| Comme ça crèvent nos pauvres cœurs de voir
| How it bursts our poor hearts to see
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| Un endroit parfait qu’on a aimé
| A perfect place that we loved
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| Par le temps complètement dévasté, délabré
| Through time completely devastated, run down
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| Comme elle et toi vous vous êtes adoré
| Like she and you adored each other
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| Nuit après nuit à vous déchirer
| Night after night tearing you apart
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| Tu ne sais même plus où lancer les bouteilles
| You don't even know where to throw the bottles
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| À la mer
| At the sea
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| À la mer
| At the sea
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| Comment font-ils?
| How do they do?
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| Se parlent-ils?
| Do they talk to each other?
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| Se détruisent-ils?
| Are they destroying each other?
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| Se perdent-ils?
| Are they getting lost?
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| Se pardonnent-ils?
| Do they forgive each other?
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| Quand tout s’abime (Les gens qui tiennent)
| When everything is damaged (People who hold on)
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| Comment font-ils?
| How do they do?
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| Ceux qui résistent (Les gens qui s’aiment)
| Those who resist (People who love each other)
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| À la menace
| At the threat
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| Du temps qui passe
| Passing time
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| Se pardonnent-ils? | Do they forgive each other? |
| (Les gens qui tiennent)
| (People who hold on)
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| Quand tout s’abime
| When everything is falling apart
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| Regardes, ils ont l’air de s’en sortir
| Look, they seem to be getting by
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| Qu’est-ce qu’ils ont que tu n’as pas compris
| What do they have that you don't understand
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| Toi tu ramasses tous tes souvenirs, à la pelle
| You pick up all your memories, in spades
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| Comme le petit camion poubelle
| Like the little garbage truck
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| De ton fils au milieu du salon
| Of your son in the middle of the living room
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| Tu ère avec ton grand cœur ouvert, à l’envers
| You are with your big open heart, upside down
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| Ouais, à l’envers
| Yeah, upside down
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| Comment font-ils?
| How do they do?
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| Se parlent-ils?
| Do they talk to each other?
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| Se détruisent-ils?
| Are they destroying each other?
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| Se perdent-ils?
| Are they getting lost?
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| Se pardonnent-ils?
| Do they forgive each other?
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| Quand tout s’abime (Les gens qui tiennent)
| When everything is damaged (People who hold on)
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| Comment font-ils?
| How do they do?
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| Ceux qui résistent (Les gens qui s’aiment)
| Those who resist (People who love each other)
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| À la menace
| At the threat
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| Du temps qui passe
| Passing time
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| Se pardonnent-ils? | Do they forgive each other? |
| (Les gens qui tiennent)
| (People who hold on)
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| Quand tout s’abime
| When everything is falling apart
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| Sont-ils plus courageux que nous?
| Are they braver than us?
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| Sont-ils plus amoureux que nous?
| Are they more in love than us?
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| Est-ce qu’il faut tenir tête
| Do you have to hold your own
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| Et laisser passer les tempêtes
| And let the storms pass
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| Oh, laisser passer les tempêtes
| Oh let the storms pass
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| Les tempêtes
| The storms
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| Oh, comment font-ils? | Oh, how do they do it? |
| (Les gens qui tiennent)
| (People who hold on)
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| Ceux qui résistent
| Those who resist
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| À la menace (Les gens qui s’aiment)
| At Threat (People Who Love Each Other)
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| Du temps qui passe
| Passing time
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| Se pardonnent-ils? | Do they forgive each other? |
| (Les gens qui tiennent)
| (People who hold on)
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| Quand tout s’abime
| When everything is falling apart
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| Comment font-ils? | How do they do? |
| (Les gens qui tiennent)
| (People who hold on)
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| Ceux qui persistent
| Those who persist
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| Face à l’impasse (Les gens qui s’aiment)
| Facing the impasse (People who love each other)
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| Du temps qui passe
| Passing time
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| Les cœurs d’artistes (Les gens qui tiennent)
| The hearts of artists (People who hold on)
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| Équilibristes
| Tightrope walkers
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| (Les gens qui tiennent)
| (People who hold on)
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| Comment font-ils?
| How do they do?
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| (Les gens qui s’aiment)
| (People who love each other)
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| Comment font-ils?
| How do they do?
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| (Les gens qui tiennent)
| (People who hold on)
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| Mais comment font-ils? | But how do they do it? |