Même Si – Bilingual Lyrics French/English

• By: Lucie Silvas, Grégory Lemarchal

Lyrics & Translation

[French]

[English]

Just like I predicted

Just like I predicted

We're at the point of no return

We're at the point of no return

We can't go backwards

We can't go backwards

And no corners have been turned

And no corners have been turned

I can't control it

I can't control it

If I sink or if I swim

If I sink or if I swim

'Cause I chose the waters that I'm in

'Cause I chose the waters that I'm in

Ne jamais devoir choisir

Never having to choose

Avoir raison ou tort

Being right or wrong

Au-delà de mes faiblesses

Beyond my weaknesses

J'ai la force d'y croire encore

I have the strength to believe in it again

Même si l'amour s'enfuit

Even if love runs away

J'en inventerai les couleurs

I'll invent its colors

S'il est trop tard, pour revenir

If it's too late to come back

Je remonterai les heures

I'll turn back the hours

There's no way

There's no way

You're changing

You're changing

'Cause some things

'Cause some things

Will just never be mine

Will just never be mine

You're in not love this time

You're not in love this time

But it's alright

But it's alright

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J'aurai voulu t'offrir

I would have liked to offer you

Le meilleur de tout mon être

The best of all my being

Au lieu de partir

Instead of leaving

Entre nous tout faire renaître

To make everything between us reborn

Plutôt que de mentir

Rather than lying

Aborder nos différences

Addressing our differences

T'aimer autrement qu'à contre-sens

Loving you differently than against the flow

And it makes no difference who is right or wrong

And it makes no difference who is right or wrong

I deserve much more than this

I deserve much more than this

'Cause there's only one thing I want

'Cause there's only one thing I want

If it's not what you're made of

If it's not what you're made of

You're not what I'm looking for

You're not what I'm looking for

You were willing but unable to give me anymore

You were willing but unable to give me anymore

Et ce dont je suis fait

And what I'm made of

Tout entier, je saurai te le rendre

Entirely, I will know how to give it back to you

Même s'il faut tout apprendre, tout apprendre

Even if I have to learn everything, learn everything

What's your definition of the one?

What's your definition of the one?

Comment définir l'amour sans toi?

How to define love without you?

Mais prêt à tous les sacrifices, je refuse celui-là

But ready for all sacrifices, I refuse that one

J'aurai voulu t'offrir le meilleur de tout mon être

I would have liked to offer you the best of all my being

'Cause these are the waters that I'm in

'Cause these are the waters that I'm in

Même si l'amour s'enfuit

Even if love runs away

J'en inventerai les couleurs

I'll invent its colors

S'il est trop tard pour revenir

If it's too late to come back

Je remonterai les heures

I'll turn back the hours

Et ce dont je suis fait, tout entier

And what I'm made of, entirely

Je saurai te le rendre

I will know how to give it back to you

Même s'il faut tout apprendre

Even if I have to learn everything

Même s'il faut tout apprendre

Even if I have to learn everything

Même s'il faut tout apprendre

Even if I have to learn everything

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
point /pɔ̃/ B1	noun - a specific spot or location
return /rɪˈtɜːn/ B2	noun - the act of coming back to a place verb - to go back to a place or state
control /kənˈtrəʊl/ B2	noun - the power to influence or direct behavior verb - to exercise authority over
waters /ˈwɔːtərz/ B1	noun - large amounts of water, especially in bodies like seas or lakes
love /lʌv/ A2	noun - deep affection or attachment verb - to feel deep affection
revenir /ʁə.və.niʁ/ B2	verb - to go back again
differenc(ing) /dif.ʁɑ̃s/ B2	noun - the state of being unlike or distinct
forgiveness /foʁ.ʒi.ɛs/ C1	noun - the act of forgiving someone
destin(ation) /dɛs.ti.na.sj̃/ B2	noun - the final place of an arrival
courage /ku.ʁaʒ/ B2	noun - the ability to face fear or adversity
believe /bɪˈliːv/ B1	verb - to accept something as true
hope /hoʊp/ A2	noun - a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen verb - to want something to happen or be true