Ton combat

• By: Arcadian

Lyrics:

[Français]

[English]

Quand le bonheur s'efface

When happiness fades away

Quand l'amour se casse

When love breaks apart

Quand la vie ne te sourie plus

When life doesn't smile at you anymore

Les passants que tu vois

The passers-by you see

Sont vivants pendant que toi

Are alive while you

Tu leur cries que tu n'en peux plus

You shout to them that you can't take it anymore

Plus rien ne compense

Nothing makes up for it anymore

Ton éternelle absence

Your eternal absence

Quand tu ne vois plus que des murs

When you only see walls

Plus de soleil d'orage

No more sunshine, no more storm

De fous rire ni de rage

No more crazy laughter or rage

Quand tu ne vois plus le futur

When you no longer see the future

Il suffirait qu'une main touche la tienne

It would only take a hand to touch yours

Que ton regard vers demain le comprenne

For your gaze toward tomorrow to understand it

Allez je ne laisserai pas tes bras baissés plus longtemps

Come on, I won't let your arms be down any longer

Allez je ne lâcherai pas je ne lâcherai pas tu m'entends

Come on, I won't let go, I won't let go, do you hear me?

Ça prendra le temps que ça prendra

It will take as long as it takes

Et ton combat tu m'entends c'est mon combat

And your fight, do you hear me, is my fight

Allez je me laisserai pas tes bras baissés plus longtemps

Come on, I won't let your arms be down any longer

Allez je ne lâcherai pas je ne lâcherai pas tu m'entends

Come on, I won't let go, I won't let go, do you hear me?

Ça prendra le temps que ça prendra

It will take as long as it takes

Et ton combat tu m'entends c'est mon combat

And your fight, do you hear me, is my fight

Avant le premier signe

Before the first sign

Avant que tu ne t'abimes

Before you fall apart

Avant que tu ne perdes pied

Before you lose your footing

On mettra tout en œuvre

We will do everything possible

On ira vers ton bonheur

We will go towards your happiness

Qu'importe ce que ca doit coûter

No matter what it costs

Je t'emmènerai dans les coins

I'll take you to the places

Où ça chante et ca résonne

Where it sings and resonates

Et personne ne juge personne

And no one judges anyone

On te reconstruira une vie

We will rebuild a life for you

Pas à pas tu guéri-tu guériras

Step by step you heal, you will heal

Il suffirait que ta main touche la mienne

It would only take your hand to touch mine

Que ton regard vers demain le comprenne

For your gaze toward tomorrow to understand it

Allez je ne laisserai pas tes bras baissés plus longtemps

Come on, I won't let your arms be down any longer

Allez je ne lâcherai pas je ne lâcherai pas tu m'entends

Come on, I won't let go, I won't let go, do you hear me?

Ça prendra le temps que ça prendra

It will take as long as it takes

Et ton combat tu m'entends c'est mon combat

And your fight, do you hear me, is my fight

Allez je ne laisserai pas tes bras baissés plus longtemps

Come on, I won't let your arms be down any longer

Allez je ne lâcherai pas je ne lâcherai pas tu m'entends

Come on, I won't let go, I won't let go, do you hear me?

Ça prendra le temps que ça prendra

It will take as long as it takes

Et ton combat tu m'entends c'est mon combat

And your fight, do you hear me, is my fight

Allez je ne laisserai pas tes bras baissés plus longtemps

Come on, I won't let your arms be down any longer

Allez je ne lâcherai pas je ne lâcherai pas tu m'entends

Come on, I won't let go, I won't let go, do you hear me?

Ça prendra le temps que ça prendra

It will take as long as it takes

Et ton combat tu m'entends c'est mon combat

And your fight, do you hear me, is my fight

Allez je ne laisserai pas tes bras baissés plus longtemps

Come on, I won't let your arms be down any longer

Allez je ne lâcherai pas je ne lâcherai pas tu m'entends

Come on, I won't let go, I won't let go, do you hear me?

Ça prendra le temps que ça prendra

It will take as long as it takes

Et ton combat tu m'entends, c'est mon combat

And your fight, do you hear me, is my fight

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Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
bonheur /bɔ.nœʁ/ A2	noun - happiness
amour /a.muʁ/ A2	noun - love
vie /vi/ A1	noun - life
murs /myʁ/ A2	noun - walls
soleil /sɔ.lɛj/ A1	noun - sun
combat /kɔ̃.ba/ B1	noun - fight, battle
regard /ʁə.ɡaʁ/ B1	noun - look, gaze
main /mɛ̃/ A1	noun - hand
temps /tɑ̃/ A2	noun - time
signe /siɲ/ B1	noun - sign
futur /fy.tyʁ/ B1	noun - future
reconstruire /ʁə.kɔ̃.stʁɥiʁ/ B2	verb - to rebuild
guérir /ɡe.ʁiʁ/ B2	verb - to heal
toucher /tu.ʃe/ A2	verb - to touch
laisser /lɛ.se/ A2	verb - to let, to allow

Grammar:

• Quand le bonheur s'efface

  ➔ Subjunctive Mood after 'Quand' (expressing uncertainty or hypothesis)

  ➔ While 'quand' usually indicates a time expression, it can trigger subjunctive if expressing uncertainty. Here, "s'efface" is in the subjunctive because the sentence isn't stating a definite fact, but rather, a hypothetical situation: "When happiness fades."

• Tu leur cries que tu n'en peux plus

  ➔ Use of 'en' as a pronoun replacing a noun phrase (in this case, the implied object of 'pouvoir')

  ➔ 'En' replaces the object of 'pouvoir', which refers back to the feeling of coping or enduring. Saying "Tu n'en peux plus" means "You can't handle it anymore."

• Allez je ne laisserai pas tes bras baissés plus longtemps

  ➔ Future Tense with 'laisser' + infinitive construction (expressing permission/allowing something to happen)

  ➔ The construction "laisser + infinitive" means "to let/allow (something) to happen". Here, "Je ne laisserai pas tes bras baissés" means "I won't let your arms be lowered" or more idiomatically, "I won't let you give up."

• Ça prendra le temps que ça prendra

  ➔ Future Tense with 'prendre' and repetitive structure for emphasis

  ➔ This phrase means "It will take as long as it takes." The repetition of "que ça prendra" emphasizes the uncertainty and the commitment to waiting however long is needed.

• Et ton combat tu m'entends c'est mon combat

  ➔ Emphasis through repetition and possessive pronoun (mon)

  ➔ Repeating 'ton combat' and 'mon combat' underscores the shared burden. 'Mon' demonstrates ownership and personal investment in the other person's struggle.

• Avant que tu ne t'abimes

  ➔ 'Ne explétif' after 'avant que' (Subjunctive required)

  ➔ After the conjunction 'avant que' (before), you usually use the subjunctive mood. The "ne" is an optional expletive; it doesn't change the meaning, but it's grammatically correct in formal French. Here, 't'abimes' is in the subjunctive mood and preceded by the 'ne explétif'