J't'ai attendu 100 ans dans les rues en noir et blanc
➔ Pronoun Contraction (J't')
➔ "J't'ai attendu" is a contraction of "Je t'ai attendu", meaning "I waited for you". This is common in informal French.
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Si j'en ai perdu la tête j't'ai aimé et même pire
➔ Subjunctive Mood (implied)
➔ Even though not explicitly used, the sentence implies a condition, and "si" often precedes sentences in the subjunctive mood. While technically in indicative, the 'si' suggests a hypothetical situation. "Si j'en ai perdu la tête" which translates to 'If I lost my head,' hints that there is a doubt about having 'lost' one's head.
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Faut-il aimer la vie ou la regarder juste passer?
➔ Impersonal verb "falloir" in interrogative form
➔ "Faut-il" is the interrogative form of the impersonal verb "falloir", meaning "Is it necessary to..." or "Should one...?". It introduces a philosophical question about whether one should love life or simply watch it pass.
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Que tes cendres au matin
➔ Ellipsis
➔ This is an example of ellipsis, where words are omitted but understood. The full sentence might be something like "Il ne reste que tes cendres au matin" (Only your ashes remain in the morning).
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Mets ta main, descends-la au-dessous de mon cœur
➔ Imperative with Pronoun
➔ "Mets ta main" (Put your hand) is an imperative. "Descends-la" (Lower it) is also an imperative with the pronoun "la" referring to "ta main".
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Un dernier tour de piste avec la main au bout
➔ Prepositional Phrase
➔ "avec la main au bout" is a prepositional phrase, meaning "with the hand at the end" or "with the hand extended." The preposition "avec" introduces a phrase describing a circumstance or manner.
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