L'horizon – Bilingual Lyrics French/English

• By: Pierre Garnier
• Album: Chaque seconde

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the heartfelt French lyrics of Pierre Garnier's "L'horizon," a track that beautifully articulates universal feelings of doubt and the relentless search for purpose. Learning French through this song offers insight into expressing deep emotional vulnerability and existential questioning in a poetic, accessible style.

[English]

Six a.m.

I'm still awake

I know well that tomorrow

I'll have forgotten everything

My head is upside down

I can't think anymore

And when the night calls me

It makes me stumble

But tell me, who am I

If I ever forget

When nothing draws me any longer

That I dream of running away

And I search on Earth for reason, for reason

The place, the landmark, the horizon

The horizon

Tell me everything will be like before

I never want to change everything

Never give up everything

But sometimes I'm afraid of not being able to control anything

I fall asleep in restless nights

Feeling like I could go crazy

But everything reminds me that I must keep going

But tell me who I am when nothing draws me any longer

That I dream of running away

And I search on Earth for reason, for reason

The place, the landmark, the horizon

The horizon

Oh-oh-oh-oh

Tell me, even if everything has changed

Tell me, oh-oh-oh

As long as we can still get through everything

Hey, oh-oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh-oh

Hey, oh-oh-oh-oh

And I search on Earth for reason, for reason

The place, the landmark, the horizon

The horizon

Tell me everything will be like before

When we have crossed time

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[French]

Six heures du matin

J'suis encore réveillé

Je sais bien que demain

J'aurai tout oublié

La tête à l'envers

J'arrive plus à penser

Et quand la nuit m'appelle

Elle me fait vaciller

Mais dis-moi qui je suis

Si jamais je l'oublie

Quand plus rien ne m'attire

Que je rêve de m'enfuir

Et je cherche sur la Terre, la raison, la raison

L'endroit, le repère, l'horizon

L'horizon

Dis-moi que tout sera comme avant

J'voudrais jamais tout changer

Jamais tout abandonner

Mais parfois, j'ai peur de ne rien contrôler

J'm'endors dans des nuits agitées

Impression qu'j'pourrais vriller

Mais tout me rappelle que je dois continuer

Mais dis-moi qui je suis quand plus rien ne m'attire

Que je rêve de m'enfuir

Et je cherche sur la Terre, la raison, la raison

L'endroit, le repère, l'horizon

L'horizon

Oh-oh-oh-oh

Dis-le-moi même si tout a changé

Dis-le-moi, oh-oh-oh

Tant qu'on peut encore tout traverser

Hey, oh-oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh-oh

Hey, oh-oh-oh-oh

Et je cherche sur la Terre, la raison, la raison

L'endroit, le repère, l'horizon

L'horizon

Dis-moi que tout sera comme avant

Quand on aura traversé le temps

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
réveillé /ʁe.vɛ.je/ B1	adjective - awake
oublier /ublje/ A2	verb - to forget
tête /tɛt/ A1	noun - head
penser /pɑ̃.se/ A2	verb - to think
nuit /nɥi/ A1	noun - night
appeler /a.pə.le/ A2	verb - to call
vaciller /va.si.je/ B2	verb - to waver, to stagger
horizon /ɔ.ʁi.zɔ̃/ B1	noun - horizon
raison /ʁe.zɔ̃/ B1	noun - reason
repère /ʁə.pɛʁ/ B2	noun - reference point, landmark
changer /ʃɑ̃.ʒe/ A2	verb - to change
abandonner /a.bɑ̃.dɔ.ne/ B1	verb - to abandon, to give up
contrôler /kɔ̃.tʁo.le/ B2	verb - to control, to supervise
agité /a.ʒi.te/ B1	adjective - agitated, restless
impression /ɛ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ B2	noun - impression, feeling
vriller /vʁi.je/ C1	verb - to go mad, to go off the rails
continuer /kɔ̃.ti.nɥe/ A2	verb - to continue
traverser /tʁa.vɛ.ze/ B1	verb - to cross, to go through
temps /tɑ̃/ A1	noun - time
peur /pœʁ/ A2	noun - fear

Key Grammar Structures

• [translate:J'suis encore réveillé]

  ➔ Contraction of 'Je suis' (informal spoken French). Present tense of être.

  ➔ In informal French, 'Je suis' becomes 'J'suis' when spoken quickly.

• [translate:J'aurai tout oublié]

  ➔ Futur antérieur (future perfect) using 'avoir' + past participle.

  ➔ The phrase 'J'aurai tout oublié' means 'I will have forgotten everything' — a completed future action.

• [translate:J'arrive plus à penser]

  ➔ Negative form with 'ne...plus' (no longer).

  ➔ Although 'ne' is dropped in speech, 'plus' keeps the meaning 'no longer'.

• [translate:Elle me fait vaciller]

  ➔ Use of causative construction 'faire + infinitive'.

  ➔ 'Elle me fait vaciller' means 'She makes me falter', showing causation.

• [translate:Mais dis-moi qui je suis]

  ➔ Imperative 'Dis-moi' and embedded question 'qui je suis'.

  ➔ 'Dis-moi' uses the imperative of 'dire' with a pronoun inversion for emphasis.

• [translate:Quand plus rien ne m'attire]

  ➔ Negative expression 'ne...rien' (nothing) with subject inversion in subordinate clause.

  ➔ Means 'When nothing attracts me anymore.' The 'ne' is sometimes omitted in speech.

• [translate:Et je cherche sur la Terre, la raison]

  ➔ Simple present tense indicating an ongoing action.

  ➔ Describes a repeated or current search — 'I am searching for meaning on Earth'.

• [translate:Dis-moi que tout sera comme avant]

  ➔ Future tense with 'être' in subordinate clause introduced by 'que'.

  ➔ Means 'Tell me that everything will be like before' — expressing a hopeful future situation.