Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Disconnexion by La Femme from French to English.
These English lyric translations are not yet verified.
Je pense que le grand problème de l'Homme
I think that the great problem of Man
C'est d'éprouver sans cesse un désir d'expansion et sans limites
It is to constantly experience a desire for expansion and without limits
Tandis qu'il vit dans un monde rempli, lui, de limites physiques et cartésiennes
While he lives in a world filled with physical and Cartesian limits
Euh, si l'on s'en réfère à la pensée nihiliste et aux philosophes tragiques
Um, if we refer to nihilistic thought and tragic philosophers
Nous parvenons mieux à comprendre l'insignifiance vertigineuse de nos existences
We are better able to understand the dizzying insignificance of our existences
Et par ce fait, le vide de nos vies nous apparait alors évident
And as a result, the emptiness of our lives then appears obvious to us
Sans être ni optimiste, ni pessimiste
Without being either optimistic or pessimistic
Mais si l'on se positionne en tant que philosophe cynique pur
But if we position ourselves as a pure cynical philosopher
Et c'est par conséquent par l'usage d'artifices
And it is therefore through the use of artifices
Que nous arrivons à nous déconnecter de cette réalité Pascalienne qui nous effraie tant
That we manage to disconnect ourselves from this Pascalian reality which frightens us so much
Mais tout cela reste de l'ordre du concept et demeure incertain
But all this remains a concept and remains uncertain
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