Paris-Seychelles – Bilingual Lyrics French/English

• By: Julien Doré
• Album: LØVE

Lyrics & Translation

[French]

[English]

Te sourire dehors à Angoulême

Smiling outside in Angoulême

Un Chasse-Spleen Melchior, Paris-Seychelles

A Melchior Heartbreaker, Paris-Seychelles

Découvrir ton corps depuis la Seine

Discovering your body from the Seine

Du sombre décor Lucrèce est reine

In the dark setting Lucrece is queen

On s'était dit des choses

We had said things

Que l'on ne tiendra pas

That we wouldn’t hold onto

Le temps que l'eau se pose

Until the water settles

Sur nos ronces lilas

On our lilac thorns

Le soleil s'endort sur Seychelles

The sun sets over Seychelles

Le sable et l'aurore, fleur de sel

The sand and dawn, salt flower

Attends-moi je sors de l'île aux cerfs

Wait for me, I’m leaving the deer island

L'orage est de l'or pour se perdre

The storm is gold to get lost in

I need you so

I need you so

I won't let you go

I won't let you go

I need you so

I need you so

I won't let you go

I won't let you go

I need you so

I need you so

I won't let you go

I won't let you go

I need you so

I need you so

I won't let you go

I won't let you go

Souffrir la mort pour te plaire

Suffering death to please you

Défendre nos torts et puis se taire

Defending our faults then keeping silent

Le désir encore pour l'hiver

Still longing for winter

Un chaos d'efforts sur Saint-Hilaire

A chaos of efforts at Saint-Hilaire

On s'était dit des choses

We had said things

Que l'on ne tiendra pas

That we wouldn’t hold onto

Le temps que l'on se pose

Until we settle down

Sur nos lauriers mayas

On our Mayan laurels

On s'était dit des choses

We had said things

...

...

I need you so

I need you so

I won't let you go

I won't let you go

I need you so

I need you so

I won't let you go

I won't let you go

I need you so

I need you so

I won't let you go

I won't let you go

I need you so

I need you so

I won't let you go

I won't let you go

On s'était dit des choses

We had said things

Que l'on ne tiendra pas

That we wouldn’t hold onto

Le temps que l'eau se pose

Until the water settles

Sur nos ronces lilas

On our lilac thorns

...

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
sourire /suʁiʁ/ A2	noun - smile
découvrir /dekuvʁiʁ/ B1	verb - to discover
corps /kɔʁ/ A2	noun - body
sombre /sɔ̃bʁ/ B1	adjective - dark or gloomy
reine /ʁɛn/ B2	noun - queen
temps /tɑ̃/ A2	noun - time
l'eau /lo/ A1	noun - water
sable /sabl/ A2	noun - sand
dormir /dɔʁmiʁ/ A2	verb - to sleep
fleur /flœʁ/ A2	noun - flower
secret /sɛkʁɛ/ B1	noun - secret
perdre /pɛʁdʁ/ B1	verb - to lose
plaire /plɛʁ/ B2	verb - to please
mort /mɔʁ/ B2	noun - death
tordre /tɔʁdʁ/ B2	verb - to twist
chaos /ka.o/ B2	noun - chaos

Key Grammar Structures

• Je s'étais dit des choses

  ➔ Past perfect tense (Je + avais + participe passé)

  ➔ Expresses an action completed before another past action.

• Le soleil s'endort sur Seychelles

  ➔ Reflexive verb (s'endort) and preposition (sur)

  ➔ Use of reflexive verb to indicate the subject performing the action on itself.

• Que l'on ne tiendra pas

  ➔ Subjunctive mood with negation (ne + tiendra pas)

  ➔ Expresses uncertainty or doubt about the action, with negation.

• Le temps que l'eau se pose

  ➔ Subordinate clause with subjunctive or infinitive structure (que + subjunctive/infinitive)

  ➔ A dependent clause indicating purpose or timing, often using subjunctive or infinitive.

• On s'était dit des choses

  ➔ Reflexive verb in imperfect tense (s'était dit)

  ➔ Uses imperfect tense of a reflexive verb to indicate an ongoing or repeated past action.

• Que l'on ne tiendra pas

  ➔ Subjunctive mood with negation (ne + tiendra pas)

  ➔ Expresses a wish or doubt using subjunctive with negation.