Saint Claude – Bilingual Lyrics French/English

• By: Christine and the Queens
• Album: Chaleur Humaine

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the poignant narrative of "Saint Claude" by Christine and the Queens, a song that weaves a tale of observation, empathy, and the shared human experience of loneliness. Through its evocative French and English lyrics, you can delve into themes of social commentary and personal reflection, making it a unique entry point into understanding emotional depth in contemporary music.

[English]

Ragged breath

That gives away

That everything is decided-cided-cided

Everything is decided-cided-cided

Made up like with chalk

Everything clashes and I love it all

Your hands are livid-vid-vid

Hands are livid-vid-vid

Only one of your wrists is tattooed

Disfigured by your sleeve

The lion is only half smiling

At my immense loneliness

Your face will never be whole

Like you're looking outside

I carry a devoured portrait

Pain, destiny, side by side

Here's my station

Here's my station

Ouuh ouuh

But if you say just one word I'll stay with you

Ouuh

Here's my station

Here's my station

Ouuh

But if you say just one word I'll stay with you

Ouuh

The beautiful attitude

Impatience as a certainty

Necklace with three threads-threads-threads

Tied by three threads-threads-threads

I hope you will be faithful to the violence at work

As soon as you breathe-eathe-eathe

As you breathe-eathe-eathe

Usually this city offers nothing

But a handful of stubborn smells

That this city is dead

I know well, you alone keep audacity

You should carry it far away

While others give up

I go down two hells further

So that the storm is announced

Here's my station

Here's my station

Ouuh ouuh

But if you say just one word

I'll stay with you

Ouuh ouuh

Here's my station

Here's my station

Ouuh ouuh

But if you say just one word I'll stay with you

Ouuh ouuh

So that the storm is announced

So that the storm is announced

So that the storm is announced

So that the storm is announced

We are so lonely

In this part of town (So that the storm is announced)

So that the storm is announced

We are so lonely

So that the storm is announced

We are so lonely

So that the storm is announced

...

[French]

Souffle saccadé

Voilà qui laisse deviner

Que tout se décide-cide-cide

Tout se décide-cide-cide

Maquillé comme à la craie

Tout détonne et tout me plaît

Les mains sont livides-vides-vides

Mains sont livides-vides-vides

Un seul de tes poignets est tatoué

Défiguré par ta manche

Le lion ne sourit qu'à moitié

À mes solitudes immenses

Ton visage ne s'ra jamais entier

Comme tu regardes au-dehors

J'emporte un portrait dévoré

Douleur destin bord à bord

Here's my station

Here's my station

Ouuh ouuh

But if you say just one word I'll stay with you

Ouuh

Here's my station

Here's my station

Ouuh

But if you say just one word I'll stay with you

Ouuh

La belle attitude

Que l'impatience comme certitude

Collier à trois fils-fils-fils

Liés à trois fils-fils-fils

Tu seras j'espère, fidèle au violences qui opèrent

Dès que tu respires-pires-pires

Que tu respires-pires-pires

D'ordinaire cette ville n'offre rien

Qu'une poignée d'odeurs tenaces

Que cette ville est morte

Je sais bien, toi seul gardes de l'audace

Il faudrait que tu la portes loin

Alors que d'autres renoncent

Je descends deux enfers plus loin

Pour que l'orage s'annonce

Here's my station

Here's my station

Ouuh ouuh

But if you say just one word

I'll stay with you

Ouuh ouuh

Here's my station

Here's my station

Ouuh ouuh

But if you say just one word I'll stay with you

Ouuh ouuh

Pour que l'orage s'annonce

Pour que l'orage s'annonce

Pour que l'orage s'annonce

Pour que l'orage s'annonce

We are so lonely

In this part of town (Pour que l'orage s'annonce)

Pour que l'orage s'annonce

We are so lonely

Pour que l'orage s'annonce

We are so lonely

Pour que l'orage s'annonce

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
souffle /sufl/ B1	noun - breath
décide /de.sid/ B1	verb - to decide
tatoué /ta.tue/ B2	adjective - tattooed
visage /vi.zaʒ/ A2	noun - face
douleur /du.lœʁ/ B2	noun - pain
impatience /ɛ̃.pa.sjɑ̃s/ B2	noun - impatience
violences /vjɔ.lɑ̃s/ B2	noun - violence
ville /vil/ A1	noun - city
orage /o.ʁaʒ/ B2	noun - storm
station /sta.sjɔ̃/ A2	noun - station
portrait /pɔʁ.tʁɛ/ B1	noun - portrait
mains /mɛ̃/ A2	noun - hands
solitudes /sɔ.li.tyd/ B2	noun - solitudes
audace /o.das/ C1	noun - audacity
certitude /sɛʁ.ti.tyd/ C1	noun - certainty