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J'ai passé des nuits blanches à rechercher le sens 00:00
À quoi sert de briller, être une étoile filante 00:03
Si le ciel désolé me regarde brûlante 00:07
On n'a plus rien à dire quand on est épuisé 00:14
Tous les mots qui hantaient ma tête 00:18
Tourne troublante 00:21
Je suis désorientée 00:22
Déshabillée, tremblante 00:24
Je ne sais plus qui je suis 00:29
Rappelez-moi qui j'étais avant 00:39
Je ne sais plus qui je suis 00:44
Comment savoir où je vais maintenant? 00:53
Oh combien de semaines trop loin de ma maison 00:59
Des bras de ceux que j'aime 01:02
Avide d'horizons 01:04
Des sensations extrêmes à perdre la raison 01:06
Je ne sais plus pourquoi le feu, l'argent, la gloire 01:13
Les corps et les visages n'ont plus de noms, plus d'histoire 01:17
Je m'endors dans des chambres sans odeurs sur les draps 01:21
Je ne sais plus qui je suis 01:28
Rappelez-moi qui j'étais avant 01:38
Je ne sais plus qui je suis 01:43
Comment savoir où je vais maintenant? 01:53
Je ne sais plus qui je suis 02:00
Rappelez-moi qui j'étais avant 02:07
Na-na-na-na-na 02:25
Na-na-na-na-na 02:29
Na-na-na-na-na 02:33
Comment savoir où je vais maintenant? 02:37
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Qui j'étais – Bilingual Lyrics French/English

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Barbara Pravi
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La Pieva
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Lyrics & Translation

Explore the introspective world of Barbara Pravi with "Qui j'étais." This French pop song invites listeners to reflect on identity and the passage of time, offering a profound emotional journey through its lyrics and melody.

[English]
I spent sleepless nights searching for meaning
What’s the point of shining, being a shooting star
If the desolate sky watches me burning
We have nothing left to say when we are exhausted
All the words that haunted my mind
Turn troubling
I am disoriented
Undressed, trembling
I no longer know who I am
Remind me who I was before
I no longer know who I am
How to know where I’m going now?
Oh how many weeks too far from my home
From the arms of those I love
Eager for horizons
Extreme sensations that drive me to lose my mind
I no longer know why fire, money, glory
Bodies and faces have no names, no history anymore
I fall asleep in scentless rooms on the sheets
I no longer know who I am
Remind me who I was before
I no longer know who I am
How to know where I’m going now?
I no longer know who I am
Remind me who I was before
Na-na-na-na-na
Na-na-na-na-na
Na-na-na-na-na
How to know where I’m going now?
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Vocabulary Meanings

passé

/pɑse/

A2
  • verb
  • - to have spent time in the past

rechercher

/ʁə.ʃɛʁ.ʃe/

B1
  • verb
  • - to search or seek

briller

/bʁije/

B2
  • verb
  • - to shine

étoile

/etwal/

A2
  • noun
  • - star

ciel

/sjɛl/

A2
  • noun
  • - sky

désolé

/de.zɔ.le/

B1
  • adjective
  • - sorry or remorseful

regarde

/ʁ(ə)ɡaʁd/

A2
  • verb
  • - to look at

brûlante

/bʁɥlɑ̃t/

B2
  • adjective
  • - burning or hot

épuisé

/epi.zɛ/

B2
  • adjective
  • - exhausted

hantait

/ɑ̃.tɛ/

B1
  • verb
  • - was haunting or troubled

tourne

/turn/

A2
  • verb
  • - to turn or spin

troublante

/tʁub.lɑ̃t/

B2
  • adjective
  • - disturbing or unsettling

désorientée

/dez ɔ̃.ʁjɛt/

B2
  • adjective
  • - disoriented

déshabillée

/de.ʃa.bi.je/

B2
  • adjective
  • - undressed

tremblante

/tʁɑ̃.blɑ̃t/

B2
  • adjective
  • - trembling or shivering

désaimerai

/de.zɛ mɛ.ʁe/

C1
  • verb
  • - to stop loving, to cease to love

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