Saint Claude

• By: Christine and the Queens
• Album: Chaleur Humaine

Lyrics:

[Français]

[English]

Souffle saccadé

Ragged breath

Voilà qui laisse deviner

That gives away

Que tout se décide-cide-cide

That everything is decided-cided-cided

Tout se décide-cide-cide

Everything is decided-cided-cided

Maquillé comme à la craie

Made up like with chalk

Tout détonne et tout me plaît

Everything clashes and I love it all

Les mains sont livides-vides-vides

Your hands are livid-vid-vid

Mains sont livides-vides-vides

Hands are livid-vid-vid

Un seul de tes poignets est tatoué

Only one of your wrists is tattooed

Défiguré par ta manche

Disfigured by your sleeve

Le lion ne sourit qu'à moitié

The lion is only half smiling

À mes solitudes immenses

At my immense loneliness

Ton visage ne s'ra jamais entier

Your face will never be whole

Comme tu regardes au-dehors

Like you're looking outside

J'emporte un portrait dévoré

I carry a devoured portrait

Douleur destin bord à bord

Pain, destiny, side by side

Here's my station

Here's my station

Here's my station

Here's my station

Ouuh ouuh

Ouuh ouuh

But if you say just one word I'll stay with you

But if you say just one word I'll stay with you

Ouuh

Ouuh

Here's my station

Here's my station

Here's my station

Here's my station

Ouuh

Ouuh

But if you say just one word I'll stay with you

But if you say just one word I'll stay with you

Ouuh

Ouuh

La belle attitude

The beautiful attitude

Que l'impatience comme certitude

Impatience as a certainty

Collier à trois fils-fils-fils

Necklace with three threads-threads-threads

Liés à trois fils-fils-fils

Tied by three threads-threads-threads

Tu seras j'espère, fidèle au violences qui opèrent

I hope you will be faithful to the violence at work

Dès que tu respires-pires-pires

As soon as you breathe-eathe-eathe

Que tu respires-pires-pires

As you breathe-eathe-eathe

D'ordinaire cette ville n'offre rien

Usually this city offers nothing

Qu'une poignée d'odeurs tenaces

But a handful of stubborn smells

Que cette ville est morte

That this city is dead

Je sais bien, toi seul gardes de l'audace

I know well, you alone keep audacity

Il faudrait que tu la portes loin

You should carry it far away

Alors que d'autres renoncent

While others give up

Je descends deux enfers plus loin

I go down two hells further

Pour que l'orage s'annonce

So that the storm is announced

Here's my station

Here's my station

Here's my station

Here's my station

Ouuh ouuh

Ouuh ouuh

But if you say just one word

But if you say just one word

I'll stay with you

I'll stay with you

Ouuh ouuh

Ouuh ouuh

Here's my station

Here's my station

Here's my station

Here's my station

Ouuh ouuh

Ouuh ouuh

But if you say just one word I'll stay with you

But if you say just one word I'll stay with you

Ouuh ouuh

Ouuh ouuh

Pour que l'orage s'annonce

So that the storm is announced

Pour que l'orage s'annonce

So that the storm is announced

Pour que l'orage s'annonce

So that the storm is announced

Pour que l'orage s'annonce

So that the storm is announced

We are so lonely

We are so lonely

In this part of town (Pour que l'orage s'annonce)

In this part of town (So that the storm is announced)

Pour que l'orage s'annonce

So that the storm is announced

We are so lonely

We are so lonely

Pour que l'orage s'annonce

So that the storm is announced

We are so lonely

We are so lonely

Pour que l'orage s'annonce

So that the storm is announced

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Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
souffle /sufl/ B1	noun - breath
décide /de.sid/ B1	verb - to decide
tatoué /ta.tue/ B2	adjective - tattooed
visage /vi.zaʒ/ A2	noun - face
douleur /du.lœʁ/ B2	noun - pain
impatience /ɛ̃.pa.sjɑ̃s/ B2	noun - impatience
violences /vjɔ.lɑ̃s/ B2	noun - violence
ville /vil/ A1	noun - city
orage /o.ʁaʒ/ B2	noun - storm
station /sta.sjɔ̃/ A2	noun - station
portrait /pɔʁ.tʁɛ/ B1	noun - portrait
mains /mɛ̃/ A2	noun - hands
solitudes /sɔ.li.tyd/ B2	noun - solitudes
audace /o.das/ C1	noun - audacity
certitude /sɛʁ.ti.tyd/ C1	noun - certainty