Christophe Maé – La vie d’artiste

Christophe Maé – La vie d’artiste

Christophe Maé – La vie d’artiste

Christophe Maé – La vie d’artiste is a beautiful song that can help you to learn and remember French vocabulary.

Christophe Maé plays pop and French songs. Maé’s first album was entitled Sa Danse Donne, and released in 2002–2003. This album is not considered his first studio album. He released his first studio album, Mon paradis (My Paradise) on 19 March 2007, with the singles “On s’attache”, “Parce qu’on sait jamais” and “Ça fait mal”. His fourth single is “Belle Demoiselle”. Mon Paradis was France’s second best-selling album of 2007 after Life in Cartoon Motion by Mika, selling more than 1 600 000 albums to date.

Maé opened for Seal at the Grand Rex in Paris and for Cher at the Zénith de Paris, both in 2004. In 2010, Maé’s second studio album, On trace la route, was released. It has sold more than 600,000 units to date. In 2013, Maé’s third studio album “Je veux du bonheur “, was released. It ranked number one of the top French album during its first week of release with 103,680 copies to date. In 2016, Maé’s fourth studio album “L’attrape-rêves “, was released. It ranked number one of the top French album for 5 weeks. Until the end of 2016, it has sold 300,000 units to date.

Lyrics : La vie d’artiste

French English
La vie est une scène, je fais mon cinéma Life is a scene, I make my cinema
Je dis que tout baigne I say that everything is going well
même quand ça ne va pas even when things are not going well
Il m’arrive même de pleurer dans mes bras I even cry in my arms
Tard dans la nuit, pour que personne me voit Late at night, so that no one sees me
Non ce n’est pas facile de vivre avec soit No it’s not easy to live with oneself
De faire ce que les autres attendent de toi To do what others expect of you
De dire ça va, To say it’s okay,
toujours quand ça va toujours pas always when it’s still okay
De traîner ta peine et traîner ta joie To drag your pain and drag your joy
La vie est une scène alors je fais le spectacle Life is a scene so I put on a show
Je dis que tout baigne I say that everything is going well
malgré les obstacles despite the obstacles
Maman me disait, vide pas trop ton sac, petit Mom said to me, don’t empty your bag too much, little one
Ne pas pleurer c’est faire preuve de tact Not to cry is to be tactful
Alors on sourit, pour ne plus être triste So we smile, so as not to be sad anymore
On peut se déguiser, on est tous des artistes We can wear costumes, we are all artists
Faut prendre soin des gens, qui sourient trop souvent We must take care of people, who smile too often
Ils cachent souvent une tristesse dedans They often hide a sadness in it
Moi je ferme le rideau comme on ferme les paupières I close the curtain like we close the eyelids
Pour que personne ne voit ce qui se cache derrière So that no one can see what’s behind
J’ai appris à passer du clown au gangsta I learned to go from clown to gangsta
À filtrer mes pensées comme une photo insta To filter my thoughts like a photo insta
Pourtant maman me disait, sois toi-même, petit Yet mom said to me, be yourself, little one
Car tu sais, tous les autres sont déjà pris Because you know, everyone else is already taken
La vie est une scène, on improvise Life is a scene, we improvise
On apprend à danser sous la pluie We learn to dance in the rain
À maquiller nos vie et To make up our lives and
On en sourit We smile about it

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