Le gouffre – Bilingual Lyrics French/English

• By: Bagarre
• Album: Musique de club

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the introspective and dark themes of Bagarre's "Le gouffre." This song delves into feelings of insignificance and inner turmoil, offering a raw emotional landscape. Learning the French lyrics can provide deeper insight into these complex emotions and the unique musical style of Bagarre, which blends electronic beats with rap and pop influences.

[English]

You think that your life

Is of no great importance

That the words that come to you

Don't really make sense

There's noise in your head

You feel like an animal

You stay in your bed

When you say "I", it hurts

Standing straight, you dive

Without looking like it

I don't know what's eating you

It's not very clear

I don't know what's eating you

But you're burying yourself

The abyss that calls to you

You go down abseiling

Smelling the odor of sulfur

To me, you're the most beautiful

The abyss that calls to you

You go down abseiling

Smelling the odor of sulfur

To me, you're the most beautiful

You were already so tired

The year I met you

You had knives in your skull

That came to caress your skin

You carried your hatred in a bandolier

You and the others, it was war

The abyss that calls to you

You go down abseiling

Smelling the odor of sulfur

To me, you're the most beautiful

The abyss that calls to you

You go down abseiling

Smelling the odor of sulfur

To me, you're the most beautiful

You had no taste for anything anymore

You stayed in your black tunnel

Your days all had the same end

You were going to rust behind a bar

Now, you can put down

Your razor and your suitcase,

Your path doesn't go any further

You'll have to improvise

The abyss that calls to you

The abyss that calls to you

The abyss that calls to you

The abyss that calls to you

The abyss that calls to you

The abyss that calls to you

The abyss that calls to you

...

The abyss

The abyss

The abyss

The abyss

Before our time, the trace screams

Of you, of me, of those who pass

Before our time, the trace screams

Of you, of me, of those who pass

Before fear

Before the wreck

That's how I see

Our lives that trace

The abyss that calls to you

You go down abseiling

Smelling the odor of sulfur

To me, you're the most beautiful

The abyss that calls to you

You go down abseiling

Smelling the odor of sulfur

To me, you're the most beautiful

The abyss that calls to you

You go down abseiling

Smelling the odor of sulfur

To me, you're the most beautiful

The abyss that calls to you

You go down abseiling

Smelling the odor of sulfur

To me, you're the most beautiful

...

[French]

Tu penses que ta vie

Est sans grande importance

Que les mots qui te viennent

N'ont pas vraiment de sens

Dans ta tête y a des bruits

Tu te sens animal

Tu restes dans ton lit

Quand tu dis "je" t'as mal

En piquet, tu plonges

Sans en avoir l'air

Je sais pas ce qui te ronge

C'est pas très clair

Je sais pas ce qui te ronge

Mais tu t'enterres

Le gouffre qui t'appelle

Tu descends en rappel

Sentant l'odeur du souffre

Pour moi, t'es la plus belle

Le gouffre qui t'appelle

Tu descends en rappel

Sentant l'odeur du souffre

Pour moi, t'es la plus belle

T'étais déjà si fatiguée

L'année où je t'ai rencontré

T'avais dans le crâne des couteaux

Qui venaient caresser ta peau

Tu portais ta haine en bandoulière

Toi et les autres c'était la guerre

Le gouffre qui t'appelle

Tu descends en rappel

Sentant l'odeur du souffre

Pour moi, t'es la plus belle

Le gouffre qui t'appelle

Tu descends en rappel

Sentant l'odeur du souffre

Pour moi, t'es la plus belle

Tu n'avais plus goût à rien

Tu restais dans ton boyau noir

Tes jours avaient tous la même fin

T'allais rouiller derrière un bar

Maintenant, tu peux poser

Ton rasoir et ta valise,

Ton chemin ne va pas plus loin

Il va falloir que t'improvises

Le gouffre qui t'appelle

Le gouffre qui t'appelle

Le gouffre qui t'appelle

Le gouffre qui t'appelle

Le gouffre qui t'appelle

Le gouffre qui t'appelle

Le gouffre qui t'appelle

Le gouffre

Le gouffre

Le gouffre

Le gouffre

Avant notre heure hurle la trace

De toi, de moi, de ceux qui passent

Avant notre heure hurle la trace

De toi, de moi, de ceux qui passent

Avant la peur

Avant la casse

C'est comme je vois

Nos vis qui tracent

Le gouffre qui t'appelle

Tu descends en rappel

Sentant l'odeur du souffre

Pour moi, t'es la plus belle

Le gouffre qui t'appelle

Tu descends en rappel

Sentant l'odeur du souffre

Pour moi, t'es la plus belle

Le gouffre qui t'appelle

Tu descends en rappel

Sentant l'odeur du souffre

Pour moi, t'es la plus belle

Le gouffre qui t'appelle

Tu descends en rappel

Sentant l'odeur du souffre

Pour moi, t'es la plus belle

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
gouffre /ɡufʁ/ B2	noun - a deep or bottomless pit
importance /ɛ̃.pɔʁ.tɑ̃s/ B1	noun - the state or fact of being of great significance or value
animal /a.ni.mal/ A2	noun - a living organism that feeds on organic matter
sentir /sɑ̃.tiʁ/ B1	verb - to feel or perceive
belle /bɛl/ A2	adjective - beautiful
mal /mal/ A2	noun - pain or suffering
rappel /ʁa.pɛl/ B2	noun - a technique for descending steep surfaces
haine /ɛn/ B2	noun - intense hostility or aversion
couteau /ku.to/ A2	noun - a tool for cutting
bar /baʁ/ A1	noun - a place where drinks are served
chemin /ʃə.mɛ̃/ A2	noun - a path or way
improviser /ɛ̃.pʁo.vi.ze/ B2	verb - to create or perform spontaneously

Key Grammar Structures

• Tu penses que ta vie est sans grande importance

  ➔ Use of the subjunctive mood with 'que' to express doubt or subjectivity.

  ➔ 'Penses' is a verb in the present tense for 'tu'.

• Dans ta tête y a des bruits

  ➔ Use of 'il y a' to indicate existence, translating to 'there are/ is'.

  ➔ 'Y a' is a contraction of 'il y a', meaning 'there are' or 'there is'.

• Je sais pas ce qui te ronge

  ➔ Use of 'ce qui' as a relative pronoun to refer to 'what' or 'that which'.

  ➔ 'Ce qui' introduces a relative clause that functions as the subject of the sentence.

• Sentant l'odeur du souffre

  ➔ Use of the present participle 'sentant' to indicate simultaneous action or manner.

  ➔ 'Sentant' is the present participle of 'sentir', meaning 'sensing' or 'feeling'.

• T'avais déjà si fatiguée

  ➔ Use of the imperfect tense to describe a past state or ongoing condition.

  ➔ 'Tu avais' is the imperfect tense of 'avoir', meaning 'you had' in a past ongoing sense.

• Avant notre heure hurle la trace

  ➔ Use of the present tense 'hurle' to describe a current or ongoing action.

  ➔ 'Hurle' is a third person singular present tense of 'hurler', meaning 'shouts' or 'howls'.