Comme Une Voiture Volée Lyrics in English Benjamin Biolay

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Comme Une Voiture Volée by Benjamin Biolay from French to English.
That morning, by mistake
I'd gotten up too early
My heart's an old engine
If you lift the hood
When I saw you show up
With that innocent "never touch a thing" look
Your Peter Pan collar, your lollipop
And that sense you'd already stolen, stolen
So chill, not even made up
You're beautiful like a stolen car
You're the bullet that knocked me down
You're beautiful like a stolen car
If I'd known, I'd have talked to you
That morning, up in the sky
There were obscene clouds
People looked like hyenas
Staring at my sorry look
Then I saw you kissing that bearded guy
Who looked just like the perfect trader
He only wanted your *ss, while I
I only, I only wanted your heart
So chill, not even made up
You're beautiful like a stolen car
You're the bullet that knocked me down
You're beautiful like a stolen car
If you knew
That you're my whole life
That you're my sun, my ruby
That I'm easy
That I lie down easy
That I'm submissive
That you're my whole death
That you're my whole life
If I'd met you before
When I was young and charming, charming
So chill, not even made up
You're beautiful like a stolen car
You're the bullet that knocked me down
You're beautiful like a stolen car
If I'd known, I'd have talked to you
If I'd met you before
When, when I was young and charming, charming
If I'd met you before
When I was young and charming, charming
You're beautiful like a stolen car
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SONG MEANING

Comme Une Voiture Volée paints the scene of an ordinary morning that suddenly sparks like high-octane fuel. The narrator wakes up too early, feeling his heart creak like an old engine, then spots a girl who looks innocent yet wildly alluring. With her lollipop, Peter-Pan collar and lack of makeup, she seems both child-like and rebellious. He can only describe her impact with a surprising French idiom: she is belle comme une voiture volée – as beautiful as a stolen car – dazzling, dangerous and impossible to ignore. The chorus drives home this shock: she is the “bullet” that fells him in one shot.

As the song cruises on, the narrator’s fascination turns into regret. He watches her kiss a bearded “perfect trader” who, he believes, only wants her body, whereas he dreams of winning her heart. He confesses that she could be his whole life, sun and ruby alike, yet he feels powerless, too late, no longer “young and charming.” The lyrics speed between admiration and self-deprecation, capturing that bittersweet mix of infatuation and missed opportunity. Ultimately, the stolen-car metaphor reminds us that some attractions feel fast, risky and fleeting – but they leave skid marks on the soul.

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