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Old 02-07-2011, 01:29
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Title says it all, Mika's new son, Elle Me Dit, is in French. Can someone tranlate it to English please?
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Old 02-07-2011, 02:49
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She tells me.
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Old 02-07-2011, 12:15
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Sorry, as in all they lyrics?
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Old 02-07-2011, 12:25
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Sorry, as in all they lyrics?
They aren't up yet for me to translate them.
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Old 02-07-2011, 20:38
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Can't you listen to the song and translate it? or are you just using a translator on the net?
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Old 02-07-2011, 20:43
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Can't you listen to the song and translate it? or are you just using a translator on the net?
I found hearing difficult. Thats why I wanted the lyrics,so I can translate them.
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Old 02-07-2011, 20:43
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She tells me "make a happy song, not a depressing one, a song that everybody loves".
She tells me "you'll be a billionaire. You'll have something to be proud of. Don't end up like your father".
She tells me, "don't lock yourself up in your room. Come on, do something! Tell me what your problem is".
She tells me "what's up with you, you look uncomfortable, Are you on drugs (you're high) or happy? You'll end up like your brother".

She tells me, "it's your life. Do what you want, whatever. One day you'll understand and then you'll blame yourself/feel bad about it".
She tells me "you're so lame, get out of your bubble. You're doing whatever you fancy, it looks like you enjoy it".
"Why are you wasting your life? Dance dance, she tells me to dance."

She tells me "do like other boys and kick a ball. You'll become famous"
She tells me "what are you doing on the internet? There's something wrong in your head. Look at all the time you're wasting".
"Why are you complaining all the time? You look like an 8 year old. You're not going to please anybody that way".
She tells me "one day I won't be there anymore" and it's when she tells me this that she's telling me something I like to hear.

CHORUS

She tells me, "you don't have white hair yet but you're almost 30, you should wake up now".
She tells me, "you're still a child, you'll never grow up and I'm already old".
She tells me," look at your friends and what they're doing with their lives. It's really depressing"
She tells me, "one day you'll kill me" and when she tells me this she's telling me something I like to hear.

CHORUS

Courtesy of Mika Fan Club

Well it seems he's finally growing up. But after saying his new album will be "less layered, more simplistic pop", I doubt any of the connotations that riddled his extremely witty - and often misunderstood - lyricism will make it onto the album. It's a shame because it means that what he did have on his critics is now gone.
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Old 25-08-2011, 08:15
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Mika's written a English version of the song, which he's performed live:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyE86S5z1Y4

These are the English lyrics:

ELLE ME DIT (SHE TELLS ME)

She tells me, "can't you write a happy song?
Get your ass to number one,
You could try a little harder."
She tells me "You could be a millionaire,
But you're so full of hot air.
Gonna end up like your father."

She tells me "You can't leave your life to chance,
Get a girl and learn to dance.
Be a boy like any other."
She tells me "Why you got so much to say?
Are you stuck up, are you gay?
Gonna end up like your brother."

She tells me "It's my life;
Don’t get to live it twice.
One day you'll understand,
Become a better man."
She's pulling out her hair
But says she doesn't care
She doesn't make no sense
Screaming at me in French

"Pourquoi tu gāches ta vie?
Pourquoi tu gāches ta vie?
Pourquoi tu gāches ta vie?
Danse danse danse danse elle me dit danse". x2

She tells me "You live your life in a balloon,
Lock yourself up in your room,
So the world can never reach ya."
She tells me "Whatcha smoking, what's that stench,
Who you’re speaking to in French?
Did you really think you had me."

She tells me "That’s enough, do as you’re told."
Does she think I’m eight years old?
I give up, it's not worth trying
She tells me "One day I will end up dead."
That's the only thing she said,
That would ever get me smiling.

She tells me "It's my life;
Don’t get to live it twice.
One day you'll understand,
Become a better man."
She's pulling out her hair
But says she doesn't care
She doesn't make no sense
Screaming at me in French

"Pourquoi tu gāches ta vie?
Pourquoi tu gāches ta vie?
Pourquoi tu gāches ta vie?
Danse danse danse danse elle me dit danse". x2

She tells me "You live your life in a balloon,
Lock yourself up in your room,
So the world can never reach ya."
She tells me "Am I speaking Japanese?"
Then she's falling on her knees,
Starts her praying to St. Peter.
She tells me "See the price I had to pay?
Had to give my life away,
All the sh*t I have to get through"
She tells me "Why'd you make this hard for me?
It's not the way it's meant to be,
I don't want to have to hate you."

Elle me dit danse,
elle me dit danse danse danse
elle me dit danse. x4

"Pourquoi tu gāches ta vie?
Pourquoi tu gāches ta vie?
Pourquoi tu gāches ta vie?
Danse danse danse danse" elle me dit danse.

(NOTE: "Pourquoi tu gāches ta vie?" Translates into "why are you wasting your life?"
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Old 03-09-2011, 18:03
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I prefer it in French.
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