Below, I translated the lyrics of the song One Step Forward by Les Nubians from French to English.
These English lyric translations are not yet verified.
Rever d'vouloir virer de vieux debris
Dream of wanting to turn old debris
Quand il faut juste les jeter
When you just have to throw them away
J'ai oublie de vivre
I forgot to live
Oublie de vivre
Forget to live
Et je survis
And I survive
Dans une cage de stress
In a stress cage
Effluves d'ivresse et de tristesse
Scent of drunkenness and sadness
Le regard eteint, un spliff à la main
Looking away, a spliff in hand
Je m'oublie, je n'entends plus rien
I forget myself, I don't hear anything
Tout est ennui, tout n'est qu'envie
Everything is bored, everything is only to
Et ces bonheurs qu'on m'a promis
And these happiness that I was promised
Où sont-ils
Where are they
Le ciel m'a puni
The sky punished me
Les anges ont-ils brûle mes ailes
Do the angels have the my wings
Et j'implore le ciel qu'il m'entende
And I implore the sky that he hears me
Qu'en cet instant meme
That at that moment even
One step forward
One Step Forward
2 steps backward
2 steps backward
One step forward
One Step Forward
3 steps backward
3 steps backward
One step forward
One Step Forward
4 steps backward
4 steps backward
One step forward
One Step Forward
Meme les caresses n'ont plus le goût do miel
Even the caresses no longer have the goose
Je drive dans des vies qui ne sont pas les miennes
I drive in lives that are not mine
A trop fermer les yeux
To close your eyes too much
On devient sourd
We become deaf
Et l'amour se perd dans les detours
And love is lost in detours
Et see'est ça qui blesse
And see that hurts
De l'absence, de la distance
Absence, distance
Perte d'assurance
Loss of insurance
Trouver le moyen
Find the way
De reprendre consistance
To regain consistency
De me lever vetue demain de ma confiance
To get up, there is a good time for my confidence
Pour paver d'or le chemin
To pave the way
Que les anges me rendent mes ailes
That the angels give me my wings
Et j'implore le ciel qu'il m'entende
And I implore the sky that he hears me
Qu'en cet instant meme
That at that moment even
One step forward
One Step Forward
2 steps backward
2 steps backward
One step forward
One Step Forward
3 steps backward
3 steps backward
One step forward
One Step Forward
4 steps backward
4 steps backward
One step forward
One Step Forward
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