Nos célébrations

• By: Indochine
• Album: Singles Collection (2001-2021)

Lyrics:

[Français]

[English]

Je suis comme une histoire

I'm like a story

Et qui n’en finira pas

That will never end

J’archive nos paradis perdus

I archive our lost paradises

Est-ce que ça continuera ?

Will it go on?

Mais qui nous a fait croire

But who made us believe

Que l’on n’y arriverait pas ?

That we wouldn't make it?

Je ne donnerai pas cher de ma peau

I wouldn't give much for my - skin

Je ne donnais pas cher de moi

I didn't give much for myself

Est-ce que tu te souviendras ?

Will you remember?

Est-ce que tu voudras

Will you want to

Comme hier à te laisser faire sous la lune et les chevaux

Like yesterday, to let yourself go - under the moon and the horses

Je serai ton chaos oh oh

I will be your chaos - oh oh

À la vie à y croire

To life, to believing in it

À nos célébrations

To our celebrations

Sauver sa peau sauver son nom

Save your skin, save your name

À ne garder que le beau

To only keep the beautiful

Je suis la fille je suis le garçon

I'm the girl, I'm the - boy

C’est nos célébrations

It's our celebrations

Oh oh

Oh oh

J’étais parti avant

I left before

Tout seul mais perdant

All alone but losing

Le monde entier contre moi à ne rêver que de toi

The whole world against me - only dreaming of you

Alors j’ai décidé de ne voir que le bien

So I decided to see only - the good

Il y aura certainement quelqu’un pour m’écouter quelque part

There will surely be someone - to - listen to me somewhere

Mais ils n’y arriveront pas

But they won't manage to

À nous dégrader

Degrade us

Moi je t’aimerai encore

I will still love you

Encore et jusqu’à la mort

Again and until death

Je serai ton chaos oh oh

I will be your chaos - oh oh

Oh oh

Oh oh

À la vie à y croire

To life, to believing in it

À nos célébrations

To our celebrations

Sauver sa peau sauver son nom

Save your skin, save your name

À ne garder que le beau

To only keep the beautiful

Je suis la fille je suis le garçon

I'm the girl, I'm the - boy

C’est nos célébrations

It's our celebrations

Oh oh

Oh oh

À la vie à y croire

To life, to believing in it

À nos célébrations

To our celebrations

Sauver sa peau sauver son nom

Save your skin, save your name

À ne garder que le beau

To only keep the beautiful

Je suis la fille je suis le garçon

I'm the girl, I'm the - boy

C’est nos célébrations

It's our celebrations

Oh oh

Oh oh

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
histoire /is.twaʁ/ A2	noun - story
paradis /pa.ʁa.di/ B1	noun - paradise
souvenir /su.və.niʁ/ B1	verb - to remember
chaos /ka.o/ B2	noun - chaos
célébration /se.le.bʁa.sjɔ̃/ B2	noun - celebration
peau /po/ A2	noun - skin
bien /bjɛ̃/ A1	adverb - well
monde /mɔ̃d/ A2	noun - world
laisser /lɛ.se/ A2	verb - to let
aimer /ɛ.me/ A1	verb - to love
partir /paʁ.tiʁ/ A2	verb - to leave
seul /sœl/ A2	adjective - alone
croire /kʁwaʁ/ B1	verb - to believe
arriver /a.ʁi.ve/ A2	verb - to arrive
décider /de.si.de/ B1	verb - to decide
écouter /e.ku.te/ A2	verb - to listen

Grammar:

• Je suis comme une histoire

  ➔ Simile with "comme"

  ➔ The sentence uses "comme" to compare the speaker to a story. It signifies the speaker feels ongoing and complex, like a narrative.

• Et qui n’en finira pas

  ➔ Relative pronoun "qui" and negative pronoun "en"

  ➔ "Qui" refers back to "histoire" (story) acting as a subject pronoun. "En" replaces a previously mentioned noun phrase (in this case, likely the act of finishing or ending), and "ne...pas" creates a negative statement.

• Est-ce que ça continuera ?

  ➔ Interrogative form with "Est-ce que" and future tense

  ➔ "Est-ce que" is used to form a question without inverting the subject and verb. The verb "continuera" is in the future simple tense, asking if something will continue.

• Mais qui nous a fait croire

  ➔ Relative pronoun "qui" and causative construction "faire croire"

  ➔ "Qui" here is a relative pronoun, meaning "who". The structure "faire croire à quelqu'un" means "to make someone believe something", a causative construction.

• Je ne donnerai pas cher de ma peau

  ➔ Future tense and idiomatic expression "ne pas donner cher de"

  ➔ "Je ne donnerai pas cher de ma peau" is an idiom meaning "I wouldn't bet much on my chances" or "I don't think I have much of a chance". It uses the future tense "donnerai".

• Est-ce que tu te souviendras ?

  ➔ Interrogative form with "Est-ce que" and future tense

  ➔ Similar to the earlier example, "Est-ce que" is used to form a question. "Te souviendras" is the future simple tense of the reflexive verb "se souvenir" (to remember).

• À la vie à y croire

  ➔ Preposition "à" followed by nouns and infinitive phrase

  ➔ This phrase uses the preposition "à" to express direction or purpose. "À la vie" means "to life". "Y croire" (croire à cela) means "to believe in it", referencing the idea of life itself.