Parc fermé

• By: Benjamin Biolay, Adé
• Album: Grand Prix

Lyrics:

[Français]

[English]

Parc fermé

Closed track

Tant pis je vais flâner vers Notre-Dame, brûlée

Too bad, I’ll drift toward Notre-Dame, burned out

Tant pis je reste sur le macadam, pavé

Too bad, I stay on the asphalt, paved

C'est presque rien mais j'en fais tout un drame

It’s almost nothing, but I make it a big deal

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah

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Tant pis je vais tenter de boire un verre, glacé

Too bad, I’ll try to have a drink, icy

Au milieu de milliers de solitaires, je sais

Among thousands of loners, I know

Je n'aime la mer que lorsque j'suis sur terre

I only love the sea when I’m on land

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Parc fermé

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Est-ce une avalanche, un imprévu

Is it an avalanche, an unexpected turn

Je sentais bien que la terre penchait dès le début

I could feel from the start that the earth was tilting

Nous portions des mitaines

We were wearing mittens

Au bon temps de la Samaritaine

In the good old days of Samaritaine

...

...

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah

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Je rêvais de retrouver ce vieux banc d'acier

I dreamed of finding that old steel bench

De regarder passer la vie des gens, passer

Watching life pass by, passing

Et par le grand Soleil chauffé à blanc

And under the scorching Sun, turning white hot

Qu'on se touche

That we’ll touch

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah

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Je vais me contenter d'imaginer l'effet

I’ll just imagine the effect

L'effet que ça ferait de t'embrasser

The effect of kissing you

Je sais

I know

Que rien n'pourra jamais te remplacer

Nothing will ever replace you

Ni ta bouche

Nor your mouth

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Parc fermé

Closed track

Est-ce une avalanche, un imprévu

Is it an avalanche, an unexpected turn

Je sentais bien que la terre penchait dès le début

I could feel from the start that the earth was tilting

Nous portions des mitaines

We were wearing mittens

Au bon temps de la Samaritaine

In the good old days of Samaritaine

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Sur le pont Neuf y a que des vieux

On the Pont Neuf, only old folks

Sur le pont Neuf y a que des vieux

On the Pont Neuf, only old folks

Sur le pont Neuf y a que des vieux

On the Pont Neuf, only old folks

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Parc fermé

Closed track

Je n'sais plus où aller, je suis désemparée

I no longer know where to go, I’m helpless

On devait s'retrouver là, devant les rosiers

We were supposed to meet there, in front of the roses

Je t'attendais mais j'n'ai plus le courage

I was waiting for you, but I lack the courage

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Parc fermé

Closed track

Retourner à la case départ pour avancer

Return to the start to move forward

Je veux prendre le large

I want to sail away

Marcher toute la journée

Walk all day long

Je t'ai laissé un avis de passage

I left you a note

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah

...

...

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
flâner /flɑ.ne/ B1	verb - to stroll, to wander aimlessly
brûlée /bʁy.le/ B2	adjective - burned, caramelized
pavé /pa.ve/ B1	noun - cobblestone
drame /dʁam/ B1	noun - drama, ordeal
solitaires /sɔl.i.tɛʁ/ B2	noun - lovers, solitary people
sais /sɛ/ A2	verb - to know, to be aware
mer /mɛʁ/ A2	noun - sea
terre /tɛʁ/ A2	noun - earth, ground
avalanche /a.vɑ.lɑ̃ʃ/ B2	noun - avalanche
mitaines /mi.tɛn/ B2	noun - mittens, gloves
passer /pɑ.se/ A2	verb - to pass, to pass by
vie /vi/ A2	noun - life
passage /pa.sɑʒ/ B1	noun - passage, crossing
temps /tɑ̃/ A2	noun - time, weather
large /laʁʒ/ B2	adjective - big, wide, spacious

Grammar:

• je vais flâner vers Notre-Dame

  ➔ Futur proche (near future tense)

  ➔ The structure "je vais + verb" indicates an action that is going to happen soon or plans to do something.

• je sentais bien que la terre penchait dès le début

  ➔ Imperfect tense (l'imparfait)

  ➔ The "sentais" is in the imperfect tense, used for ongoing or habitual past actions, or to set a scene.

• on devait s'retrouver là

  ➔ Imperfect of devoir + infinitive

  ➔ The phrase "devaient s'retrouver" combines imperfect of 'devoir' with an infinitive to express an obligation or expectation in the past.

• Je veux prendre le large

  ➔ Present tense of vouloir + infinitive (expressing intention)

  ➔ The phrase "je veux + verb" uses the present tense of 'vouloir' + infinitive to express a desire or intention.

• je t'attendais mais j'n'ai plus le courage

  ➔ Imperfect of attendre + passé composé of avoir + negation

  ➔ The imperfect "attendais" indicates ongoing past action; "j'n'ai plus" is a negative form of past perfect.

• Je t'ai laissé un avis de passage

  ➔ Passe composé of laisser + indirect object pronoun + direct object

  ➔ The "ai laissé" is the passé composé tense, used to indicate a completed action in the past.