Emilie Autumn -- Marry Me (en français)

The second EA song I'm translating into French is actually the second song of hers I ever heard (the first being "Rose Red"). As with "Dead Is The New Alive" I faced the difficulty of translating idioms (especially 'dining on peacock', a subtle allusion to oral sex) that are nigh-impossible to translate perfectly. Also, the last couple of lyrics only make sense if bed rhymes with dead, and I couldn't find a French translation that would keep the rhyme, so I put the final words in brackets to get across the implied meaning.

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