Je sais pas danser – Bilingual Lyrics French/English

• By: Pomme

Lyrics & Translation

[French]

[English]

Quand les lumières brûlent tout

When the lights burn everything down

Que la nuit fière s'en fout

And the proud night doesn't care

Si tu voulais me voir

If you wanted to see me

Moi je préfère le noir

I prefer the dark

Je ne veux pas sortir

I don't want to go out

Je ne veux pas me découvrir

I don't want to reveal myself

Des failles, des failles

Falterings, falterings

Des failles, des failles

Falterings, falterings

...

...

Je vois mon corps partout

I see my body everywhere

Je le compare sur tout

I compare it to everything

Et tu vas pas me croire

And you won't believe me

J'ai fait le même cauchemar

I've had the same nightmare

Je ne veux pas sortir

I don't want to go out

Je ne veux pas me découvrir

I don't want to reveal myself

Des failles, des failles

Falterings, falterings

Des failles, des failles

Falterings, falterings

...

...

Et je sais pas danser

And I don't know how to dance

Je sais pas m'oublier

I don't know how to forget myself

Et je sais pas danser

And I don't know how to dance

Je sais pas m'oublier

I don't know how to forget myself

Je ne veux pas sortir

I don't want to go out

...

...

Key Grammar Structures

• Quand les lumières brûlent tout

  ➔ Use of 'Quand' to indicate a temporal clause.

  ➔ The word "Quand" means "When" and introduces a situation that occurs at a specific time.

• Je ne veux pas sortir

  ➔ Negation with 'ne... pas'.

  ➔ The phrase "Je ne veux pas" translates to "I do not want" and is a common way to express negation in French.

• Je vois mon corps partout

  ➔ Present tense to express current actions.

  ➔ The verb "vois" is in the present tense, indicating that the action of seeing is happening now.

• Et je sais pas danser

  ➔ Use of 'sais' to express knowledge or ability.

  ➔ The verb "sais" means "know" and is used here to indicate a lack of ability to dance.

• Des failles, des failles

  ➔ Repetition for emphasis.

  ➔ The phrase "Des failles" is repeated to emphasize the speaker's feelings of flaws or vulnerabilities.