C'est à qui le tour – Bilingual Lyrics French/English

• By: Mylène Farmer

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the poetic depth of French language through this song; it is a perfect study of existential vocabulary and melancholic phrasing. Its slow, deliberate tempo makes it an excellent resource for practicing French pronunciation and understanding how abstract concepts are expressed in modern French music.

[English]

There, sex is dead, sex is wrong, sexy is sleeping

It’s enough to drive you mad

Why nothing more to say, nothing more to write, afraid of everything.

So, where do we go? - You

Me

No more dates

You, what?

To travel around the world

Whose turn is it?

Refusing the darkness, - "Servile and I crumble", - What a sad adage.

And the world is deaf, - the uniform is dark, - Breathe again... where?

But what a shipwreck.

What, the text is dead, context is effort, still waters - I'm checking out, I don't care about anything

There, being muzzled, the hollow emptiness, we bow down.

So, - I'm looking, but where?

Go

Travel around the world.

Whose turn is it?

Refusing the darkness, "servile and I crumble",

What a sad adage. - And the world is deaf, - the uniform is dark.

Breathe again... where? But what a shipwreck.

Whose turn is it?

Refusing the darkness, "servile and I crumble",

What a sad adage. - And the world is deaf,

the uniform is dark, breathe again... where?

But what a shipwreck.

Whose turn is it?

Whose turn is it?

[French]

Là, le sexe est mort, le sexe a tort, sexy dort

C'est à vous rendre fou

Pourquoi ne plus rien dire, plus rien écrire, peur de tout.

Alors, on se met où ? 00:00:32,980 --> 00:00:34,900 Toi

Moi

Plus de rendez-vous

Toi, quoi

Faire le tour du monde

C'est à qui le tour ?

Refuser le sombre, "Servile et je croule", Quel triste adage.

Et le monde est sourd, l'uniforme est sombre, Respire encore… où ?

Mais quel naufrage.

Quoi, le texte est mort, contexte effort, l'eau qui dort Je plaque, me fous de tout

Là musellement, le creux du vide, on s'incline.

Alors, Je cherche, mais où ?

Va

Faire le tour du monde.

C'est à qui le tour ?

Refuser le sombre, "servile et je croule",

Quel triste adage. Et le monde est sourd, l'uniforme est sombre.

Respire encore… où ? Mais quel naufrage.

C'est à qui le tour ?

Refuser le sombre, "servile et je croule",

Quel triste adage. Et le monde est sourd,

l'uniforme est sombre, respire encore… où ?

Mais quel naufrage.

C'est à qui le tour ?

C'est à qui le tour ?

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
sexe sɛks A2	noun - sex
fou fu A2	adjective - crazy
peur pœʁ A1	noun - fear
monde mɔ̃d A1	noun - world
sombre sɔ̃bʁ A2	adjective - dark
servile sɛʁvil C2	adjective - servile
crouler kʁule B2	verb - to collapse
adage adaʒ C1	noun - adage/proverb
sourd suʁ A2	adjective - deaf
uniforme ynifɔʁm B1	noun - uniform
respirer ʁɛspiʁe A2	verb - to breathe
naufrage nofʁaʒ B2	noun - shipwreck
contexte kɔ̃tɛkst B1	noun - context
musellement myzɛlmɑ̃ C2	noun - silencing/muzzling
incline ɛ̃klin B2	verb - to lean/incline

Key Grammar Structures

• C'est à qui le tour ?

  ➔ Interrogative structure with 'à qui'

  ➔ Used to express possession or duty: "Whose turn is it?"

• Pourquoi ne plus rien dire, plus rien écrire, peur de tout.

  ➔ Negative pronoun 'ne...rien' and infinitive usage

  ➔ The structure "ne...rien" (nothing) combined with infinitives to express a sense of paralysis.

• Alors, on se met où ?

  ➔ Pronominal verb 'se mettre' and interrogative adverb 'où'

  ➔ Used here to ask about one's place or position in a difficult situation.

• Refuser le sombre

  ➔ Infinitive as subject or direct object

  ➔ The infinitive is often used in song lyrics to present an action or concept as an abstract idea.

• Je plaque, me fous de tout

  ➔ Colloquial usage of 'se foutre de'

  ➔ "Se foutre de" is a colloquial way to say "to not care about something" or "to disregard".

• Et le monde est sourd

  ➔ Predicate adjective with 'être'

  ➔ Describing a state using the copula 'être' + adjective.

• Servile et je croule

  ➔ Adjective functioning as a descriptor for the subject

  ➔ The adjective "servile" (subservient) describes the state of the subject 'je' (I).

• Respire encore… où ?

  ➔ Adverb of time 'encore' and interrogative 'où'

  ➔ "Encore" can mean 'still' (continuity), and "où" is used here to question the possibility of existence.