Soleil Noir Lyrics in English Tim Dup

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Soleil Noir by Tim Dup from French to English.
Verse 1
I stayed fifteen minutes
Head anchored in the asphalt
I drowned in the streets
Linking boulevards
Like there was something deep down to see
A f*cking take on her smile by the bar
Dancing in the street
I coughed my lungs out
So they'd empty the urge they had to scream
To never see her vanish in the night again
Fly off into the shadows
Like on the very first night
Chorus 1
Sun, sun
Endless days
Wonder, wonder
Against her breast
Sun sun
Hand in hand
Wonder, wonder
Like a drawing
Verse 2
I'd gladly stay for hours
To drown myself
In the opaque glasses of smoke-filled terraces
Watching the faces that bloom
Watching hers before it shows
A bit like primary colors
That sometimes fade away
To become pastels, watercolors or mixed
A bit like the sleepless night that holds back sleep
Lost in drunkenness and bathed in light
She grabs me
And slips away
Gotta catch her
Sun, sun
Endless days
Wonder, wonder
Against her breast
Sun, sun
Hand in hand
Wonder, wonder
Like a drawing
A bit like primary colors
That sometimes fade away
To become pastels, watercolors or mixed
A bit like the sleepless night that holds back sleep
Lost in drunkenness and bathed in light
She grabs me
And slips away
Gotta catch her
Sun, sun
Wonder, wonder
Sun, sun
Wonder, wonder
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SONG MEANING

Soleil Noir plunges us into a nocturnal Paris where concrete boulevards feel like rivers and every neon light hints at a hidden treasure. Tim Dup drifts through smoke-filled terraces, lungs burning from dancing in the street, desperately scanning the city for a single smile that once lit up his world. The repeated mantra “Soleil, soleil – merveille, merveille” turns his lost love into a blazing sun: a source of endless days, hand-in-hand wonder and child-like sketches come to life.

Beneath the catchy chorus lies a bittersweet chase. Colors fade from bold primaries to soft pastels, nights stretch into sleepless dawns, and the “black sun” he pursues keeps slipping through the shadows. The song captures that heady mix of urban loneliness and euphoria – the moment when love feels both intoxicatingly close and unbearably far. In short, Soleil Noir is a poetic sprint after a disappearing light, reminding us how fiercely we cling to the memories that once made our world shine.

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