Il avait les mots – Bilingual Lyrics French/English

• By: Sheryfa Luna

Lyrics & Translation

[French]

[English]

Il était vraiment, plus âgé que moi

He was really, older than me

Je suis tout bêtement, tombée dans ses bras

I just simply, fell into his arms

Par lui j'ai découvert, c'que je connaissais pas

Through him I discovered, what I didn't know

Il semblait sincère, je l'aimais pour ça

He seemed sincere, I loved him for that

Ce qui m'a toujours dérangée

What has always bothered me

Est que rarement l'soir je pouvais le capter

Is that I could rarely reach him in the evening

Mais dès qu'il me parlait

But as soon as he spoke to me

Je la fermais

I shut up

Il avait les mots

He had the words

M'a rendue accro

Made me addicted

Je voyais déjà

I was already seeing

L'avenir dans ses bras

The future in his arms

Il avait les mots

He had the words

M'a rendue accro

Made me addicted

Je ne savais pas

I didn't know

Que je n'le connaissais pas

That I didn't know him

Il avait les mots

He had the words

Je n'avais plus d'vie

I had no life left

Je n'pensais qu'à lui

I only thought of him

Même si j'ai crâmé

Even though I realized

Que souvent il mentait

That he often lied

Il se perdait dans c'qu'il m'racontait

He got lost in what he told me

Se trompait d'nom quand il disait qu'il m'aimait

Got the name wrong when he said he loved me

Et je supportais

And I put up with it

Je pardonnais

I forgave

Dans sa caisse, j'ai trouvé des jouets

In his car, I found toys

J'ai grillé que son ex continuait de l'appeler

I figured out that his ex kept calling him

Mais qu'est-ce qu'il cachait

But what was he hiding

Je le découvrais

I was discovering it

Il avait les mots

He had the words

M'a rendue accro

Made me addicted

Je voyais déjà

I was already seeing

L'avenir dans ses bras

The future in his arms

Il avait les mots

He had the words

M'a rendue accro

Made me addicted

Je ne savais pas

I didn't know

Que je ne le connaissais pas

That I didn't know him

Il avait les mots

He had the words

Je l'ai suivi chez lui

I followed him to his place

Bête de jardin et chien de compagnie

Garden shed and pet dog

Putain d'maison, on s'imagine tout d'suite la vie d'famille

Fucking house, you immediately imagine family life

Pendant tout ce temps, j'étais dans le faux

All this time, I was wrong

J'étais dans le faux

I was wrong

Sa femme m'a surprise, elle est tout de suite venue m'avouer

His wife surprised me, she immediately came to confess to me

Qu'j'étais pas la première conne avec qui il s'amusait

That I wasn't the first idiot he was playing with

Pendant tout ce temps, j'étais dans le faux

All this time, I was wrong

J'étais dans le faux

I was wrong

Ce qui m'a toujours dérangée

What has always bothered me

Est que rarement l'soir je pouvais le capter

Is that I could rarely reach him in the evening

Mais je m'en doutais

But I suspected it

Mais j'la fermais

But I shut up

Il avait les mots

He had the words

M'a rendue accro

Made me addicted

Je voyais déjà

I was already seeing

L'avenir dans ses bras

The future in his arms

Il avait les mots

He had the words

M'a rendue accro

Made me addicted

Je ne savais pas

I didn't know

Que je n'le connaissais pas

That I didn't know him

Il avait les mots

He had the words

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
aimer /e.me/ A1	verb - to love, to like
avenir /av.niʁ/ B1	noun - future
bras /bʁa/ A1	noun - arm
vie /vi/ A1	noun - life
maison /mɛ.zɔ̃/ A1	noun - house
femme /fam/ A1	noun - woman, wife
mots /mo/ A1	noun - words
cacher /ka.ʃe/ B1	verb - to hide
connaître /kɔ.nɛtʁ/ A2	verb - to know
croire /kʁwaʁ/ A2	verb - to believe
faux /fo/ B1	adjective - false
perdre /pɛʁdʁ/ A2	verb - to lose
tromper /tʁɔ̃.pe/ B1	verb - to deceive, to cheat
déranger /de.ʁɑ̃.ʒe/ B1	verb - to bother, to disturb
accro /a.kʁo/ B2	adjective - addicted

Key Grammar Structures

• Il était vraiment, plus âgé que moi

  ➔ Comparative adjective (plus + adjective + que)

  ➔ This line uses a comparative adjective to indicate that he was older than the speaker. The structure is "plus" + adjective + "que".

• Par lui j'ai découvert, c'que je connaissais pas

  ➔ Use of "par" to indicate the agent of an action. Contraction of "ce que" to "c'que"

  ➔ "Par lui" indicates that she discovered something *through* him. "C'que" is a colloquial contraction of "ce que".

• Ce qui m'a toujours dérangée

  ➔ Relative pronoun "ce qui" as the subject of the sentence.

  ➔ "Ce qui" refers to the thing that always bothered her. It acts as the subject of the verb "a dérangée".

• Est que rarement l'soir je pouvais le capter

  ➔ Subjunctive mood implied (bien que/quoique + subjunctive) or indicative (parce que/puisque + indicative). In this case, indicative

  ➔ This sentence expresses a fact. The speaker is stating that they rarely could reach him in the evening. Since is factual we use indicative form "pouvais"

• Mais dès qu'il me parlait, Je la fermais

  ➔ Use of "dès que" followed by the indicative to express immediate action. Colloquial expression "la fermer"

  ➔ "Dès qu'il me parlait" means "as soon as he spoke to me". "Je la fermais" is a colloquial way of saying "I shut up" or "I kept quiet".

• M'a rendue accro

  ➔ Past participle agreement with the direct object pronoun "m'" (me).

  ➔ Because the direct object "m'" (me) precedes the verb "a rendue", the past participle "rendue" agrees in gender and number with "m'" which is feminine singular.

• Que je n'le connaissais pas

  ➔ Subjunctive mood vs Indicative mood in subordinate clauses introduced by "que" . Use of "ne...pas"

  ➔ Indicative mood is used because the verb in the main clause ('Je ne savais pas') expresses knowledge or certainty. The "ne...pas" structure is used for negation.

• Et je supportais, Je pardonnais

  ➔ Imperfect tense (supportais, pardonnais) to describe a repeated or ongoing action in the past.

  ➔ The imperfect tense is used to convey that she repeatedly put up with his behavior and forgave him. It wasn't a one-time event, but something that happened regularly.