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Out of a “Nouveau Monde” (“New World”) Posted by on Jun 9, 2011 in Music, Vocabulary

Les paroles (the lyrics) of today’s song contain an unusual feature, do you think you can identify it?

Need un indice (a hint)?

Many words in French sound similar (homophones): Pot (meaning “pot” in English) and peau (skin); fer (iron) and the verb faire (to do), etc.!

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpG9On5e6-4

 

Mypollux – “Notre Nouveau Monde”

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* MYPOLLUX – “NOTRE NOUVEAU MONDE” (“OUR NEW WORLD”):

Espérant le vide

Hoping for emptiness

Je suppose, amorphe

I suppose, amorphous

Le vacarme réside

Din resides

Et c’est à lui que je m’offre

And it’s to him that I offer myself

Rien ne m’est plus intolérable

I find nothing to be more intolerable

Que la résonance de mes pas sur leur sol

Than my steps resounding on their floor

Toute cette immensité stable

All this stable wilderness

Et les chiens sans parole

And the silent dogs


Vends ta peau

Sell your skin

Pot de fer

Iron Pot

Faire-valoir

Sidekick

Valoir jamais

Never worth

Méconnaissance

Unaweresness

Sens interdit

No-entry

Dis moi oui

Tell me yes

Ou il t’en coûtera

Or you’ll pay for it

Regarde comme ils m’absorbent

Look how they absorb me

Mon corps devient si lourd

My body becomes so heavy

Tout ressemble à tout

Everything looks like everything

Donne moi ton corps

Give me your body

Corromps ton âme

Corrupt your soul

A moi l’argent

To me the money

Gens nocifs

Noxious people

Siphon enfin

Well, siphon

Fin obscure

Obscure end

Cure d’intox

Detox spa

Toxicité

Toxicity

Regarde comme ils m’absorbent

Look how they absorb me

Mon corps devient si lourd

My body becomes so heavy

Tout ressemble à tout

Everything looks like everything

Regarde comme ils m’absorbent

Look how they absorb me

Mon corps devient si lourd

My body becomes so heavy

Tout ressemble à tout

Everything resembles everything

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