Dernière Danse Lyrics in English Slimane

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Dernière Danse by Slimane from French to English.

my sweet suffering

Why keep at it, you’re starting again

I’m just a nobody

Without him, I’m kinda paranoid

I wander alone in the subway

One last dance

To forget my huge pain

I wanna run away, start it all over

my sweet suffering

I shake the sky day and night

I dance with the wind, the rain

A little love, a touch of honey

And I dance, dance, dance

Dance, dance, dance, dance

And in the noise, I run and I’m scared

Is it my turn

The pain comes back

All over Paris, I let go

And I fly away, fly, fly

Fly, fly, fly, fly

So much hope

On this path in your absence

I toil in vain

Without you my life’s just shiny scenery

Empty of meaning

I shake the sky day and night

I dance with the wind, the rain

A little love, a touch of honey

And I dance, dance, dance

Dance, dance, dance, dance

And in the noise, I run and I’m scared

Is it my turn

The pain comes back

All over Paris, I let go

And I fly away, fly, fly

Fly, fly, fly, fly

In this sweet suffering

I’ve paid for every offense

Listen how huge my heart is

I’m a child of the world

I shake the sky day and night

I dance with the wind, the rain

A little love, a touch of honey

And I dance, dance, dance

Dance, dance, dance, dance

And in the noise, I run and I’m scared

Is it my turn

The pain comes back

All over Paris, I let go

And I fly away, fly, fly

Fly, fly, fly, fly

I fly away

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SONG MEANING

Slimane’s “Dernière Danse” is a cinematic postcard of heartbreak set in the streets of Paris. The singer calls his pain ma douce souffrance – “my sweet suffering” – because even though the loss hurts, it still keeps him connected to the one he loves. Feeling “like a nobody,” he roams the metro alone and begs for une dernière danse, one last dance that might wipe away the “immense sorrow” weighing on him. The song swings between moments of fragility and bursts of defiance, turning a simple city stroll into an emotional roller-coaster.

Yet underneath the sadness pulses an unstoppable life-force. Slimane imagines himself twirling with the wind and rain, craving “a little love, a touch of honey,” and then soaring above the rooftops as he sings je m’envole, vole, vole. Every chorus is a whirl of motion; dancing becomes his survival instinct, a way to drown out the city noise and outrun returning pain. In the end, he admits he is “a child of the world,” hinting that even the deepest wounds can spark new freedom. “Dernière Danse” is both a melancholic confession and a triumphant anthem – proof that when the heart breaks, the body can still dance its way toward hope.

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Slimane Dernière Danse Lyrics