Te promettre la lune
Debout sur le zinc Lyrics

J'aimerais tant te promettre la lune
The singer wishes they could promise everything to you

Je ne connais rien
They don't know much about you or your paths

De toi, de nos chemins
They don't know your past or future together

Je te parle comme ça
The artist talks like this out of fear or uncertainty

Par peur d'être sourd
They are afraid of not being able to hear when their turn comes

Muet, quand mon tour viendra
They fear they will be mute when it's their turn to speak

Comme je t'imagine
The singer imagines how you might be

En jupe ou en jean
They imagine you in different clothes

Te jetant dans mes bras
They imagine you throwing yourself into their arms

Se dessinent au loin
They see distant nights that don't end

Les nuits qui n'en finissent pas
The distant nights feel like they never end

Mais la lune est déjà prise
They can't promise the moon because it's already taken

Livrer pour toi les clés de la fortune
They want to give you keys to the fortune

Dans un monde un peu paisible
They want to give you those keys in a peaceful world

Et si je me fatigue
The singer is afraid of getting tired

À trop vouloir gagner
They are afraid of wanting too much

Je n'ai rien à t'offrir
They have nothing to offer you

Tu n'es pas encore né(e)
They are speaking to their unborn child

Je te parlerais de ma vie
They want to tell you about their life

Comme elle peut faire envie
Their life can seem enviable

Et décevoir souvent
But it can also disappoint

Comment s'enchaînent
They explain how joys and pains follow each other

Les joies les douleurs, tout l'temps
They are constantly followed by joys and pains

Je te parlerais de celle
They want to tell you about a woman who helped them

Qui m'a pris sous son aile
This woman took them under her wing

Sans que je sache comment
They don't know how this woman helped them

Celle que tu appelleras
They know that one day, you'll call her Mom

Un jour ou l'autre Maman
You will call this woman Mom someday

Mais les hommes se fatiguent
They explain that men get tired

Rêver ne vaux pas vivre
Dreaming is not as good as living

Mais rien de tout cela
None of this exists in the singer's current reality

Dans la chambre du bas
They are in a room downstairs

Où résonne à peine
There's hardly any sound in this room

Le bruit de mes pas
All they can hear are their own footsteps

Juste une frise au mur
There's only a border on the wall

Et un mobile qui ne tourne pas
And a mobile that doesn't move

Et j'évoque malgré moi
Despite themselves, they think about

Le vide d'ici-bas
The emptiness of life without you

Tout ce qui sans toi ne m'intéresse pas
Everything that doesn't involve you is uninteresting to them

Je soigne mes blessures
They try to heal their wounds

Je sais... que tu me viens déjà
They know that you're already coming