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Comme un fou va jeter à la mer Like a madman throwing into the sea 00:23
Des bouteilles vides et puis espère Empty bottles and then hoping 00:27
Qu'on pourra lire à travers That one can read through 00:31
S.O.S. écrit avec de l'air S.O.S. written with air 00:34
Pour te dire que je me sens seul To tell you that I feel lonely 00:38
Je dessine à l'encre vide I draw with empty ink 00:41
Un désert A desert 00:44
Et je cours And I run 00:47
Je me raccroche à la vie I cling to life 00:48
Je me saoule avec le bruit I get drunk with the noise 00:51
Des corps qui m'entourent Of the bodies around me 00:53
Comme des lianes nouées de tresses Like vines tied in braids 00:57
Sans comprendre la détresse Without understanding the distress 00:59
Des mots que j'envoie Of the words I send 01:02
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Difficile d'appeler au secours It's hard to call for help 01:09
Quand tant de drames nous oppressent When so many dramas oppress us 01:13
Et les larmes nouées de stress And the tears knotted with stress 01:17
Etouffent un peu plus les cris d'amour Smother a little more the cries of love 01:20
De ceux qui sont dans la faiblesse Of those who are in weakness 01:24
Et dans un dernier espoir And in one last hope 01:27
Disparaissent Disappear 01:30
Et je cours And I run 01:33
Je me raccroche à la vie I cling to life 01:35
Je me saoule avec le bruit I get drunk with the noise 01:37
Des corps qui m'entourent Of the bodies around me 01:40
Comme des lianes nouées de tresses Like vines tied in braids 01:43
Sans comprendre la détresse Without understanding the distress 01:45
Des mots que j'envoie Of the words I send 01:48
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Tous les cris les S.O.S. All the cries, the S.O.S. 01:55
Partent dans les airs Go into the air 01:58
Dans l'eau laissent une trace In the water leave a trace 02:00
Dont les écumes font la beauté Whose foam makes the beauty 02:03
Pris dans leur vaisseau de verre Trapped in their glass vessel 02:09
Les messages luttent The messages struggle 02:11
Mais les vagues les ramènent But the waves bring them back 02:14
En pierres d'étoile sur les rochers As star stones on the rocks 02:17
Et j'ai ramassé les bouts de verre And I picked up the shards of glass 02:24
J'ai recollé tous les morceaux I glued all the pieces back together 02:30
Tout était clair comme de l'eau Everything was as clear as water 02:33
Contre le passé y a rien à faire Against the past, there's nothing to do 02:36
Il faudrait changer les héros We should change the heroes 02:41
Dans un monde où le plus beau In a world where the most beautiful 02:44
Reste à faire Remains to be done 02:47
Et je cours And I run 02:49
Je me raccroche à la vie I cling to life 02:51
Je me saoule avec le bruit I get drunk with the noise 02:53
Des corps qui m'entourent Of the bodies around me 02:56
Comme des lianes nouées de tresses Like vines tied in braids 02:59
Sans comprendre la détresse Without understanding the distress 03:02
Des mots que j'envoie Of the words I send 03:05
03:09
Tous les cris les S.O.S. All the cries, the S.O.S. 03:11
Partent dans les airs Go into the air 03:14
Dans l'eau laissent une trace In the water leave a trace 03:16
Dont les écumes font la beauté Whose foam makes the beauty 03:19
Pris dans leur vaisseau de verre Trapped in their glass vessel 03:25
Les messages luttent The messages struggle 03:28
Mais les vagues les ramènent But the waves bring them back 03:30
En pierres d'étoiles sur les rochers As star stones on the rocks 03:33
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Tous les cris les S.O.S – Bilingual Lyrics French/English

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Lyrics & Translation

[English] Like a madman throwing into the sea
Empty bottles and then hoping
That one can read through
S.O.S. written with air
To tell you that I feel lonely
I draw with empty ink
A desert
And I run
I cling to life
I get drunk with the noise
Of the bodies around me
Like vines tied in braids
Without understanding the distress
Of the words I send

It's hard to call for help
When so many dramas oppress us
And the tears knotted with stress
Smother a little more the cries of love
Of those who are in weakness
And in one last hope
Disappear
And I run
I cling to life
I get drunk with the noise
Of the bodies around me
Like vines tied in braids
Without understanding the distress
Of the words I send

All the cries, the S.O.S.
Go into the air
In the water leave a trace
Whose foam makes the beauty
Trapped in their glass vessel
The messages struggle
But the waves bring them back
As star stones on the rocks
And I picked up the shards of glass
I glued all the pieces back together
Everything was as clear as water
Against the past, there's nothing to do
We should change the heroes
In a world where the most beautiful
Remains to be done
And I run
I cling to life
I get drunk with the noise
Of the bodies around me
Like vines tied in braids
Without understanding the distress
Of the words I send

All the cries, the S.O.S.
Go into the air
In the water leave a trace
Whose foam makes the beauty
Trapped in their glass vessel
The messages struggle
But the waves bring them back
As star stones on the rocks

Key Vocabulary

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Vocabulary Meanings

mer

/mɛʁ/

A1
  • noun
  • - sea

bouteille

/butɛj/

A2
  • noun
  • - bottle

espoir

/ɛspwaʁ/

B1
  • noun
  • - hope

détresse

/detʁɛs/

B2
  • noun
  • - distress

bruit

/bʁɥi/

B1
  • noun
  • - noise

corps

/kɔʁ/

A2
  • noun
  • - body

larmes

/laʁm/

B1
  • noun
  • - tears

message

/mɛsɑʒ/

A2
  • noun
  • - message

vague

/vaɡ/

B2
  • noun
  • - wave

beauté

/bo.te/

B2
  • noun
  • - beauty

étoile

/e.twal/

A2
  • noun
  • - star

mots

/mo/

A1
  • noun
  • - words

drame

/dʁam/

B2
  • noun
  • - drama

faiblesse

/fɛblɛs/

B2
  • noun
  • - weakness

changer

/ʃɑ̃ʒe/

B1
  • verb
  • - to change

raccrocher

/ʁakʁoʃe/

B2
  • verb
  • - to hang up (the phone)
  • verb
  • - to cling to

courir

/kuʁiʁ/

A2
  • verb
  • - to run

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