Parle à ta tête – Bilingual Lyrics French/English

• By: Indila
• Album: Mini World

Lyrics & Translation

Discover "Parle à ta tête" by Indila, a unique electro-swing track that blends powerful vocals with themes of self-reflection and resilience. Learn French through its evocative lyrics and catchy melody, as Indila encourages you to "speak to your head" and confront your inner world.

[English]

I want to be heard

Yes, I want to be understood

I want to love, to know why I'm here

Tell me why I'm here

...

And I walk alone, hidden under my umbrella

Please, don't make fun of me

I'm going to the Employment Agency

Feeling down

And I act silly, sometimes I make pots

I'm fed up and quickly

I can start right away

...

Tell me what you think

Oh, tell me what you think

Talk, ta-ta-ta-ta-ta

Talk-talk to your head

Talk-talk to your head

Talk-talk to your head

Talk to your he-head-head-head

Talk-talk to your head

Talk-talk to your head

Talk-talk to your head

I'm in burnout mode

Do I need to repeat it?

It burns, it stings, and it goes to my head

...

I become even more foolish

I keep smiling, they say life is beautiful

Please, no, don't lie to me

...

Oh, I said don't lie

It's way too much for me

Talk, ta-ta-ta-ta-ta

Talk-talk to your head

Talk-talk to your head

Talk-talk to your head (it's way too much for me)

Talk to your he-head-head-head

Talk-talk to your head

Talk-talk to your head

Talk-talk to your head

All these beautiful lights

...

And this turmoil around me

Clouds my mind and intoxicates me with absinthe

Of love, and I believe in it

I would give everything without keeping anything

Except your reality

I will die as I lived

Once the curtain falls

The ideal I dream of is nothing unusual

Beyond good and evil

Time will carry me away

Like a crystal rose sways

And loses all its petals

I want to make my life shine

Like the sparkle of a star

Forgive me the day I can no longer speak to you

Forgive me every moment I didn't look at you

Oh forgive me all the time I didn't give you

And every tomorrow that will be one day less

I want to live, let my heart burn

I would feel I exist

Suffer, cry, dance

Love until I burst

Paris, Athens, Venice, Harlem

Moscow by your side

That time is only worth the day it is counted for us

Talk, ta-ta-ta-ta-ta

Talk-talk to your head

...

Talk-talk to your head

Talk-talk to your head

Talk to your he-head-head-head

Talk-talk to your head

Talk-talk to your head

Talk-talk to your head

...

[French]

Je veux qu'on m'écoute

Oui, je veux qu'on me comprenne

Je veux aimer savoir pourquoi j'suis là

Dis-moi pourquoi j'suis là

Et je marche seule cachée sous mon ombrelle

S'te-plaît, ne te moque pas de moi

J'vais au Pôle Emploi

Le moral à plat

Et je fais le mariole parfois j'fais des marmites

J'en ai marre et très vite

J'peux démarrer de suite

Dites-moi ce que vous en dites

Oh, dites-moi ce que vous en dites

Parle, pa-pa-pa-pa-pa

Parle-parle à ta tête

Parle-parle à ta tête

Parle-parle à ta tête

Parle à ta tê-tê-tê-tête

Parle-parle à ta tête

Parle-parle à ta tête

Parle-parle à ta tête

J'suis en mode burn out

Est-ce qu'il faut que j'te le repète?

Ça brûle, ça pique et ça monte à la tête

Je deviens encore plus bête

J'garde le sourire, paraît que la vie est belle

S'te-plaît, non, non ne me mens pas

Oh, j'ai dit ne mens pas

C'est bien trop pour moi

Parle, pa-pa-pa-pa-pa

Parle-parle à ta tête

Parle-parle à ta tête

Parle-parle à ta tête (c'est bien trop pour moi)

Parle à ta tê-tê-tê-tête

Parle-parle à ta tête

Parle-parle à ta tête

Parle-parle à ta tête

Toutes ces belles lumières

Et ce tumulte autour de moi

M'embrument et m'enivrent d'absinthe

D'amour et j'y crois

Je donnerais tout sans rien garder

Sauf ta réalité

Je mourrai comme j'ai vécu

Une fois le rideau tombé

L'idéal auquel je rêve, il n'a rien d'anormal

Par delà le bien, le mal

Le temps m'emportera

Comme une rose en cristal vacille

Et perd tous ses pétales

Je veux faire briller ma vie

Comme l'éclat d'une étoile

Pardonne-mois le jour où je ne pourrai plus te parler

Pardonne-moi chaque moment où je ne t'ai pas regardé

Oh pardonne-moi tout le temps que je ne t'ai pas donné

Et chaque lendemain qui sera un jour de moins

Moi, je veux vivre, que mon cœur brûle

Je me sentirais exister

Souffrir, pleurer, danser

Aimer à en crever

Paris, Athènes, Venise, Harlem

Moscou à tes côtés

Que le temps ne vaut que du jour où il nous est compté

Parle, pa-pa-pa-pa-pa

Parle-parle à ta tête

Parle-parle à ta tête

Parle-parle à ta tête

Parle à ta tê-tê-tê-tête

Parle-parle à ta tête

Parle-parle à ta tête

Parle-parle à ta tête

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
tête /tɛt/ A1	noun - head
parler /paʁle/ A1	verb - to speak, to talk
aimer /eme/ A1	verb - to love, to like
vie /vi/ A1	noun - life
sourire /su.ʁiʁ/ A2	noun - smile verb - to smile
lumière /ly.mjɛʁ/ A2	noun - light
cœur /kœʁ/ A2	noun - heart
temps /tɑ̃/ A2	noun - time
croire /kʁwaʁ/ B1	verb - to believe
brûler /bʁy.le/ B1	verb - to burn
tomber /tɔ̃be/ B1	verb - to fall
rêver /ʁɛve/ B1	verb - to dream
réalité /ʁe.a.li.te/ B1	noun - reality
donner /dɔ.ne/ A1	verb - to give
normal /nɔʁ.mal/ A2	adjective - normal

Key Grammar Structures

• Je veux qu'on m'écoute

  ➔ Subjunctive mood after 'vouloir que'

  ➔ The verb 'écouter' is in the subjunctive mood ('écoute') because it follows the expression 'vouloir que'. This construction expresses a desire or wish, and always requires the subjunctive.

• S'te-plaît, ne te moque pas de moi

  ➔ Negative imperative with a reflexive verb

  ➔ 'Ne te moque pas' is the negative imperative form of the reflexive verb 'se moquer'. In negative imperatives, the reflexive pronoun ('te') comes before the verb.

• Le moral à plat

  ➔ Expression with 'à' indicating state

  ➔ 'À plat' describes the state of the morale (low, depressed). 'À' is used here to indicate a condition or state.

• Est-ce qu'il faut que j'te le repète?

  ➔ Impersonal construction with 'il faut que' followed by subjunctive

  ➔ 'Il faut que' is an impersonal construction expressing necessity. It's always followed by the subjunctive mood ('repète'). 'Te' is a shortened form of 'toi', an indirect object pronoun.

• Je deviens encore plus bête

  ➔ Comparative of adjectives

  ➔ 'Plus bête' is the comparative form of the adjective 'bête' (silly, stupid). 'Plus' indicates a higher degree of the quality.

• Paraît que la vie est belle

  ➔ Impersonal verb 'paraître que' followed by the indicative mood

  ➔ 'Paraît que' (it seems that) is an impersonal construction, and it's followed by the indicative mood ('est') because it expresses a belief or appearance rather than a doubt or wish. Note that the spelling is “paraît” not “parait”.

• Toutes ces belles lumières et ce tumulte autour de moi

  ➔ Use of demonstrative adjective 'ces' and the repetition of the determiner 'ce'

  ➔ 'Ces' is the plural demonstrative adjective (these). 'Ce tumulte' shows the use of the masculine singular demonstrative adjective. The structure highlights the multitude of impressions the singer is experiencing. The use of both highlights and emphasizes the feeling of being overwhelmed.

• Par delà le bien, le mal

  ➔ Preposition 'par delà' meaning 'beyond'

  ➔ 'Par delà' is a preposition that means 'beyond' or 'further than'. It’s more literary than other prepositions such as ‘au-delà de’.

• Pardonne-moi le jour où je ne pourrai plus te parler

  ➔ Future anterior in a subordinate clause introduced by 'où'

  ➔ The phrase 'le jour où' introduces a time clause. Within that clause, 'je ne pourrai plus te parler' expresses a future action (not being able to speak). However, it's not using future tense, as it is implied after 'le jour où'.