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Bah ouais, c'est sûr c'est la merde, c'est pas trop ça ce qui était prévu 00:07
Nos ambitions sont en berne et notre avenir en garde à vue 00:11
Et si c'est vrai que l'intelligence est la capacité d'adaptation 00:14
Il va falloir la jouer rusé face à certaines situations 00:17
Avec une enclume sur le dos, les pieds liés et le vent de face 00:20
C'est déjà plus dur d'aimer la vie, de faire des sourires dans la glace 00:24
On a perdu la première manche mais le même joueur rejoue 00:26
Le destin nous a giflé, on ne veut pas tendre l'autre joue 00:29
Alors va falloir inventer avec du courage plein les poches 00:31
Trouver autre chose à raconter pour pas louper un deuxième coche 00:34
Y avait sûrement plusieurs options et finalement on a opté 00:37
Pour accepter cette position, trouver un espoir adapté 00:39
Alors on va relever les yeux quand nos regrets prendront la fuite 00:42
On se fixera des objectifs à mobilité réduite 00:45
Là-bas au bout des couloirs, il y aura de la lumière à capter 00:47
On va tenter d'aller la voir avec un espoir adapté 00:50
Can you hear me? I am awake 00:54
Can you see all the fight that happen through my eyes 00:59
Don't lie, I reach the light and hope will guide me 01:04
Un espoir adapté, c'est l'envie de croire qui résiste 01:09
Même en milieu hostile c'est la victoire qui existe 01:12
Ces cinq potes un peu perdus qui tentent de battre encore des ailes 01:14
C'est retrouver le goût de la sueur entre deux barres parallèles 01:17
Un espoir adapté, c'est de l'espoir bousculé 01:20
Parce qu'on est dos au mur, y a plus de place pour reculer 01:22
Comme un instinct de survie on pense encore à avancer 01:25
À la fin de quelque chose il y a bien un truc à commencer 01:27
Après avoir nagé au cœur des points d'interrogations 01:30
On va sortir de la torpeur certains diront reconversion 01:33
Là-bas au bout des couloirs, y aura de la lumière à capter 01:36
On va tenter d'aller la voir avec un espoir adapté 01:38
I've been trying to let it go 01:41
Been trying to free my soul 01:44
But all the friends that I have lost 01:46
And all the scares that I have left 01:48
My body embodies all my sorrows 01:51
My bones mirror my own morals 01:55
Now I don't need nothing more than to feel my heart pounding 01:58
I'll hold on to this second chance, I'll breathe it 02:03
Retrouver un espoir sans oublier ceux qui saignent 02:08
Car dans cette quête on n'est pas tous logé à la même enseigne 02:10
Moi j'ai eu deuxième chance et même si je peux la rendre belle 02:13
Je pense souvent à la tristesse du dernier sourire de Noël 02:16
Un espoir adapté c'est faire le deuil de tous les autres 02:18
Sourire encore ne serait-ce qu'en hommage à tous les nôtres 02:21
Ceux qui étaient là, qui m'ont porté au propre comme au figuré 02:23
Ceux qui ont adapté leurs vies pour rendre la mienne moins compliquée 02:26
Can you hear me? I am awake 02:30
Can you see all the fight that happen through my eyes 02:35
Don't lie, I reach the light and hope will guide me 02:40
Can you hear me? I am awake 02:46
Can you see all the fight that happen through my eyes 02:51
Don't lie, I reach the light and hope will guide me 02:56
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Espoir adapté – Bilingual Lyrics French/English

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Grand Corps Malade, Anna Kova
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PATIENTS
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Discover French through the inspiring lyrics of "Espoir Adapté" by Grand Corps Malade and Anna Kova. This song, born from the film *Patients*, beautifully illustrates themes of resilience and adaptation, offering a poignant perspective on overcoming adversity. Dive into its emotive verses and learn how to express hope and determination in French.

[English]
Yeah well, for sure things are messed up, it's not really what we expected
Our ambitions are flagging and our future is in custody
And if it's true that intelligence is the capacity to adapt
We'll have to play it smart in certain situations
With an anvil on your back, your feet tied and facing the wind
It's harder to love life, to smile in the mirror
We lost the first round but the same player plays again
Destiny slapped us, we don't want to turn the other cheek
So we'll have to invent with pockets full of courage
Find something else to tell to not miss a second chance
There were surely several options and finally we opted
To accept this position, find an adapted hope
So we'll look up when our regrets take flight
We will set ourselves objectives with reduced mobility
There at the end of the corridors, there will be light to capture
We will try to go see it with an adapted hope
Can you hear me? I am awake
Can you see all the fight that happen through my eyes
Don't lie, I reach the light and hope will guide me
An adapted hope, it's the desire to believe that resists
Even in a hostile environment it's the victory that exists
These five slightly lost friends who are trying to flap their wings again
It's rediscovering the taste of sweat between two parallel bars
An adapted hope, it's hope jostled
Because we are up against the wall, there is no more room to back down
Like a survival instinct we still think of moving forward
At the end of something there is something to begin
After swimming in the heart of question marks
We will come out of the torpor some will say reconversion
There at the end of the corridors, there will be light to capture
We will try to go see it with an adapted hope
I've been trying to let it go
Been trying to free my soul
But all the friends that I have lost
And all the scares that I have left
My body embodies all my sorrows
My bones mirror my own morals
Now I don't need nothing more than to feel my heart pounding
I'll hold on to this second chance, I'll breathe it
Find hope again without forgetting those who bleed
Because in this quest we are not all in the same boat
I had a second chance and even if I can make it beautiful
I often think of the sadness of the last Christmas smile
An adapted hope is mourning all the others
Smile again even if only as a tribute to all of ours
Those who were there, who carried me literally and figuratively
Those who adapted their lives to make mine less complicated
Can you hear me? I am awake
Can you see all the fight that happen through my eyes
Don't lie, I reach the light and hope will guide me
Can you hear me? I am awake
Can you see all the fight that happen through my eyes
Don't lie, I reach the light and hope will guide me
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Key Grammar Structures

  • Nos ambitions sont en berne et notre avenir en garde à vue.

    ➔ Present tense for stating facts.

    ➔ The phrase "Nos ambitions sont en berne" uses the present tense to express a current state.

  • Il va falloir la jouer rusé face à certaines situations.

    ➔ Future tense for expressing necessity.

    ➔ The phrase "Il va falloir" indicates a necessity that will arise in the future.

  • On a perdu la première manche mais le même joueur rejoue.

    ➔ Past tense for recounting events.

    ➔ The phrase "On a perdu" uses the past tense to recount a previous event.

  • À la fin de quelque chose il y a bien un truc à commencer.

    ➔ Conditional structure for expressing possibilities.

    ➔ The phrase "il y a bien un truc à commencer" suggests a possibility that arises at the end of something.

  • C'est retrouver le goût de la sueur entre deux barres parallèles.

    ➔ Infinitive form for expressing actions.

    ➔ The phrase "C'est retrouver" uses the infinitive to express the action of rediscovering.

  • Un espoir adapté, c'est l'envie de croire qui résiste.

    ➔ Present tense for defining concepts.

    ➔ The phrase "Un espoir adapté" defines a concept using the present tense.

  • Car dans cette quête on n'est pas tous logé à la même enseigne.

    ➔ Negative structure for expressing exceptions.

    ➔ The phrase "on n'est pas tous logé à la même enseigne" uses a negative structure to express that not everyone is treated the same.