Coups et Blessures

• By: BB BRUNES
• Album: Long Courrier

Lyrics:

[Français]

[English]

200 Watts, en paire de bottes

200 Watts, in a pair of boots

Délicate et désinvolte

Delicate and nonchalant

C'est pas des crack, quand elle me sourit

She’s not on crack, when she smiles at me

J'me détraque à coups d'insomnie

I go crazy from insomnia

Tu me plaques comme une affiche au mur

You slap me like a poster on the wall

J'porte plainte pour coups et blessures

I press charges for hits and injuries

J'étais à deux doigts de finir fou de toi

I was almost going crazy for you

Fou de toi

Crazy for you

200 Watts, en paire de bottes

200 Watts, in a pair of boots

Délicate et désinvolte

Delicate and nonchalant

Les yeux flous, elle semble si loin de tout

Her eyes are blurred, she seems so far from everything

Quand elle me fait la moue

When she pouts at me

C'est tout mon cœur qui bout

My whole heart is boiling

Cou-cou

Hi-hi

Tu me plaques comme une affiche au mur

You slap me like a poster on the wall

J'porte plainte pour coups et blessures

I press charges for hits and injuries

J'étais à deux doigts, de finir fou de toi

I was almost ready to lose myself for you

Fou de toi

Crazy for you

Tu me traques et surplombes

You track me and overshadow me

De Paris à Hong Kong

From Paris to Hong Kong

Tu m'attaques et je tombe l'honneur blessé

You attack me and I fall, wounded in honor

Tu me plaques comme une affiche au mur

You slap me like a poster on the wall

J'porte plainte, j'vais l'payer c'est sûr

I press charges, I know I’ll pay for it for sure

J'étais à deux doigts, d'y laisser tout mon bras

I was so close to losing my entire arm

Tout mon bras

My entire arm

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Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
coups /ku/ B1	noun - blows or hits
blessures /blɛsyʁ/ B1	noun - injuries or wounds
sourit /suʁi/ A2	verb - to smile
délicate /de.li.kat/ B1	adjective - delicate or fragile
insomnie /ɛ̃.sɔm.ni/ B2	noun - insomnia
plaques /plak/ B1	verb - to pin or attach
cœur /kœʁ/ A2	noun - heart
fou /fu/ A2	adjective - crazy or mad
tombe /tɔ̃b/ A2	verb - to fall
honneur /ɔ.nœʁ/ B2	noun - honor
payer /pe.je/ A2	verb - to pay
là /la/ A1	verb - to be
moue /mu/ B2	noun - pout or grimace
flous /flu/ B2	adjective - blurry or unclear
traques /tʁak/ B2	verb - to track or pursue

Grammar:

• J'porte plainte pour coups et blessures

  ➔ Use of the verb 'porter' in the sense of 'to file' or 'to lodge' a complaint.

  ➔ 'Porter' means 'to carry' literally but is used idiomatically here as 'to file' or 'to make' a complaint.

• J'étais à deux doigts de finir fou de toi

  ➔ Expression 'à deux doigts de' indicating being very close to doing something.

  ➔ This phrase expresses that someone is almost at the point of doing or experiencing something.

• Délicate et désinvolte

  ➔ Use of adjectives to describe a person or thing's qualities, gender agreement implied.

  ➔ Adjectives that describe personality or appearance, with gender agreement in French.

• Tu me traques et surplombes

  ➔ Use of the present tense 'traques' and 'surplombes' in descriptive actions.

  ➔ The verbs are in the present tense, describing ongoing actions or states.

• Tout mon cœur qui bout

  ➔ Use of the relative pronoun 'qui' to connect 'mon cœur' with the verb 'bout' (boil, beat).

  ➔ 'Qui' is a relative pronoun used to introduce a clause describing 'mon cœur'.

• Tu m'attaques et je tombe l'honneur blessé

  ➔ Use of present tense 'attaques' and 'tombe' indicating ongoing actions; 'l'honneur blessé' as a noun phrase with adjective.

  ➔ The verbs are in the present tense showing ongoing action; 'l'honneur blessé' describes a wounded honor.