Pixels – Bilingual Lyrics French/English

• By: Aliose
• Album: Comme on respire

Lyrics & Translation

[French]

[English]

Plus que je m'avance, plus je m'approche

The further I go, the closer I get

De toi

To you

Au fil du temps qui passe

As time passes by

Plus ta photo grandit, et plus je vais dans le détail

Your photo grows bigger, and I notice more detail

De ce que tu penses

In what you’re thinking

Plus je m'avance, et plus tes traits se précisent

The more I move forward, the more your features become clear

Au clic, au clic du temps qui passe

With each click, the passing of time

Plus ton portrait s'affine, plus les contrastes opérent

Your portrait sharpens, contrasts come to life

Les différences

The differences

Ton amour et ton nom, pixels

Your love and your name, pixels

Je garde la maison, pixels

I keep the home, pixels

Ta mémoire, ton visage, tes désirs de passage

Your memory, your face, your fleeting desires

Pixels

Pixels

Plus je m'avance, plus tu t'éclaires

The more I go forward, the brighter you shine

Au filtre du temps qui passe

Through the filter of time passing

Plus les calques retombent, et plus les couleurs saturent

Layers fall away, colors become more saturated

En ton absence

In your absence

Tes souvenirs d'enfance, pixels

Your childhood memories, pixels

Toutes tes envies d'errances, pixels

All your wandering desires, pixels

Les fondues, paysages et la pluie sur la plage,

The fades, landscapes, and rain on the beach,

Pixels

Pixels

plus je te parle de vues, et plus je perds tes couleurs, couleurs

The more I talk about views, the more I lose your colors, colors

Tout te balance

Everything pushes you away

Ton amour et ton nom, pixels

Your love and your name, pixels

Je garde la maison, pixels

I keep the home, pixels

Ta mémoire, ton visage, tes désirs de passage

Your memory, your face, your fleeting desires

Pixels

Pixels

Tes souvenirs d'enfance, pixels

Your childhood memories, pixels

Toutes tes envies d'errances, pixels

All your wandering desires, pixels

Les fondues, paysages et la pluie sur la plage,

The fades, landscapes, and rain on the beach,

Pixels

Pixels

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
avance /avɑ̃s/ B1	verb - to advance or move forward
photo /foto/ A2	noun - a picture made using a camera
détail /detaj/ B1	noun - a small part of something
portrait /pɔʁtʁɛ/ B2	noun - a painting, drawing, or photograph of a person
amour /amuʁ/ A2	noun - love or affection
mémoire /memoaʁ/ B2	noun - the mental capacity to remember
souvenirs /su.və.niʁ/ B1	noun - things that remind you of a person or event
envies /ɑ̃.vi/ B2	noun - desires or wishes for something that someone else has
couleurs /ku.lœʁ/ A2	noun - the property of an object that produces different sensations on the eye
plage /plaʒ/ A1	noun - a sandy area by the sea
paysages /pɛ.i.zaʒ/ B1	noun - scenery or landscape
traits /tʁɛ/ B2	noun - characteristics or features of a person
absence /apsɑ̃s/ B2	noun - the state of being away or not present
saturent /sa.ty.ʁɑ̃/ C1	verb - to fill something completely

Key Grammar Structures

• Plus que je m'avance, plus je m'approche

  ➔ Comparative structures with 'plus... que' and 'plus' for emphasis

  ➔ This structure compares two things, emphasizing that one is more of something than the other.

• Plus ta photo grandit, et plus je vais dans le détail

  ➔ Using 'plus... et plus...' for correlative emphasis

  ➔ This structure emphasizes that as one thing increases, the other also increases correspondingly.

• Les contrastes opérent

  ➔ Use of the verb 'opérer' in the present tense to indicate 'operate' or 'to work' (here, contrasts are functioning)

  ➔ The verb indicates that contrasts are functioning or coming into effect.

• Tes souvenirs d'enfance, pixels

  ➔ Use of possessive pronouns before nouns (tes) to indicate possession

  ➔ Possessive pronouns specify ownership or relation to the noun.

• Plus je m'avance, et plus je vais dans le détail

  ➔ Correlative comparison with 'plus... et plus...' to indicate increasing degrees

  ➔ This structure expresses that as one action or state increases, the other does so proportionally.

• Tes souvenirs d'enfance, pixels

  ➔ Repetition of possessive pronouns and nouns for emphasis

  ➔ Repeating possessive nouns emphasizes their importance or emotional weight.