| Il aurait mieux valu
| It would have been better
|
| Si j’avais sû
| If I had known
|
| Rester de glace
| stay frozen
|
| Se fondre dans le décor
| Blend in
|
| J’aurais voulu
| I would have liked
|
| Si j’avais pu
| If I could
|
| Effacer sa trace
| Erase his trail
|
| Et enterrer le corps
| And bury the body
|
| Mais dehors, il faisait si bon
| But outside it was so nice
|
| Tu t’en souviens encore
| You still remember
|
| Comme les jours étaient longs
| How the days were long
|
| Et dehors, il fait si froid
| And outside it's so cold
|
| Depuis, ça fait des mois
| Since then, it's been months
|
| Que je fais le mort
| That I'm playing dead
|
| Et c’est bien connu
| And it is well known
|
| Les uns, déçus, les autres, se lassent
| Some disappointed, others weary
|
| Se gonflent de remords
| swell with remorse
|
| Moi j’aurais voulu
| I would have liked
|
| Si j’avais pu
| If I could
|
| Changer de place
| Swich place
|
| Déjouer le mauvais sort
| thwart bad luck
|
| Mais dehors, il faisait si bon
| But outside it was so nice
|
| Tu t’en souviens encore
| You still remember
|
| Comme les jours étaient longs
| How the days were long
|
| Et dehors, il fait si froid
| And outside it's so cold
|
| Depuis, ça fait des mois
| Since then, it's been months
|
| Que je fais le mort
| That I'm playing dead
|
| Il aurait mieux valu
| It would have been better
|
| Si j’avais eu l’audace
| If I had had the audacity
|
| De battre tous les records
| To break all records
|
| Moi j’aurais voulu
| I would have liked
|
| L’hiver venu
| The winter came
|
| Que les ardeurs se tassent
| Let the ardor settle
|
| S’effacent sans efforts
| Erase effortlessly
|
| Mais dehors, il faisait si bon
| But outside it was so nice
|
| Tu t’en souviens encore
| You still remember
|
| Comme les jours étaient longs
| How the days were long
|
| Et dehors, il fait si froid
| And outside it's so cold
|
| Depuis, ça fait des mois
| Since then, it's been months
|
| Et dehors, il faisait si bon
| And outside it was so good
|
| Tu t’en souviens encore
| You still remember
|
| Comme les jours étaient longs
| How the days were long
|
| Et dehors, il fait si froid
| And outside it's so cold
|
| Depuis, ça fait des mois
| Since then, it's been months
|
| Que je fais le mort
| That I'm playing dead
|
| ~Translation in English~
| ~English Translation~
|
| It would have been better
| It would have been better
|
| If I had known
| If I had known
|
| To stay as motionless as ice
| To stay as motionless as ice
|
| To blend into the surroundings
| To blend into the surroundings
|
| I would have liked
| I wanted to have liked
|
| If I could
| If I could
|
| To weep of his spoor
| To weep of his spoor
|
| And to bury his corpse
| And to bury his corpse
|
| But outside, it was so good (weather)
| But outside, it was so good (weather)
|
| You still remember it
| You still remember it
|
| How the days were long
| How the days were long
|
| And outside, it is so cold
| And outside, it is so cold
|
| Since then, it’s been months
| Since then, it's been months
|
| That I’m acting like a dead one
| That I'm acting like a dead one
|
| And it is well-known that
| And it is well-known that
|
| Some are disappointed, and others are wearied
| Some are disappointed, and others are worn
|
| They swell with remorses
| They swell with remorse
|
| Me, I would have liked
| Me, I would have liked
|
| If I could
| If I could
|
| To switch place
| To switch place
|
| Out the bad luck
| out the bad luck
|
| But outside, it was so good (weather)
| But outside, it was so good (weather)
|
| You still remember it
| You still remember it
|
| How the days were long
| How the days were long
|
| And outside, it is so cold
| And outside, it is so cold
|
| Since then, it’s been months
| Since then, it's been months
|
| That I’m acting like a dead one
| That I'm acting like a dead one
|
| It would have been better
| It would have been better
|
| If I had dared
| If I had dared
|
| To beat all the records
| To beat all the records
|
| Me, I would have liked
| Me, I would have liked
|
| When winter would have come
| When winter would have come
|
| I would like the ardor to fall
| I would like the ardor to fall
|
| To disappear without any efforts
| To disappear without any efforts
|
| But outside, it was so good (weather)
| But outside, it was so good (weather)
|
| You still remember it
| You still remember it
|
| How the days were long
| How the days were long
|
| And outside, it is so cold
| And outside, it is so cold
|
| Since then, it’s been months
| Since then, it's been months
|
| And outside, it was so good
| And outside, it was so good
|
| You still remember it
| You still remember it
|
| How the days were long
| How the days were long
|
| And outside, it is so cold
| And outside, it is so cold
|
| Since then, it’s been months
| Since then, it's been months
|
| That I’m acting like a dead one | That I'm acting like a dead one |