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Parle-moi de tous tes idéaux Tell me about all your ideals 00:11
La face cachée recto verso The hidden side, front and back 00:15
Dis-moi les choses Tell me the things 00:19
Fais pas semblant Don't pretend 00:21
Faut pas rougir des sentiments Don't be shy about feelings 00:23
Tu sais c'est pas si compliqué You know it's not that complicated 00:30
C'est si simple en réalité It's so simple in reality 00:33
Foutue superficialité Damn superficiality 00:37
C'est sophistiqué en surface It's sophisticated on the surface 00:42
Calibré précisément Precisely calibrated 00:45
Pour te donner un peu plus de classe To give you a bit more class 00:47
T'es paralysé, quelle angoisse You're paralyzed, what anxiety 00:49
C'est troublant évidemment It's obviously disturbing 00:52
D'avoir à s'éviter dans la glace To have to avoid each other in the mirror 00:54
En face In front 01:00
Recto verso Front and back 01:04
Montre-moi l'envers du décor à l'endroit Show me the back of the scene in the right way 01:11
Montre-moi le revers, ce que cache tout ça Show me the reverse, what all this hides 01:15
Recto verso Front and back 01:19
Montre-moi l'envers du décor à l'endroit Show me the back of the scene in the right way 01:26
Montre-moi le revers, ce que cache tout ça Show me the reverse, what all this hides 01:30
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Parle-moi de tous tes idéaux Tell me about all your ideals 01:51
La face cachée recto verso The hidden side, front and back 01:54
Dis-moi les choses et en même temps Tell me the things and at the same time 01:58
Faut pas rougir des sentiments Don't be shy about feelings 02:02
Même si c'est pas d'actualité Even if it's not current 02:09
Plus douce sera l'austérité The sweeter the austerity will be 02:13
Avec un peu d'intimité With a bit of intimacy 02:16
C'est sophistiqué en surface It's sophisticated on the surface 02:21
Calibré précisément Precisely calibrated 02:24
Pour se donner un peu plus de place To give ourselves a bit more space 02:26
Faudrait pas rester dans l'impasse We shouldn't stay in a dead end 02:28
C'est troublant évidemment It's obviously disturbing 02:31
D'avoir à s'éviter face à face To have to avoid each other face to face 02:34
Dans la glace In the mirror 02:39
Recto verso Front and back 02:43
Montre-moi l'envers du décor à l'endroit Show me the back of the scene in the right way 02:51
Montre-moi le revers, ce que cache tout ça Show me the reverse, what all this hides 02:54
Recto verso Front and back 02:58
Montre-moi l'envers du décor à l'endroit Show me the back of the scene in the right way 03:05
Montre-moi le revers, ce que cache tout ça Show me the reverse, what all this hides 03:09
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Recto Verso – Bilingual Lyrics French/English

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[English] Tell me about all your ideals
The hidden side, front and back
Tell me the things
Don't pretend
Don't be shy about feelings
You know it's not that complicated
It's so simple in reality
Damn superficiality
It's sophisticated on the surface
Precisely calibrated
To give you a bit more class
You're paralyzed, what anxiety
It's obviously disturbing
To have to avoid each other in the mirror
In front
Front and back
Show me the back of the scene in the right way
Show me the reverse, what all this hides
Front and back
Show me the back of the scene in the right way
Show me the reverse, what all this hides

Tell me about all your ideals
The hidden side, front and back
Tell me the things and at the same time
Don't be shy about feelings
Even if it's not current
The sweeter the austerity will be
With a bit of intimacy
It's sophisticated on the surface
Precisely calibrated
To give ourselves a bit more space
We shouldn't stay in a dead end
It's obviously disturbing
To have to avoid each other face to face
In the mirror
Front and back
Show me the back of the scene in the right way
Show me the reverse, what all this hides
Front and back
Show me the back of the scene in the right way
Show me the reverse, what all this hides

Key Vocabulary

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Vocabulary Meanings

idéaux

/ideo/

B1
  • noun
  • - ideals

face

/fɑs/

A2
  • noun
  • - face

cachée

/ka.ʃe/

B1
  • adjective
  • - hidden

recto

/ʁɛk.to/

B2
  • noun
  • - front side, right side of a page

verso

/vɛʁ.so/

B2
  • noun
  • - back side, left side of a page

revers

/ʁə.vɛʁ/

B2
  • noun
  • - reverse side; back

décor

/de.kɔʁ/

B2
  • noun
  • - decor, setting

surfacé

/syʁ.fa.ʃe/

B2
  • adjective
  • - surface-level, superficial

calibré

/ka.lib.ʁe/

B2
  • adjective
  • - calibrated, measured precisely

classe

/klas/

A2
  • noun
  • - class, category

paralysé

/pa.ʁa.li.ze/

C1
  • adjective
  • - paralyzed, unable to move

angoisse

/ɑ̃.ɡwa.s/

B2
  • noun
  • - anxiety, distress

glace

/ɡlas/

A2
  • noun
  • - mirror, ice

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