| ‡a sent le renferm© Le d (c)j respir© ‡a sent le corps en panne
| ‡it smells musty The d (c)j breathes ‡it smells like the body breaking down
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| ‡a sent la vie en can
| ‡it smells of can life
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| Ambiance de toux creuse
| Hollow Cough Vibe
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| Sur fond de balayeuse
| Against the backdrop of a sweeper
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| Dans l'(c)cho du couloir
| In the (c)cho of the hallway
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| O№ pendent des peignoirs peine habit (c)s
| O№ hang bathrobes hardly habit (c)s
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| On dirait que les murs d (c)teignent
| Looks like the walls d (c)dye
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| Ou que les joues sont d (c)lav (c)es
| Or that the cheeks are d (c)lav (c)es
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| Et toutes les chevelures se peignent
| And all the hair is combed
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| Ђ la mode des oreillers
| pillow fashion
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| ‡a sent le renferm© Le d (c)j respir© ‡a sent le corps en panne
| ‡it smells musty The d (c)j breathes ‡it smells like the body breaking down
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| ‡a sent la vie en can
| ‡it smells of can life
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| Aux poignets squelettiques
| With skeletal wrists
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| Bracelets de plastique
| Plastic wristbands
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| Comme un bijou d’famille
| Like a family jewel
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| De fille en aiguille
| From girl to needle
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| On est des tas dans l’entrepґt
| We are heaps in the warehouse
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| Avec des pices remplacer
| With parts replaced
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| Et y a le bonhomme en sarrau
| And there's the man in the lab coat
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| Qui dit que c’est discontinu©, discontinu© Roule-moi pendant qu’j’suis faible
| Who says it's discontinued, discontinued Roll me while I'm weak
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| Que tous mes muscles cdent
| Let all my muscles give way
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| Pendant qu’tu crois qu’tu m’aides
| While you think you're helping me
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| Pendant qu’tu crois qu’je crve
| While you think I'm dying
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| Tu sais pas comment j’rЄve
| You don't know how I dream
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| D’sortir par la grande porte
| To go out the front door
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| Tu verras qu’c’est pas morte
| You'll see it's not dead
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| Attends un peu qu’j’me lve
| Wait a bit until I get up
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| ‡a sent le renferm© Le d (c)j respir© ‡a sent le corps en panne
| ‡it smells musty The d (c)j breathes ‡it smells like the body breaking down
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| ‡a sent la vie en can
| ‡it smells of can life
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| Gentillesse (c)tudi (c)e
| Kindness (c)tudi (c)e
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| On n’est pas des b (c)b (c)s
| We are not b (c)b (c)s
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| Ta gueule et pousse ma chaise
| Shut up and push my chair
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| On monte au 213
| We go up to 213
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| On dirait que les murs m'(c)treignent
| It seems like the walls are hugging me
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| Est-ce un couloir ou un placard
| Is it a hallway or a closet
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| C’est la r (c)signation qui rgne
| It is the r (c)signation that reigns
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| Quand passe le cortge de brancards matin et soir
| When passes the procession of stretchers morning and evening
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| Roule-moi pendant qu’j’suis faible
| Roll me while I'm weak
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| Que tous mes muscles cdent
| Let all my muscles give way
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| Pendant qu’tu crois qu’tu m’aides
| While you think you're helping me
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| Pendant qu’tu crois qu’je crve
| While you think I'm dying
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| Tu sais pas comment j’rЄve
| You don't know how I dream
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| D’sortir par la grande porte
| To go out the front door
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| Tu verras qu’c’est pas morte
| You'll see it's not dead
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| Attends un peu qu’j’me lve
| Wait a bit until I get up
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| Roule-moi pendant qu’j’suis faible
| Roll me while I'm weak
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| Que tous mes muscles cdent
| Let all my muscles give way
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| Pendant qu’tu crois qu’tu m’aides
| While you think you're helping me
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| Pendant qu’tu crois qu’je crve
| While you think I'm dying
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| Tu sais pas comment j’rЄve
| You don't know how I dream
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| D’sortir par la grande porte
| To go out the front door
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| Tu verras qu’c’est pas morte
| You'll see it's not dead
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| Attends un peu qu’j’me lve
| Wait a bit until I get up
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| C’pas ici qu’j’voulais m’rendre
| It's not here that I wanted to go
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| J’ai mЄme pas vu l’Irlande
| I haven't even seen Ireland
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| Pas mis l’pied en Egypte
| Didn't set foot in Egypt
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| Attends que j’ressuscite
| Wait until I come back to life
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| Attends que mes pieds m’portent
| Wait for my feet to carry me
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| Tu verras qu’c’est pas morte
| You'll see it's not dead
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| Dans cette prison qui pue
| In this stinky prison
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| Que j’vous ferai mon salut | That I will give you my greeting |