Paradis Perdus Lyrics in English Christine and the Queens

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Paradis Perdus by Christine and the Queens from French to English.
In my pink silk jacket
I roam morose
The dusk is grandiose
Heartless
How could you be so heartless
How could you be so heartless
How could you be so heartless
A dandy, a bit cursed, a bit aged
In this luxury that's collapsing
Remember when I sang
In London's cellars?
A bit drowned in the smoke
That sophisticated rock
Every night you stayed there
Heartless
How could you be so heartless
How could you be so heartless
How could you be so heartless
A bandit, a bit cursed, a bit aged
The musicians are wrinkled
And that keyboard, so pretty
I try to remember
One more time
The chords of that rock
That pounded like the English
Heartless
How could you be so heartless
How could you be so heartless
How could you be so heartless
In the night I hear them talk
The coldest story ever told
Somewhere far along this road
He lost his soul
To a woman so heartless
How could you be so heartless?
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SONG MEANING

"Paradis Perdus" feels like flipping through an old photo album at dusk, with Christine and the Queens wearing a pink-silk jacket and strolling through memories that glitter and crumble at the same time. Over a moody beat, she paints herself as a dandy… a little cursed, a little older, remembering smoky London cellars, wrinkled musicians, and a once-luxurious scene now falling apart. The French verses ooze nostalgia and faded glamour, while the borrowed chorus from Kanye West’s Heartless crashes in like a modern echo, reminding us that behind every lost paradise there is a sharp heartbreak that still stings.

At its core, the song is a cinematic mash-up of languages, eras, and emotions, showing how the past and present can collide inside one restless mind. Christine revisits the soundtrack of her youth, tries to recall those chords that once felt unbreakable, and realizes that time, fame, and love can all be thieves of the soul. The result is a bittersweet anthem about losing innocence, chasing artistic identity, and confronting the cold question that loops in her head: How could you be so heartless?

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