| Le chevalier des causes perdues
| The Knight of Lost Causes
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| S’est arrt un jour dans ma rue
| Stopped one day on my street
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| Il tait fait de larmes et de sang
| He was made of tears and blood
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| Ce gant, sur un grand cheval blanc
| This glove, on a big white horse
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| Le chevalier des causes perdues
| The Knight of Lost Causes
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| Nous a parl d’un monde inconnu
| Told us of an unknown world
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| Qu’il connaissait et qu’il appelait
| That he knew and called
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| L’amiti
| friendship
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| Il nous a expliqu
| He explained to us
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| Qu’il suffit d’un petit grain de sable
| All it takes is a little grain of sand
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| Pour drgler la machine implacable
| To tweak the relentless machine
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| Et moi je rvais d’tre ce grain de sable
| And I dreamed of being this grain of sand
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| Qui enfanterait un monde formidable…
| Who would bring forth a wonderful world...
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| La ville entire s’tait rassemble
| The whole city had gathered
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| Pour le faire taire et pour le chasser
| To shut him up and chase him away
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| Ce trouble-fte ce sale tranger
| This troublemaker this filthy foreigner
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| Ce fumier qui chantait l’amiti
| That motherfucker who sang of friendship
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| Je suis all lui tendre les mains
| I went to reach out my hands
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| J’en avais fait mon meilleur copain
| I made him my best friend
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| Je lui ai dit toi qui parles bien
| I told him you speak well
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| Parle encore.
| Speak again.
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| Toi qui nous a montr
| You who showed us
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| Qu’il suffit d’un petit grain de sable
| All it takes is a little grain of sand
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| Pour drgler la machine implacable
| To tweak the relentless machine
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| Laisse pas tomber tu es ce grain de sable
| Don't give up you are that grain of sand
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| Qui va enfanter un monde formidable…
| Who will bring forth a wonderful world...
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| Le chevalier des causes perdues
| The Knight of Lost Causes
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| A disparu au coin de la rue
| Disappeared around the corner
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| Si par malheur il ne revient plus
| If unfortunately he doesn't come back
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| C’est foutu. | Damn it. |