| J’ai toujours su que j’allais te perdre
| I always knew I was gonna lose you
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| Moi qui ne supporte pas le bonheur
| Me who can't stand happiness
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| Moi qui ai toujours tout gâché
| Me who always messed up
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| J’ai toujours su que tu partirai
| I always knew you would leave
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| Et si je suis insupportable, méchant, capricieux et médisant…
| And if I'm insufferable, mean, temperamental and slanderous...
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| J’ai toujours su que j’allais te perdre
| I always knew I was gonna lose you
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| Moi qui ne supporte pas le bonheur
| Me who can't stand happiness
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| Moi qui ai toujours tout gâché
| Me who always messed up
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| J’ai toujours su que tu partirai
| I always knew you would leave
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| Et si je suis insupportable, méchant capricieux et médisant
| What if I'm insufferable, nasty, capricious and slanderous
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| C’est que depuis l'âge du cartable
| It's only since the age of the satchel
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| Je n’ai jamais pu supporter les gens
| I could never stand people
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| Ceux qui emportent le sort
| Those who prevail
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| De cette maudite race humaine
| Of this accursed human race
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| En se disant que l’amour est fort
| Telling yourself that love is strong
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| Et de surcroît il vaut mieux que la haine
| And besides, it's better than hate
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| Moi qui ai toujours tout gâché
| Me who always messed up
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| Moi qui ne supporte pas le bonheur
| Me who can't stand happiness
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| Toi qui voulut des enfants
| You who wanted children
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| Moi qui n’en aurait jamais
| Me who would never have
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| Moi qui n’ai jamais eu ton cran
| Me who never had your guts
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| Moi qui savais que tu partirais
| Me who knew you would leave
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| J’ai toujours su que j’allais te perdre
| I always knew I was gonna lose you
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| Qu’un jour tu serai trop usée
| That one day you'll be too worn out
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| Que tu ne supporterai plus l’herbe
| That you can't stand the weed anymore
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| Que je coupe sous tes pieds
| That I cut under your feet
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| Tu as choisis un autre que moi
| You chose someone other than me
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| Et pour continuer ton chemin
| And to go on your way
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| Que tu mènes du bout de ta croix
| That you lead from the end of your cross
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| Moi qui n’ai jamais cru en rien
| Me who never believed in anything
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| Un autre se promène à ton bras
| Another walks on your arm
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| Je suis seul et je comprends enfin
| I'm alone and I finally understand
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| Ta colère et ton désarroi
| Your anger and your dismay
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| Moi qui n’ai jamais pris ta main
| I who never took your hand
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| J’ai toujours su que tu partirai
| I always knew you would leave
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| Que tu ne supporterai plus
| That you won't take anymore
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| Mes avis sur tout sans arrêt
| My opinions on everything all the time
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| Et mes réflexions malvenues
| And my unwelcome thoughts
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| Je n'étais pas contre le bonheur
| I was not against happiness
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| Mais lui m’a tant et tant déçu
| But he disappointed me so much
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| Qu’il en a transformé mon coeur
| That it changed my heart
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| En un bloc d’idées reçues
| In a clump of received ideas
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| Que cet homme que je méprise
| That this man that I despise
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| Qui se pend aujourd’hui à ton cou
| Who hangs around your neck today
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| Assure le bonheur de l’emprise du talent
| Ensures happiness from the grip of talent
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| Et pour finir j’avoue
| And finally I confess
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| Qu’il vaut 100 fois ma conscience mon désespoir et mes regrets
| That it's worth 100 times my conscience my despair and my regrets
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| Qu’il a 1000 fois ma patience
| That he has 1000 times my patience
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| Moi qui savais que tu partirai
| Me who knew you would leave
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| J’ai toujours su que j’allais te perdre
| I always knew I was gonna lose you
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| Moi qui ne supporte pas le bonheur
| Me who can't stand happiness
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| Moi qui ai toujours tout gâché
| Me who always messed up
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| Moi qui savais que tu partirai
| Me who knew you would leave
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| Moi qui savais que tu partirai
| Me who knew you would leave
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| Que tu partirai | That you will leave |