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- ♪ <i>Ah, mets-moi sur pause</i> ♪ 00:05
- ♪♪ On ne dirait pas, mais l'horizon scintille ♪ 00:08
♪ Le meilleur est devant ♪ 00:10
♪ Hé ♪ 00:13
♪ Toutes ces étoiles c'est ton demain qui brille ♪ 00:15
♪ C'est toi qui perces le temps ♪ 00:18
♪ Hé ♪ 00:21
♪ Surtout garde ton étrange ♪ 00:23
♪ C'est toi le beau du futur ♪ 00:26
- ♪ Le beau du futur ♪ 00:29
- ♪ Ne perds jamais ta douce rage ♪ 00:30
♪ Et tu feras tomber des murs ♪ 00:33
♪ Tomber des murs ♪ 00:37
♪ Ouh ♪ 00:39
♪ L'enfer, ça vient ♪ 00:40
♪ Et chaque fois ça passe ♪ 00:41
♪ Le mal ça parle fort mais c'est juste des menaces ♪ 00:44
♪ Tu iras loin, n'attends pas que jeunesse passe ♪ 00:47
♪ Tout ira bien, bien ♪ 00:51
♪ Mets-moi sur pause ♪ 00:54
♪ Si je mets le doute dans ton parfait ♪ 00:57
♪ T'es à peu de choses ♪ 01:01
♪ D'être plus grand que je l'imaginais ♪ 01:04
♪ Mets-moi sur pause ♪ 01:08
♪ Arrête-moi quand je radote ♪ 01:15
♪ Avec mes "c'était mieux avant" ♪ 01:19
- ♪ C'était mieux avant ♪ 01:22
- ♪ Plus je parle moins je dis de choses ♪ 01:24
♪ À sauver mes causes on perd du temps ♪ 01:26
♪ Ouh ♪ 01:30
♪ Un peu jaloux? ♪ 01:32
♪ Oui, je l'avoue ♪ 01:34
♪ De ta jeunesse ♪ 01:36
♪ Oh que ça blesse ♪ 01:38
♪ Quand sur mon tableau d'impossibles ♪ 01:40
♪ Toi, tu t'amuses à dessiner des cibles ♪ 01:43
♪ Mets-moi sur pause ♪ 01:47
♪ Si je mets le doute dans ton parfait ♪ 01:50
♪ T'es à peu de choses ♪ 01:54
- ♪ T'es à peu de choses ♪ 01:56
- ♪ D'être plus grand que je l'imaginais ♪ 01:58
♪ Mets-moi sur pause ♪ 02:03
♪ ♪ ♪ 02:06
♪ Oh! ♪ 02:09
♪ Tu es l'avenir ♪ 02:10
- ♪ Tu es l'avenir ♪ 02:12
- ♪ Je sais pourquoi je ne te comprends pas ♪ 02:13
♪ Mais te voir devenir ♪ 02:17
- ♪ Te voir devenir ♪ 02:20
- ♪ Me rappelle que je rêvais comme toi ♪ 02:22
♪ Tu changes les règles du jeu ♪ 02:24
♪ Puis tu changes le monde pour nous deux ♪ 02:28
♪ Tu as tout rendu flou ♪ 02:32
♪ Et c'est tant mieux pour vous ♪ 02:35
♪ Même si ça me rend fou ♪ 02:36
♪ C'est tant mieux pour nous ♪ 02:38
♪ Mets-moi sur pause ♪ 02:41
♪ Si je mets le doute dans ton parfait ♪ 02:43
♪ T'es à peu de choses ♪ 02:48
- ♪ T'es à peu de choses ♪ 02:50
♪ D'être plus grand que je l'imaginais ♪ 02:52
♪ Mets-moi sur pause ♪♪ 02:56

Pause – Bilingual Lyrics French/English

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Discover Corneille's 'Pause,' a song that blends retro soul and R&B with a message of intergenerational encouragement. Learn French through its uplifting lyrics that celebrate youth's potential and the wisdom of experienced artists, offering a unique cultural and linguistic immersion.

[English]
Ah, put me on pause
You wouldn't think so, but the horizon is sparkling
The best is yet to come
Hey
All those stars, that's your tomorrow shining
It's you, who pierces through time
Hey
Above all, keep your strangeness
It's you, the beauty of the future
The beauty of the future
Never lose your sweet rage
And you'll make walls fall
Walls fall
Ooh
Hell is coming
And each time it passes
Evil speaks loudly, but it's just threats
You'll go far, don't wait for youth to pass
Everything will be alright, alright
Put me on pause
If I put doubt into your perfection
You're just a little shy
From being greater than I imagined
Put me on pause
Stop me when I ramble
With my "it was better before"
It was better before
The more I talk, the less I say
Saving my causes wastes time
Ooh
A little jealous?
Yes, I admit it
Of your youth
Oh, how it hurts
When on my board of impossibilities
You have fun drawing targets
Put me on pause
If I put doubt into your perfection
You're just a little shy
You're just a little shy
From being greater than I imagined
Put me on pause
♪ ♪ ♪
Oh!
You are the future
You are the future
I know why I don't understand you
But seeing you become
Seeing you become
Reminds me that I used to dream like you
You're changing the rules of the game
Then you change the world for us both
You've made everything blurry
And that's all the better for you
Even if it drives me crazy
It's all the better for us
Put me on pause
If I put doubt in your perfection
You're just a little shy
You're just a little shy
From being greater than I imagined
Put me on pause
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Key Vocabulary

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Vocabulary Meanings

pause

/poːz/

A2
  • noun
  • - a temporary stop in action or speech
  • verb
  • - to temporarily stop an action or speech

horizon

/həˈraɪzən/

B1
  • noun
  • - the line at which the earth and sky appear to meet

scintille

/sɛ̃.tij/

B2
  • verb
  • - to sparkle or twinkle

étoiles

/e.twal/

A1
  • noun
  • - stars

brille

/bʁij/

A2
  • verb
  • - shines

temps

/tɑ̃/

A1
  • noun
  • - time

garde

/ɡaʁd/

A2
  • verb
  • - keep, guard

étrange

/e.tʁɑ̃ʒ/

B1
  • adjective
  • - strange

futur

/fy.tyʁ/

A2
  • noun
  • - future

rage

/ʁaʒ/

B2
  • noun
  • - rage

murs

/myʁ/

A1
  • noun
  • - walls

enfer

/ɑ̃.fɛʁ/

B1
  • noun
  • - hell

jeunesse

/ʒœ.nɛs/

B1
  • noun
  • - youth

doute

/dut/

B1
  • noun
  • - doubt

jaloux

/ʒa.lu/

B1
  • adjective
  • - jealous

blesse

/blɛs/

B1
  • verb
  • - hurts, wounds

tableau

/ta.blo/

B1
  • noun
  • - painting, picture

cibles

/sibl/

B2
  • noun
  • - targets

avenir

/av.niʁ/

B1
  • noun
  • - future

rêvais

/ʁe.vɛ/

A2
  • verb
  • - dreamed

monde

/mɔ̃d/

A1
  • noun
  • - world

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Key Grammar Structures

  • Tu changes les règles du jeu

    ➔ Present tense with 's' ending for third person singular

    ➔ This is the simple present tense conjugation for third person singular, indicating a habitual or general truth.

  • Si je mets le doute dans ton parfait

    ➔ Use of 'si' to introduce a conditional clause with the present tense

    ➔ 'Si' introduces a conditional clause expressing a possible condition, with the verb in present tense.

  • T'es à peu de choses D'être plus grand

    ➔ Expression of approximation using 'à' + noun

    ➔ 'À peu de' means 'almost' or 'nearly', expressing approximation.

  • Ne perds jamais ta douce rage

    ➔ Negative form with 'ne' + verb + 'jamais' for emphasis

    ➔ Negation with 'ne' and 'jamais' means 'never', emphasizing the importance of maintaining 'ta douce rage'.

  • Tomber des murs

    ➔ Infinitive verb phrase expressed in 'déjà' construction

    ➔ An infinitive phrase indicating the action of breaking down barriers or walls.

  • Ça vient et chaque fois ça passe

    ➔ Present tense with 'ça' (it) as subject, showing habitual or repeated action

    ➔ Using the present tense to describe actions that occur regularly or repeatedly.

  • Même si ça me rend fou

    ➔ Expressing contrast using 'même si' (even if / although)

    ➔ 'Même si' introduces a concessive clause indicating contrast or surprise.