Sincère Lyrics in English Cobalt

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Sincère by Cobalt from French to English.
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I'm leaving town
Austere silence
Nothing guides me anymore
I stub out a cig
Now that we're even
I f*ck everything up
Hm
I f*ck everything up
I love you like crazy
Probably a bit too much
Without wasting time
I pack my stuff
Like a G.I. Joe
I f*ck everything up
No, I don't have the guts
We're way too free
And we let it happen
The night
But were you sincere
Tell me, what's the point
Of writing you poems
That you don't read
But were you sincere
Tell me, what's the point
Of writing you poems
That you don't read
Were you there
Were you there
I'm leaving town
Austere silence
I'm like an alien
A UFO
I often slip away
I f*ck it all up
Hm
When you're getting off
I let go
It's the rodeo
In an instant
Everything scatters
Bad gadjo
I f*ck everything up
When you're not the wisest
In Daumesnil district
We let it slide
The night
But were you sincere
Tell me, what's the point
Of writing you poems
That you don't read
But were you sincere
Tell me, what's the point
Of writing you poems
That you don't read
Were you there
Were you there
I know the laugh
You make when you're sad
You know the void
That comes before vice
But were you sincere
Tell me, what's the point
Of writing you poems
That you don't read
Were you there
Were you there
But, were you there
Were you there
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SONG MEANING

Sincère places us right in the middle of a breakup gone nuclear. Cobalt’s narrator flees the city, crushes a cigarette, and declares Je fous tout en l'air—“I’m blowing everything up.” The song moves like a restless road trip: references to G.I. Joe, UFOs, and late-night rodeos underline how out-of-place and unanchored he feels. Over a moody beat, he grapples with total freedom that suddenly feels more frightening than thrilling, asking the one question that keeps looping in his mind: Were you ever sincere?

Beneath the rebellious energy lies raw vulnerability. The singer admits he loved “à la folie,” wrote poems that were never read, and even memorised the other person’s sad laugh. Each explosive line is paired with a quieter plea for honesty, showing that anger and heartbreak often share the same pulse. By the end, Sincère is less about escaping a city and more about escaping the doubt that lingers when love’s words and actions no longer match.

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