J'ai cherché – Bilingual Lyrics French/English

• By: Amir
• Album: RESSOURCES

Lyrics & Translation

[French]

[English]

You, you

You, you

...

...

J'ai cherché un sens à mon existence

I searched for meaning in my existence

J'y ai laissé mon innocence

I left my innocence there

J'ai fini le cœur sans défense

I ended up with a defenseless heart

J'ai cherché l'amour et la reconnaissance

I searched for love and recognition

J'ai payé le prix du silence

I paid the price of silence

Je me blesse et je recommence

I hurt myself and I start again

Tu m'as comme donné l'envie d'être moi

You kind of gave me the desire to be myself

Donné un sens à mes pourquoi

Gave meaning to my whys

Tu as tué la peur qui dormait là

You killed the fear that was sleeping there

Qui dormait là dans mes bras

That was sleeping there in my arms

You

You

You're the one that's making me strong

You're the one that's making me strong

I'll be looking, looking for you

I'll be looking, looking for you

Like the melody of my song

Like the melody of my song

You

You

You're the one that's making me strong

You're the one that's making me strong

I'll be looking, looking for you

I'll be looking, looking for you

Like the melody of my song

Like the melody of my song

J'ai cherché un sens, un point de repère

I searched for a sense, a point of reference

Partagé en deux hémisphères

Shared between two hemispheres

Comme une erreur de l'univers

Like a mistake of the universe

J'ai jeté tellement de bouteille à la mer

I threw so many bottles into the sea

J'ai bu tant de liqueurs amères

I drank so many bitter liquors

Que j'en ai les lèvres de pierre

That my lips are like stone

Tu m'as comme donné l'envie d'être moi

You kind of gave me the desire to be myself

Donné un sens à mes pourquoi

Gave meaning to my whys

Tu as tué la peur qui dormait là

You killed the fear that was sleeping there

Qui dormait là dans mes bras

That was sleeping there in my arms

You

You

You're the one that's making me strong

You're the one that's making me strong

I'll be looking, looking for you

I'll be looking, looking for you

Like the melody of my song

Like the melody of my song

You

You

You're the one that's making me strong

You're the one that's making me strong

I'll be looking, looking for you

I'll be looking, looking for you

Like the melody of my song

Like the melody of my song

Au gré de nos blessures

At the mercy of our wounds

Et de nos désinvoltures

And our nonchalance

C'est quand on n'y croit plus du tout

It's when we no longer believe at all

Qu'on trouve un paradis perdu en nous

That we find a lost paradise within us

Oh, you, you, you, you

Oh, you, you, you, you

You

You

You're the one that's making me strong

You're the one that's making me strong

I'll be looking, looking for you

I'll be looking, looking for you

Like the melody of my song

Like the melody of my song

Like the melody of my song

Like the melody of my song

Tu m'as comme donné l'envie d'être moi

You kind of gave me the desire to be myself

Donné un sens à mes pourquoi (You)

Gave meaning to my whys (You)

Tu as tué la peur qui dormait là

You killed the fear that was sleeping there

Qui dormait là dans mes bras

That was sleeping there in my arms

You

You

You're the one that's making me strong

You're the one that's making me strong

I'll be looking, looking, looking for you

I'll be looking, looking, looking for you

Like the melody of my song

Like the melody of my song

...

...

You

You

...

...

Key Grammar Structures

• J'ai cherché un sens à mon existence

  ➔ Past tense (passé composé)

  ➔ The phrase uses the past tense to indicate that the action of searching has been completed.

• Tu m'as comme donné l'envie d'être moi

  ➔ Indirect object pronoun

  ➔ The use of 'm' as an indirect object pronoun indicates that the action is directed towards the speaker.

• C'est quand on n'y croit plus du tout

  ➔ Negative form

  ➔ The phrase uses 'n'y croit plus du tout' to express a complete negation of belief.

• J'ai fini le cœur sans défense

  ➔ Past participle used as an adjective

  ➔ The past participle 'fini' describes the state of the heart, functioning as an adjective.

• You're the one that's making me strong

  ➔ Present continuous tense

  ➔ The phrase uses the present continuous tense to indicate an ongoing action.

• Au gré de nos blessures

  ➔ Prepositional phrase

  ➔ The phrase 'Au gré de' indicates a relationship of dependence or influence.

• Que j'en ai les lèvres de pierre

  ➔ Subjunctive mood

  ➔ The subjunctive mood is used here to express a wish or a hypothetical situation.