Beautiful Loser

Beautiful Loser

Beautiful Loser

Flipping from one thing to another: from Rihanna's black eyeJ'zappe du coq à l'âne: du coquard de rihanna
To the Mentos and Diet Coke geyser,Au geyser de mentos et coca light,
From channel to channel, from Ilan to Youssouf Fofana,De canal en canal, d'ilan à youssouf fofana,
From Obama to Loana's breaststroke,D'obama à la brasse de loana,
Two chicks and their '...'.Deux nanas et leur "...".
(why am I watching this? It doesn't get me anywhere, obviously!(pourquoi j'matte ça? ça ne m'avance pas, ça va de soi!
Daft Punk on the fingers,Daft punk sur les dix doigts,
Miss Amanda, the pera and the francs cfa,Miss amanda, le pe-ra et les francs cfa,
A blonde girl in coupe-decale from Guadeloupe,)Une blondinette en coupé-décalé gwada,)
A ninja, afro haircut, playing with nunchucks,Un ninja, coupe afro, joue du nunchaku,
Autopsy photos of Tupac Shakur.Les photos d'autopsie de tupac shakur.
Every day, I go from morbid to trivial,Chaque jour, j'passe du morbide au futile,
Get lost in a maze of useless images.Me perds dans un dédale d'images inutiles.
A girl stacking cups in a pyramid,Une gamine empile des gobelets en pyramide,
I think she's quick and I'm wasting my time.J'me dis qu'elle est rapide et qu'mon temps j'dilapide.
In the Thames, we surf with dynamite, buddy,Dans la tamise, on surfe à la dynamite, l'ami,
To have our fifteen minutes of fame as Andy said.Pour avoir son quart d'heure de gloire comme andy l'a dit.

People, people, people, people...People, people, people, people...
Beautiful losers...Beautiful losers...

Sit up straight and listen,Sit up straight and listen,
Just too much information,Just too much information,
Please won't you let me be,Please won't you let me be,
Is it my own choice, that it puzzles me so?Is it my own choice, that it puzzles me so?
Stop! need to turn you off, yes it's time to go...Stop! need to turn you off, yes it's time to go...
Calmness breeds imagination,Calmness breeds imagination,
And silence punctuates the sound,And silence ponctuates the sound,
It's a very numbing feeling asIt's a very numbing feeling as
Our pencils hit the ground,Our pencils hit the ground,
The quiet fire of revolution,The quiet fire of revolution,
Once again starts inside.Once again starts inside.

People, people, people, people...People, people, people, people...
Beautiful losers...Beautiful losers...

A revolution sponsored by Nokia;Une révolution sponsorisée par nokia;
The suffering of a state in Neda's eyes,La souffrance d'un etat dans le regard de neda,
Forgive me if I don't dwellPardonnez-moi, si je ne m'attarde pas
But I prefer the helicopter Kama Sutra way.Mais je préfère l'hélicoptère façon kâma-sùtra.
Amy on crack, Britney with the magic 8 ball,Amy sous crack, britney la boule à z,
Laure with her butt out, comfortable, like Paris, did you see the scene?Laure le boule à l'air, à l'aise, comme paris t'as vu la scène?
(My pupils are square, eyes bloodshot(j'ai la pupille carrée, les yeux injectés de sang
From staring at the screen within the screen.A force de fixer l'écran dans l'écran.
I fall in line, slowly, without momentum,Je rentre dans les rangs, lentement, sans élan,
Losing my time in wandering, plan after plan.)Égarant mon temps dans l'errance, plan sur plan.)
Rigged like 'cell phones and popcorn',Truqué comme "portables et pop corn",
Yankee like gun ports and hot dogs!Yankee comme port d'armes et hot dog!
Ray-Ban and top model, in the midst of a crisis putting on skis,Ray-ban et top model, en pleine crise chausser les skis,
Bankable like Bruni Tedeschi.Banquable comme bruni tedeschi.
Little wit, just Ness-bi,Peu d'esprit, juste du ness-bi,
Life a pale copy,De la vie une pale copie,
An industry stuttering,Une industrie qui balbutie,
An industry stuttering.Une industrie qui balbutie.