| Coeur de Pirate – Comme Des Enfants Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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*Your laugh. *little bit more... haha. And sorry for posting the corrected lyrics twice... Anyway, this song is about a girl who is in a relationship with one guy (that she does in fact love) but is also in love with a friend of hers, which I think started out as just a harmless crush she developed after a while, but then evolved into something more (since he teased her a lot ["treated her like a child"], she just thought those were fleeting sentiments at first until they finally). So the first verse is her talking to the "other" guy and explaining how confusing the situation is and how it got out of hand... and how they have nothing left to lose so they should be with each other. After a while, she gets sick of trying to strike a balance between the two guys (I translated it as two-timing, but rédoublement actually means like... a division in two... but I didn't want that one line to be exceptionally long since there's no single word for it in English), so she ends up leaving her boyfriend for this other guy that she's been sleeping with because they both love each other more than in her relationship with the first guy. But she feels guilty about this, which is reflected in the repetition of the chorus (it keeps running through her mind). The reason she feels guilty is that even though the first guy knew about the affair the whole time and even though she ended up leaving him for that other guy, he's still in love with her after their relationship ended. (I'll conclude my interpretation of it after mentioning this line which is vital) I love the lines: Car sans rire, c'est plus facile de rêver/A ce qu'on ne pourra jamais plus toucher (‘Cause joking aside, it’s easier to dream/About what we can never touch again). It's like she's almost scared that the reason she loves him more is simply because she shouldn't and that after she leaves her boyfriend for this guy, she'll end up loving the first guy more than this second guy. Conclusion: However, along with the whole repetition thing I explained earlier, it's also as if that over time, even though her now ex is still in love with her, she feels like she made the right decision since she still loves the second guy more. I really like the expression "le bonheur aux lèvres" or "happiness on our (the) lips"... I get the sense that it means "a kiss." I also think it may have been better to translate it as "with one resolute stop" as oppose to "with a resolute step" but I translated it quickly and it's really late. |
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| Coeur de Pirate – Comme Des Enfants Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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So you see how it all gets mixed up And from your heart to your lips, I become a headache You laugh calls out to me to let you go Before losing control and giving up ‘Cause I will never ask you for so much Especially since you already treat me like a child We no longer have anything left to lose Other than our lives that we left behind And he still loves me, and I love you just a little bit more But he still loves me, and I love you just a little but more That’s enough of this two-timing It’s harder to do than any other way ‘Cause joking aside, it’s easier to dream About what we can never touch again We take each other’s hands a little artlessly Like children with happiness on our lips And we walk together with a resolute step Whereas our heads are telling us to stop everything And he still loves me, and I love you just a little bit more But he still loves me, and I love you just a little but more And despite this, he still loves me, and I love you just a little bit more But he still loves me, and I love you just a little but more Again, and I love you just a little bit more But he still loves me, and I love you just a little but more And despite this, he still loves me, and I love you just a little bit more But he still loves me, and I love you just a little but more And despite this, he still loves me, and I love you just a little bit more But he still loves me, and I love you just a little but more And despite this, he still loves me, and I love you just a little bit more But he still loves me, and I love you just a little but more |
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| Coeur de Pirate – Comme Des Enfants Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Alors tu vois, comme tout se mele Et du coeur à tes levres, je deviens un casse-tête Ton rire me crit de te lacher Avant de perdre prise et d'abandonner Car je ne t'en demanderai jamais autant Déja que tu me traites comme un grand enfant Nous n'avons plus rien à risquer A part nos vies qu'on laisse de coté Et il m'aime encore, et moi je t'aime un peu plus fort Mais il m'aime encore, et moi je t'aime un peu plus fort C'en est assez de ces dédoublements C'est plus dur à faire qu'autrement Car sans rire, c'est plus facile de rêver A ce qu'on ne pourra jamais plus toucher On se prend la main, comme des enfants Le bonheur aux lèvres, un peu naïvement Et on marche ensemble d'un pas décidé Alors que nos têtes nous crient de tout arrêter Il m'aime encore, et toi tu m'aime un peu plus fort Mais il m'aime encore, et moi je t'aime un peu plus fort Et malgré ça il m'aime encore, et moi je t'aime un peu plus fort Mais il m'aime encore, et moi je t'aime un peu plus fort Encore, et moi je t'aime un peu plus fort Mais il m'aime encore, et moi je t'aime un peu plus fort Et malgré ça il m'aime encore, et moi je t'aime un peu plus fort Mais il m'aime encore, et moi je t'aime un peu plus fort Et malgré sa il, m'aime encore, et moi je t'aime un plus fort Mais il m'aime encore, et moi je t'aime un peu plus fort Et malgré ça il, m'aime encore et moi je t'aime un peu plus fort Mais il m'aime encore, et moi je t'aime un peu plus fort |
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| Coeur de Pirate – Comme Des Enfants Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Alors tu vois, comme tout se mele Et du coeur a tes levres, je deviens un casse-tête Ton rire me crit de te lacher Avant de perdre prise et d'abandonner Car je ne t'en demanderai jamais autant Déja que tu me traites comme un grand enfant Nous n'avons plus rien à risquer A part nos vies qu'on laisse de coté Et il m'aime encore, et moi je t'aime un peu plus fort Mais il m'aime encore, et moi je t'aime un peu plus fort C'en est assez de ces dédoublements C'est plus dur à faire qu'autrement Car sans rire, c'est plus facile de rêver A ce qu'on ne pourra jamais plus toucher On se prend la main, comme des enfants Le bonheur aux lèvres, un peu naïvement Et on marche ensemble d'un pas décidé Alors que nos têtes nous crient de tout arrêter Il m'aime encore, et toi tu m'aime un peu plus fort Mais il m'aime encore, et moi je t'aime un peu plus fort Et malgré ça il m'aime encore, et moi je t'aime un peu plus fort Mais il m'aime encore, et moi je t'aime un peu plus fort Encore, et moi je t'aime un peu plus fort Mais il m'aime encore, et moi je t'aime un peu plus fort Et malgré ça il m'aime encore, et moi je t'aime un peu plus fort Mais il m'aime encore, et moi je t'aime un peu plus fort Et malgré sa il, m'aime encore, et moi je t'aime un plus fort Mais il m'aime encore, et moi je t'aime un peu plus fort Et malgré ça il, m'aime encore et moi je t'aime un peu plus fort Mais il m'aime encore, et moi je t'aime un peu plus fort |
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