VA LOIN – Bilingual Lyrics French/English

• By: Tayc, Aya Nakamura
• Album: JOŸA

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the vibrant world of modern Francophone music with 'VA LOIN'. This song is a perfect gateway to learning conversational French and urban slang (Argot), while experiencing the infectious rhythms of Afro-fusion that make the French music scene so diverse today.

[English]

[music]

[music]

Where is he now?

Come on, let's move on [music]

baby, just drive and don't look back

take your [music] path and don't be

afraid. What was I thinking? Let's burn

each of our photos and let's move on.

Don't call me yours anymore, just

[music] for once, face

the truth.

[music]

I did everything, I proved everything, and you

[music] proved it. And you're the one talking

about me. You're the one talking about me.

I did everything.

everything, I'm bleeding

but you're the one [music] talking about me

the more you distance yourself from me, the

more I love you [music]

I said no, but your love stays the same

[music]

the more you distance yourself from me, the more I

love you.

I told you no, but your love stays the

same.

[music]

Oh, go far away, not far if you love me. Not

far, I love you. Not far if you [music]

love me.

Go far away. Go far away if [music] you

love me. Go far away. And I will love you. Go

far away [music] if you love me.

I promise you, I wanted to love you.

[music]

My darling, you messed up.

Tell me, how did we get here?

[music] I was yours, you were my everything

really, it hurts me, I could have

given it all

and in truth [music]

no second chances, it's a flop, don't keep

any of our photos

I did everything, I did everything, I

[music]

you talking about me

you're the one talking about me [music]

I did everything, I

you're the one talking about

The more you distance [music] yourself from me, the

more I love you.

I told you no, but your love [music]

stays the same.

The more you distance yourself from me, the more I

love you. [music]

I told you no, but your love stays the

same.

Not far if you [music] love me.

[music]

for you...

[music]

You can

[music]

if you

[music]

[music]

with

[music]

[French]

[musique]

[musique]

Il est où là ?

Viens on avance [musique]

bébé rouler surtout ne te retourne pas

prends ta [musique] route et n'ai pas

peur. Je comptais quoi ? Brûlons chacune

de nos photos et viens on avance.

Ne m'appelle plus ton taille qui

[musique] pour une fois faisant face à

la vérité.

[musique]

J'ai tout fait tout prouvé t'as

[musique] prouvé. Et c'est toi qui parle

de moi. C'est toi qui l' parle de moi.

J'ai tout fait.

tout je saigne ta

mais c'est toi [musique] qui f de moi

par tu leur plus tuéloigne de moi et

bien plus je t'aim [musique]

dit non mais ton amour reste le mêm

[musique]

plus tu t'éloignes de moi, bien plus je

t'aime.

Je t'ai dit non mais ton amour reste le

même.

[musique]

Oh va loin, pas loin si tu m'aimes. Pas

loin je t'aime. Pas loin si tu [musique]

m'aimes.

Va loin. Va loin si [musique] tu

m'aimes. Va loin. Et je t'aimerai. Va

loin [musique] si tu m'aimes.

Je te promets, je voulais t'aimer.

[musique]

Mon chéri t'a déconné.

Dis-moi comment on est arrivé là.

[musique] J'étais à toi tu étais le sang

vrai ça me fait de la peine j'aurais pu

tout donner

et en vrai [musique]

pas de deuxè et c'est flopé ne garde

aucune de nos photos

j'ai tout fait j'ai tout fait j'ai

[musique]

toi qui de mo

c'est toi qui l'end de mo [musique]

j'ai tout fait mo j'ai

c'est toi qui l'enfant de

Plus tu t'éloignes [musique] de moi et

bien plus je t'aime.

Je t'ai dit non mais ton amour [musique]

reste le même.

Plus tu t'éloignes de moi, bien plus je

t'aime. [musique]

Je t'ai dit non mais ton amour reste le

même.

Pas loin si tu [musique] m'aimes.

[musique]

pour tu mons

[musique]

Tu pe

[musique]

si tu

[musique]

[musique]

avec

[musique]

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
avance avɑ̃s A2	verb - to move forward
rouler ʁule A1	verb - to drive or roll
peur pœʁ A1	noun - fear
brûlons bʁylɔ̃ A2	verb - let's burn
vérité veʁite A1	noun - truth
saigne sɛɲ B2	verb - to bleed
éloignes elwaɲ B1	verb - to distance oneself
amour amuʁ A1	noun - love
promets pʁɔmɛ A2	verb - to promise
chéri ʃeʁi A1	noun - darling/honey
déconné dekɔne B2	verb - to mess up
peine pɛn A2	noun - sorrow/pain

Key Grammar Structures

• Surtout ne te retourne pas.

  ➔ Imperative (Negative)

  ➔ The structure "ne + verb + pas" is used here for a reflexive verb to give a negative command: "Don't turn around."

• J'aurais pu tout donner.

  ➔ Conditionnel passé

  ➔ The auxiliary "avoir" in the conditional present + past participle expresses a regret or a hypothetical situation in the past: "I could have given everything."

• Plus tu t'éloignes de moi, bien plus je t'aime.

  ➔ Comparative correlative

  ➔ Using "Plus..., plus..." to express that two actions evolve in parallel: "The more you move away from me, the more I love you."

• Si tu m'aimes.

  ➔ Hypothetical clause (Si + présent)

  ➔ The "si" clause introduces a condition. Here, "si" is followed by the indicative present to express a real condition.

• J'étais à toi, tu étais le sang.

  ➔ Imparfait (Imperfect)

  ➔ The imparfait is used here to describe a past state of being or a lasting situation: "I was yours, you were like blood/family."

• Dis-moi comment on est arrivé là.

  ➔ Interrogative phrase (Indirect style)

  ➔ Integration of an interrogative word ("comment") to introduce a question within a sentence: "Tell me how we got there."

• J'ai tout fait, j'ai tout prouvé.

  ➔ Passé composé

  ➔ The auxiliary "avoir" + past participle indicates completed actions in the past with a current result: "I have done everything, I have proved everything."