Tailler La Route Lyrics in English Grand Corps Malade , Ben Mazué, Gaël Faye

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Tailler La Route by Grand Corps Malade from French to English.

Verse 1

Between two big gigs

Between two gusts of air

Verse 1

Between those who say yes, who say no

I've taken stock

Verse 1

If staying is hell

If leaving's in the air

Verse 1

Should I shake off forty years

Of my settled life

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And why would I leave the view

I've got from my terrace

Verse 1

My view's just fine

My neighborhood's just fine

Verse 1

And why would I leave my pals

And the neighbor opposite me

Verse 1

It's here I'm myself

Both calm and whole

Verse 1

Yet it tempts me

Yet it calls to me

Verse 1

Yet it doesn't fit my plan

And that's exactly what's tempting

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Yet I feel it, I fear it

I run from it and want it

Verse 1

Hit the road a bit before I'm old

To grasp the colors and the sweetness

Of distant warm lands

Verse 1

Learn the moonlit lights

Of foreign cities

Verse 1

Happily see how

Kids dance elsewhere

Verse 1

Build myself other markers

For when I close my eyelids

Hit the road

Verse 2

They don't know I bite

That my life reeks of brimstone

Verse 2

I pass like a meteor

The way we all will pass

Verse 2

I'm made of granite stone

But with a grenadine heart

Verse 2

When you crumble your weed

I'll sharpen my pencil

Verse 2

Yeah I'll hit the road

I've got no ties left here

Verse 2

I'll go hide in the hold

If there's no room left for me

Verse 2

Let them go scratch their scabs

That bunch of sons of cowards

Verse 2

Obsessed with their roots

I'm in love with the open sea

Verse 2

I wanna do thousands of miles

Yearn for a thousand novels

Verse 2

Moor myself to the slow rhythm

Soothe the anger in me with thousands of words

Verse 2

Admire the world, the moon

The distant wave of the sea

Verse 2

The dawn light on the water

While sailing from islands to islets

Verse 2

Avoid the waves

And wage battle with the Hydra of Evil

Verse 2

I've poured out the tears

I've long lived out in the open sea

Verse 2

Dress up in the gold

Of passing days to revive the soul

Verse 2

Walk with fire in the lantern

All the way to Lalibela

Hit the road

Verse 3

I love being alone, going fishing

Even if I don't fish

Leaving in the cool of dawn

Verse 3

I've got dry speech

When my appearance cheats

I'm not great at pretending

When my appearance falters

I don't often keep it to myself

I take it too often out on those

Who surround me and love me

Verse 3

So they themselves can recharge

From my sad refrains

Verse 3

Regularly I withdraw

I leave, or I can say

Nothing if I want

Regularly I withdraw

Sorry but no kidding

I'll never tell you

Verse 3

Come if you want

That means I love you

But I know myself

Verse 3

Past forty

I'm not gonna change much

Verse 3

I'm gonna drop my chains here

Here my chains, here my chains

Verse 3

And when I come back

Soul sound, soul sound, soul sound

Verse 3

I'll have traveled

Outro

Hit the road

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SONG MEANING

"Tailler La Route" throws you right into a friendly tug-of-war between comfort and curiosity. From the first lines, Grand Corps Malade is standing on his familiar terrace, happily surveying the neighborhood he loves, yet the breeze of adventure keeps messing up his thoughts. Turning forty feels like a crossroads: stay in the safe nest or shake off decades of routine and set his sneakers on fire? Joined by Ben Mazué and Gaël Faye, he weighs the pros and cons with humor, candor, and a dash of poetic swagger.

The chorus mantra — tailler la route (literally “to cut the road,” meaning “to hit the road”) — becomes a call to taste distant sunsets, learn new shades of moonlight, and collect stories that will glow behind the eyelids at night. The three voices each bring their own spin: one is granite-strong yet soft-hearted, another dreams of islands and starry skies, while the last admits that sometimes the best way to love the people around you is to step away and recharge. Together they craft a vivid invitation to chase the wide open, confront inner fears, and come back wiser, lighter, and soul-healthy.

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Grand Corps Malade Tailler La Route Lyrics