Nos célébrations – Bilingual Lyrics French/English

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

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the French language through Indochine's 'Nos célébrations,' a song that blends a message of resilience and enduring love with a catchy pop-rock sound. Learn about themes of hope and optimism in the face of adversity, and explore how the lyrics can be a source of inspiration and a window into expressing deep emotions.

[English]

I'm like a story

That will never end

I archive our lost paradises

Will it go on?

But who made us believe

That we wouldn't make it?

I wouldn't give much for my - skin

I didn't give much for myself

Will you remember?

Will you want to

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

I will be your chaos - oh oh

To life, to believing in it

To our celebrations

Save your skin, save your name

To only keep the beautiful

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

It's our celebrations

Oh oh

I left before

All alone but losing

The whole world against me - only dreaming of you

So I decided to see only - the good

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

But they won't manage to

Degrade us

I will still love you

Again and until death

I will be your chaos - oh oh

Oh oh

To life, to believing in it

To our celebrations

Save your skin, save your name

To only keep the beautiful

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

It's our celebrations

Oh oh

To life, to believing in it

To our celebrations

Save your skin, save your name

To only keep the beautiful

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

It's our celebrations

Oh oh

[French]

Je suis comme une histoire

Et qui n’en finira pas

J’archive nos paradis perdus

Est-ce que ça continuera ?

Mais qui nous a fait croire

Que l’on n’y arriverait pas ?

Je ne donnerai pas cher de ma peau

Je ne donnais pas cher de moi

Est-ce que tu te souviendras ?

Est-ce que tu voudras

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

Je serai ton chaos oh oh

À la vie à y croire

À nos célébrations

Sauver sa peau sauver son nom

À ne garder que le beau

Je suis la fille je suis le garçon

C’est nos célébrations

Oh oh

J’étais parti avant

Tout seul mais perdant

Le monde entier contre moi à ne rêver que de toi

Alors j’ai décidé de ne voir que le bien

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

Mais ils n’y arriveront pas

À nous dégrader

Moi je t’aimerai encore

Encore et jusqu’à la mort

Je serai ton chaos oh oh

Oh oh

À la vie à y croire

À nos célébrations

Sauver sa peau sauver son nom

À ne garder que le beau

Je suis la fille je suis le garçon

C’est nos célébrations

Oh oh

À la vie à y croire

À nos célébrations

Sauver sa peau sauver son nom

À ne garder que le beau

Je suis la fille je suis le garçon

C’est nos célébrations

Oh oh

Key Vocabulary

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

Key Grammar Structures

• 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.