All that we needed was right
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B2 · Upper-Intermediate
French
Slipping Away (Crier la vie)
mylène farmer
Slipping Away (Crier la vie) by mylène farmer — French lyrics with English translation, line by line. Learn French through music on Langooo.
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8 lines, first 8 translated
About this song
Slipping Away (Crier la vie) by mylène farmer is a great song to learn French through music. This page breaks down 8 lines with a clear, line-by-line translation, plus 5 key words such as needed, everything, seeing. Singing along is one of the fastest ways to pick up natural pronunciation and make new phrases stick — far more memorable than plain word lists. Tap any line to open interactive mode and practice the vocabulary until you own it.
Lyrics and Translation
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The threshhold is breaking tonight
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Open to everything happy and sad
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Seeing the good when it's all going bad
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Seeing the sun when I can't really see
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Hoping the sun will at least look at me
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Focus on everything better today
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All that I needed I never could say
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Song Vocabulary
Key words from this song. Practice them in Langooo to remember them faster.
needed
needed
everything
everything
seeing
seeing
right
right
breaking
breaking
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What are the French lyrics to "Slipping Away (Crier la vie)" by mylène farmer in English?
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What do the key words in "Slipping Away (Crier la vie)" mean?
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