La marcheuse

• By: Christine and the Queens
• Album: HOPECORE

Lyrics:

[Français]

[English]

J'vais marcher très longtemps

I'm going to walk for a very long time

Et je m'en vais trouver les poings qui redessinent

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

J'vais chercher éhontément

I'm shamelessly searching

Les coups portés sur moi

For the blows dealt to me

La violence facile

Easy violence

J'vais marcher tout le temps

I'll keep walking all the time

Et je m'en vais forcer les regards agressifs

And I'll go on forcing aggressive gazes

J'vais toujours au-devant

I'm always facing forward

Il me tarde de trouver

I can't wait to find

La violence facile

Easy violence

C'est

It's

Noël en mai, j'ai rien bu

Christmas in May, I haven't drunk a thing

Bas de l'immeuble, t'as rien vu

At the bottom of the building, you saw nothing

Quand moi j'avance furieuse

When I move forward furiously

Toute débaguée, les lèvres blêmes

All undressed, lips pale

...

...

Attire à moi les oiseaux

Draw the birds to me

Le sang séché sur ma peau

The dried blood on my skin

Les gens sourient de peur que

People smile, fearing that

Ma maladie de boxeur se prête

My boxer's disease could be useful

J'vais marcher très longtemps

I'm going to walk for a very long time

Et je m'en vais trouver les poings qui redessinent

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

J'vais chercher éhontément

I'm shamelessly searching

Les coups portés sur moi

For the blows dealt to me

La violence facile

Easy violence

J'vais marcher tout le temps

I'll keep walking all the time

Et je m'en vais forcer les regards agressifs

And I'll go on forcing aggressive gazes

J'vais toujours au-devant

I'm always facing forward

Il me tarde de trouver

I can't wait to find

La violence facile

Easy violence

C'est les idées claires que j'attends

It's clear ideas that I wait for

Une mauve émerge sur la tempe

A mauve emerges on my temple

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

Solitude is perfect, when the hits come there’s

Personne qui pleure

No one to cry

Fièvre au matin, nouvel air

Fever in the morning, new air

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

I’ve endured it, I’ll get rid of it

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

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

J'ai connu la honte

I’ve known shame

J'vais marcher très longtemps

I'm going to walk for a very long time

Et je m'en vais trouver les poings qui redessinent

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

J'vais chercher éhontément

I’m shamelessly searching

Les coups portés sur moi

For the blows dealt to me

La violence facile

Easy violence

J'vais marcher tout le temps

I'll keep walking all the time

Et je m'en vais forcer les regards agressifs

And I'll go on forcing aggressive gazes

J'vais toujours au-devant

I'm always facing forward

Il me tarde de trouver

I can’t wait to find

La violence facile

Easy violence

C'est hun

It’s the one

Au-devant

Facing forward

Il me tarde de trouver la violence facile

I can’t wait to find easy violence

C'est hun

It’s the one

Au-devant

Facing forward

Il me tarde de trouver la violence facile

I can’t wait to find easy violence

C'est hun, hun, hun

It’s the one, one, one

Au-devant

Facing forward

Il me tarde de trouver la violence facile

I can't wait to find easy violence

Au-devant

Facing forward

Il me tarde de trouver la violence facile

I can’t wait to find easy violence

...

...

Vocabulary in this song:

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

Grammar:

• 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.