Elle s'en va vivre ailleurs [English translation]

Tonight her dream has coupled itself

To the last wagon of a train

She’s off to live somewhere else

Far from the grey walls where she weeps

She knows someone

Who’s going to believe in her tale

And open his heart to her

He’ll light up words

To warm her skin

And to cover her with flowers

She’s off to live somewhere else

On the arm of a strange star

Of a film star or a model, a singer

She’s heard so much about his life

That she wants to live it

She’s heard so much about him

That she wants to follow him

And perhaps she chose him

So that he can free her

She’s leaving so that he will save her

So that he’ll speak to her his purple prose 1

So that he’ll carry her away

Far from the grey walls where she weeps

There’ll be only him on her path

She will live out all her crazy dreams

She’s heard so much about his life

That she wants to live it

She’s heard so much about him

That she wants to follow him

And perhaps she chose him

So that he can free her

Too bad if it’s a mirage

The other side of the picture

Doesn’t scare her one little bit

She’s off to live somewhere else

Even if the singer lives in another story

Even if his gaze is nothing but a mirror

But a mirror

1. Overly elaborate or ornate language