Hélas Lyrics in English by Coeur de pirate
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Hélas by Coeur de pirate from French to English.
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Qu'on s'attise ou qu'on s'éteigne
Whether we light up or die out
Nos flammes brûleront par elles-mêmes
Our flames will burn by themselves
Que l'on vive ou que l'on saigne
Whether we live or bleed
L'ardeur vibre dans nos veines
The ardor vibrates in our veins
On s'était promis au lendemain
We promised each other tomorrow
À tous ces lendemains de veille
To all these morning afters
Nos peaux brûlaient d'incertains
Our skins burned with uncertainty
De peur de perdre cette étincelle
For fear of losing that spark
Hélas, je pensais être seule
Alas, I thought I was alone
Et ce retour vient me noyer
And this return comes to drown me
Dans les abysses de l'inconnu
Into the abyss of the unknown
Que je n'croyais toucher
That I didn't think I'd touch
Hélas, je n'sais que faire
Alas, I don't know what to do
Des cendres, peut-on renaître?
From the ashes, can we be reborn?
Je n'suis qu'un être esseulé
I'm just a lonely being
De peur d'être abandonné
For fear of being abandoned
Du froid qu'on ressent en nous
From the cold we feel inside us
Nos démons au garde à vous
Our demons at attention
Quitte ou double, les jeux sont faits
Double or nothing, the game is over
Prendre une chance, c'est être défait
To take a chance is to be defeated
On s'était promis des aveux
We promised each other a confession
Mais l'on vit de vœux
But we live by wishes
Les pas qu'on faisait vers l'avant
The steps we took forward
S'enfoncent en reculant
Sinking backwards
Hélas, je pensais être seule
Alas, I thought I was alone
Et ce retour vient me noyer
And this return comes to drown me
Dans les abysses de l'inconnu
Into the abyss of the unknown
Que je n'croyais toucher
That I didn't think I'd touch
Hélas, je n'sais que faire
Alas, I don't know what to do
Des cendres, peut-on renaître?
From the ashes, can we be reborn?
Je n'suis qu'un être esseulé
I'm just a lonely being
De peur d'être abandonné
For fear of being abandoned
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