Elle Me Dit

• By: Mika

Lyrics:

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[English]

Pom, pom, pom

Pom, pom, pom

Pom, pom, pom, pom, pom

Pom, pom, pom, pom, pom

Hey

Hey

...

...

Elle me dit

She tells me

"Écris une chanson contente

"Write a happy song

Pas une chanson déprimante

Not a depressing song

Une chanson que tout l'monde aime"

A song that everyone likes"

Elle me dit

She tells me

"Tu deviendras milliardaire

"You'll become a billionaire

T'auras de quoi être fier

You'll have something to be proud of

Ne finis pas comme ton père"

Don't end up like your father"

Elle me dit

She tells me

"Ne t'enferme pas dans ta chambre

"Don't lock yourself in your room

Vas-y, secoue-toi et danse

Come on, shake it and dance

Dis-moi, c'est quoi ton problème?"

Tell me, what's your problem?"

Elle me dit

She tells me

"Qu'est-ce que t'as, t'as l'air coincé?

"What's wrong, you seem uptight?

T'es défoncé ou t'es gay?

Are you high or are you gay?

Tu finiras comme ton frère"

You'll end up like your brother"

Elle me dit

She tells me

Elle me dit "c'est ta vie

She tells me "it's your life

Fais c'que tu veux, tant pis

Do what you want, too bad

Un jour tu comprendras

One day you'll understand

Un jour tu t'en voudras"

One day you'll regret it"

Elle me dit "t'es trop nul

She tells me "you're so lame

Sors un peu de ta bulle

Get out of your bubble

Tu fais n'importe quoi

You're doing just anything

On dirait que t'aimes ça"

It looks like you like it"

Pourquoi tu gâches ta vie?

Why are you wasting your life?

Pourquoi tu gâches ta vie?

Why are you wasting your life?

Pourquoi tu gâches ta vie?

Why are you wasting your life?

Danse, danse, danse

Dance, dance, dance

Elle me dit "danse"

She tells me "dance"

Pourquoi tu gâches ta vie?

Why are you wasting your life?

Pourquoi tu gâches ta vie?

Why are you wasting your life?

Pourquoi tu gâches ta vie?

Why are you wasting your life?

Danse, danse, danse

Dance, dance, dance

Elle me dit

She tells me

"Fais comme les autres garçons

"Be like the other boys

Va taper dans un ballon

Go kick a ball around

Tu deviendras populaire"

You'll become popular"

Elle me dit

She tells me

"Qu'est-ce tu fous sur Internet?

"What are you doing on the Internet?

Ça va pas bien dans ta tête?

Are you out of your mind?

Regarde le temps que tu perds"

Look at the time you're wasting"

Elle me dit

She tells me

"Pourquoi tu te plains tout l'temps?

"Why are you always complaining?

On dirait que t'as 8 ans

You look like you're 8 years old

C'est pas comme ça qu'tu vas plaire"

That's not how you're going to please"

Elle me dit

She tells me

"Un jour je n'serai plus là"

"One day I won't be here anymore"

Mais c'est quand elle me dit ça

But it's when she tells me that

Qu'elle me dit un truc que j'aime

That she tells me something I like

Elle me dit

She tells me

Elle me dit "c'est ta vie

She tells me "it's your life

Fais c'que tu veux, tant pis

Do what you want, too bad

Un jour tu comprendras

One day you'll understand

Un jour tu t'en voudras"

One day you'll regret it"

Elle me dit "t'es trop nul

She tells me "you're so lame

Sors un peu de ta bulle

Get out of your bubble

Tu fais n'importe quoi

You're doing just anything

On dirait que t'aimes ça"

It looks like you like it"

(Elle me dit "danse")

(She tells me "dance")

Pourquoi tu gâches ta vie?

Why are you wasting your life?

Pourquoi tu gâches ta vie? (Elle me dit "danse")

Why are you wasting your life? (She tells me "dance")

Pourquoi tu gâches ta vie?

Why are you wasting your life?

Danse, danse, danse

Dance, dance, dance

Elle me dit "danse"

She tells me "dance"

Pourquoi tu gâches ta vie?

Why are you wasting your life?

Pourquoi tu gâches ta vie? (Elle me dit "danse")

Why are you wasting your life? (She tells me "dance")

Pourquoi tu gâches ta vie?

Why are you wasting your life?

Danse, danse, danse

Dance, dance, dance

Elle me dit

She tells me

"T'as pas encore des cheveux blancs

"You don't have any gray hair yet

Et t'auras bientôt 30 ans

And you'll be 30 soon

Faudrait que tu te réveilles"

You should wake up"

Elle me dit

She tells me

"Tu es toujours un enfant

"You're still a child

Tu ne seras jamais grand

You'll never grow up

Et moi je suis déjà vieille"

And I'm already old"

Elle me dit

She tells me

"Regarde un peu tes amis

"Look at your friends

Qu'est-ce qu'ils vont faire de leur vie?

What are they going to do with their lives?

Y a de quoi se foutre en l'air"

Enough to off yourself"

Elle me dit

She tells me

"Oui un jour tu me tueras"

"Yes, one day you'll kill me"

Et c'est quand elle me dit ça

And it's when she tells me that

Qu'elle me dit un truc que j'aime

That she tells me something I like

Elle me dit "danse"

She tells me "dance"

Elle me dit "danse, danse, danse"

She tells me "dance, dance, dance"

Elle me dit "danse"

She tells me "dance"

Elle me dit "danse, danse, danse"

She tells me "dance, dance, dance"

Elle me dit "danse"

She tells me "dance"

Elle me dit "danse, danse, danse"

She tells me "dance, dance, dance"

Elle me dit "danse, danse, danse, danse, danse, danse, danse"

She tells me "dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance"

Elle me dit "danse"

She tells me "dance"

Elle me dit "c'est ta vie" (elle me dit "danse, danse, danse")

She tells me "it's your life" (she tells me "dance, dance, dance")

"Fais c'que tu veux, tant pis" (elle me dit "danse")

"Do what you want, too bad" (she tells me "dance")

"Un jour tu comprendras" (elle me dit "danse, danse, danse")

"One day you'll understand" (she tells me "dance, dance, dance")

"Un jour tu t'en voudras" (elle me dit "danse")

"One day you'll regret it" (she tells me "dance")

Elle me dit "t'es trop nul" (elle me dit "danse, danse, danse")

She tells me "you're so lame" (she tells me "dance, dance, dance")

"Sors un peu de ta bulle" (elle me dit "danse")

"Get out of your bubble" (she tells me "dance")

"Tu fais n'importe quoi" ("danse, danse, danse, danse, danse, danse")

"You're doing just anything" ("dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance")

"On dirait que t'aimes ça" (elle me dit "danse")

"It looks like you like it" (she tells me "dance")

Pourquoi tu gâches ta vie? (elle me dit "danse")

Why are you wasting your life? (she tells me "dance")

Pourquoi tu gâches ta vie? (danse)

Why are you wasting your life? (dance)

Pourquoi tu gâches ta vie?

Why are you wasting your life?

(Danse, danse, danse)

(Dance, dance, dance)

Elle me dit "danse"

She tells me "dance"

Pourquoi tu gâches ta vie? (elle me dit "danse")

Why are you wasting your life? (she tells me "dance")

Pourquoi tu gâches ta vie?

Why are you wasting your life?

Pourquoi tu gâches ta vie? (danse, danse, danse)

Why are you wasting your life? (dance, dance, dance)

(Danse, danse, danse)

(Dance, dance, dance)

Elle me dit "danse"

She tells me "dance"

(Elle me dit "danse", elle me dit "danse", elle me dit "danse"...)

(She tells me "dance", she tells me "dance", she tells me "dance"...)

...

...

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
chanson /ʃɑ̃.sɔ̃/ A1	noun - song
content /kɔ̃.tɑ̃/ A2	adjective - happy, satisfied
problème /pʁo.blem/ A2	noun - problem
milliardaire /mi.ljaʁ.dɛʁ/ B1	noun - billionaire
fière /fjɛʁ/ B1	adjective - proud
danse /dɑ̃s/ A1	verb - to dance
gâcher /ɡa.ʃe/ B1	verb - to waste
problème /pʁo.blem/ A2	noun - problem
tête /tɛt/ A1	noun - head
enfant /ɑ̃.fɑ̃/ A1	noun - child
vie /vi/ A1	noun - life
grand /ɡʁɑ̃/ A2	adjective - big, great
regarde /ʁə.ɡaʁd/ A2	verb - to look at
amis /a.mi/ A1	noun - friends
populaire /pɔ.py.lɛʁ/ B1	adjective - popular
tuer /tɥe/ B2	verb - to kill

Grammar:

• Écris une chanson contente

  ➔ Imperative mood (command)

  ➔ The verb "écris" is in the imperative mood, used to give a command or instruction. Here, it's a command to write a happy song.

• Tu deviendras milliardaire

  ➔ Future simple (futur simple)

  ➔ The verb "deviendras" is in the future simple tense, used to express an action that will happen in the future.

• Ne t'enferme pas dans ta chambre

  ➔ Negative imperative with reflexive verb

  ➔ "Ne t'enferme pas" is a negative command using the reflexive verb "s'enfermer". The pronoun "te" moves to the front in the affirmative imperative, but stays between "ne" and the verb in the negative.

• Qu'est-ce que t'as, t'as l'air coincé?

  ➔ Informal question structure with ellipsis and "avoir l'air"

  ➔ "Qu'est-ce que tu as ?" is shortened to "Qu'est-ce que t'as?" and even further to "Qu'est-ce t'as?". "T'as l'air coincé" uses the expression "avoir l'air" (to seem/look), indicating an appearance or impression. The ellipsis makes the sentence more casual.

• Fais c'que tu veux, tant pis

  ➔ Subjunctive mood after "tant pis" and shortened relative clause

  ➔ "Fais c'que tu veux" is a shortened version of "Fais ce que tu veux". While "ce que" usually requires the subjunctive if there's uncertainty or a general statement, here it's more idiomatic. "Tant pis" means "too bad" or "never mind".

• On dirait que t'aimes ça

  ➔ Impersonal expression "on dirait que" followed by indicative mood

  ➔ "On dirait que" means "it seems that" or "it looks like". It's an impersonal expression followed by the indicative mood, because it's presenting an observation as a fact.

• Regarde le temps que tu perds

  ➔ Relative clause with subjunctive in spoken French

  ➔ In formal French, the use of the subjunctive after "le temps que" would depend on the certainty of the statement. Here, because it's used in informal spoken French, the indicative is used even if the speaker has a negative view of "temps".

• Y a de quoi se foutre en l'air

  ➔ Impersonal expression "Il y a de quoi" + infinitive & colloquialism

  ➔ "Il y a de quoi" means "There's reason to". "Se foutre en l'air" is a very informal expression meaning "to kill oneself" or "to ruin everything".