Lyrics & Translation
Tell me why I would exist?
To wander in a world without you
Without hope and without regrets
And if you didn't exist
I would try to invent love
Like a painter who sees under his fingers
The colors of the day being born
And can't believe it
And if you didn't exist
Tell me for whom I would exist?
Sleeping passersby in my arms
Whom I would never love
And if you didn't exist
I would be just another dot
In this world that comes and goes
I would feel lost
I would need you
And if you didn't exist
Tell me how I would exist?
I could pretend to be myself
But I wouldn't be real
And if you didn't exist
I believe I would have found
The secret of life, the why
Simply to create you
And to look at you
And if you didn't exist
Tell me why I would exist?
To wander in a world without you
Without hope and without regrets
And if you didn't exist
I would try to invent love
Like a painter who sees under his fingers
The colors of the day being born
Key Vocabulary
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exister /ɛɡ.zis.te/ B1 |
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monde /mɔ̃d/ A1 |
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toi /twa/ A1 |
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espoir /ɛs.pwaʁ/ B1 |
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regret /ʁə.ɡʁɛ/ B1 |
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inventer /ɛ̃.vɑ̃.te/ B1 |
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amour /a.muʁ/ A1 |
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peintre /pɛ̃tʁ/ A2 |
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doigts /dwa/ A1 |
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couleurs /ku.lœʁ/ A1 |
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jour /ʒuʁ/ A1 |
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passantes /pa.sɑ̃t/ B1 |
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endormies /ɑ̃.dɔʁ.mi/ B1 |
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besoin /bə.zwɛ̃/ A2 |
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secret /sə.kʁɛ/ A2 |
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Key Grammar Structures
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Et si tu n'existais pas
➔ Conditional Sentences (Type 2)
➔ This is a hypothetical condition. "Si" introduces the condition (if), followed by the imperfect subjunctive ("n'existais"). The result is expressed in the conditional present.
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Dis-moi pourquoi j'existerais?
➔ Conditional Present (Hypothetical Question)
➔ "J'existerais" is the conditional present tense of the verb "exister". It expresses what would happen under a certain (usually hypothetical) condition.
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Pour traîner dans un monde sans toi
➔ Infinitive after 'pour'
➔ "Pour" followed by an infinitive (traîner) expresses purpose or reason.
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J'essaierais d'inventer l'amour
➔ Conditional Present with 'essayer de'
➔ "J'essaierais" is the conditional present of "essayer". 'Essayer de' + infinitive means 'to try to'.
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Que je n'aimerai jamais
➔ Future Simple - Expressing Certainty
➔ Here, "aimerai" (future simple of "aimer") is used to express a strong conviction or certainty about not loving those people.
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Je me sentirais perdu
➔ Reflexive verb in Conditional Present
➔ "Se sentir" is a reflexive verb. "Je me sentirais" is the conditional present, meaning "I would feel". The reflexive pronoun "me" indicates the subject acts upon itself.
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