La marcheuse – Bilingual Lyrics French/English

• By: Christine and the Queens
• Album: HOPECORE

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the poetic and evocative world of French music with Christine and the Queens' “La marcheuse.” This hypnotic track offers a unique opportunity to engage with the French language through its profound lyrics, which explore themes of self-discovery and resilience. Its compelling storytelling and Christine's distinct vocal delivery make it a captivating listen for language learners, providing a rich context for understanding contemporary French expression.

[English]

I'm going to walk for a very long time

And I'm going to find the fists that redraw themselves

I'm shamelessly searching

For the blows dealt to me

Easy violence

I'll keep walking all the time

And I'll go on forcing aggressive gazes

I'm always facing forward

I can't wait to find

Easy violence

It's

Christmas in May, I haven't drunk a thing

At the bottom of the building, you saw nothing

When I move forward furiously

All undressed, lips pale

...

Draw the birds to me

The dried blood on my skin

People smile, fearing that

My boxer's disease could be useful

I'm going to walk for a very long time

And I'm going to find the fists that redraw themselves

I'm shamelessly searching

For the blows dealt to me

Easy violence

I'll keep walking all the time

And I'll go on forcing aggressive gazes

I'm always facing forward

I can't wait to find

Easy violence

It's clear ideas that I wait for

A mauve emerges on my temple

Solitude is perfect, when the hits come there’s

No one to cry

Fever in the morning, new air

I’ve endured it, I’ll get rid of it

Oh, the wound is nothing now, I’ve known worse

I’ve known shame

I'm going to walk for a very long time

And I’m going to find the fists that redraw themselves

I’m shamelessly searching

For the blows dealt to me

Easy violence

I'll keep walking all the time

And I'll go on forcing aggressive gazes

I'm always facing forward

I can’t wait to find

Easy violence

It’s the one

Facing forward

I can’t wait to find easy violence

It’s the one

Facing forward

I can’t wait to find easy violence

It’s the one, one, one

Facing forward

I can't wait to find easy violence

Facing forward

I can’t wait to find easy violence

...

[French]

J'vais marcher très longtemps

Et je m'en vais trouver les poings qui redessinent

J'vais chercher éhontément

Les coups portés sur moi

La violence facile

J'vais marcher tout le temps

Et je m'en vais forcer les regards agressifs

J'vais toujours au-devant

Il me tarde de trouver

La violence facile

C'est

Noël en mai, j'ai rien bu

Bas de l'immeuble, t'as rien vu

Quand moi j'avance furieuse

Toute débaguée, les lèvres blêmes

Attire à moi les oiseaux

Le sang séché sur ma peau

Les gens sourient de peur que

Ma maladie de boxeur se prête

J'vais marcher très longtemps

Et je m'en vais trouver les poings qui redessinent

J'vais chercher éhontément

Les coups portés sur moi

La violence facile

J'vais marcher tout le temps

Et je m'en vais forcer les regards agressifs

J'vais toujours au-devant

Il me tarde de trouver

La violence facile

C'est les idées claires que j'attends

Une mauve émerge sur la tempe

La solitude, c'est parfait, quand ça tape il n'y a

Personne qui pleure

Fièvre au matin, nouvel air

J'm'en suis fait, je vais m'en défaire

Ah la blessure c'est plus rien, j'ai connu pire

J'ai connu la honte

J'vais marcher très longtemps

Et je m'en vais trouver les poings qui redessinent

J'vais chercher éhontément

Les coups portés sur moi

La violence facile

J'vais marcher tout le temps

Et je m'en vais forcer les regards agressifs

J'vais toujours au-devant

Il me tarde de trouver

La violence facile

C'est hun

Au-devant

Il me tarde de trouver la violence facile

C'est hun

Au-devant

Il me tarde de trouver la violence facile

C'est hun, hun, hun

Au-devant

Il me tarde de trouver la violence facile

Au-devant

Il me tarde de trouver la violence facile

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
marcher /maʁ.ʃe/ A2	verb - to walk
très /tʁɛs/ A1	adverb - very
longtemps /lɑ̃.tɑ̃/ B1	adverb - for a long time
trouver /tʁu.ve/ A2	verb - to find
poings /pœ̃/ B1	noun - fists
coups /ku/ B2	noun - blows, hits
violence /vjɔ.lɑ̃s/ B2	noun - violence
regarder /ʁə.ɡaʁ.de/ A2	verb - to look at
idées /i.de/ B1	noun - ideas
claires /klɛʁ/ B2	adjective - clear
mauve /mov/ B2	adjective - mauve, pale purple color
solitude /sɔ.li.tyd/ B2	noun - solitude, loneliness
pleure /plœʁ/ A2	verb - to cry
blêmes /blɛm/ B2	adjective - pale, pale-colored

Key Grammar Structures

• J'vais marcher très longtemps

  ➔ Near future tense using 'aller' + infinitive

  ➔ Expresses an immediate or near future intention.

• Et je m'en vais trouver

  ➔ Reflexive verb in near future tense using 'aller' + infinitive

  ➔ Indicates the subject's intention to go and find something.

• Les idées claires que j'attends

  ➔ Relative clause with 'que' following a noun

  ➔ A relative clause describing the noun 'idées claires' and expressing what is being waited for.

• J'vais marcher très longtemps

  ➔ Near future tense with 'aller' + infinitive, adverb of duration

  ➔ Indicates a planned or intended action over a long period of time in the near future.

• Il me tarde de trouver

  ➔ Expression with 'il me tarde' to indicate anticipation or eagerness to do something

  ➔ A French idiomatic expression meaning to be eager or look forward to doing something.

• J'vais toujours au-devant

  ➔ Near future tense with 'aller' + infinitive, and preposition 'au-devant' indicating going ahead or confronting

  ➔ Conveys the act of proactively confronting situations or advancing towards them.

• Il me tarde de trouver la violence facile

  ➔ Repeated expression with 'il me tarde' + infinitive to emphasize eagerness

  ➔ Emphasizes strong desire or impatience to achieve or encounter something.