Axelle Red — Le grand départ song lyrics and translation
The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Le grand départ" by Axelle Red.
Lyrics
Makissa a vue le jour
Sur le bords du niger
Et elle connait de l’amour
Ce que les autres en espérent
C est l’année de ses 15 ans
Que son regard a croisé
Belle voiture et homme en blanc plus agée
Makissa bien décidée
A changer de drapeau
Nouvelle vie jouée aux dés
Dans un joli chapeau
Elle sait bien comment s’y prendre
Meme si trente ans les separent
Pres de lui, attendre le grand départ
Elle veut devenir ce qu’elle a toujours su Mais bientot l’amantne la reconnait plus
Il ne l’aimait pas et son reve est foutu
En dit qu’elle est née juste apres qu’il ai plu
Makissa est prise au piége
Oh mon dieu quelle s’en veut
De n’avoir vue que de la neige
Dans ce ciel en feu
Hors de question qu’elle emprunte
Les chemins de ses péres
Mais tres vite elle est enciente
Gagne ou perds
L’homme qui ne veut rien entendre
Et la famille aussi
Elle ne peut pas se défendre
Elle est la maladie
Elle n' aurrait jamais pu croire
Qu’en dansant avec lui
Elle ecrirait son histoire
Son gachis
Elle est devenue ce qu’elle ne voulais pas
Maitement l’amant ne la reconnait pas
Elle est abattue et lui ne l’aimait pas
On dit qu’elle est née juste apres qu’il ait plu
Mais combien de temps dure une vie entiére
Ici on croit juste en l’ephémere
L’homme en blanc se console
Il sait tres bien qu’ici
Les bébés,ça s’envole
En un tour de magie
Bientot il repartira
En france pres de toulouse
Il oubliera Makissa
Dans les bras de son épouse
Sa mission terminée
Quel beau pays c’etait
Elle est devenue ce qu’elle ne voulais pas
Maitement sa famille ne la reconnait plus
Elle est abattue, lui qui ne l’amait pas
Il dit qu’elle est née juste apres qu' il ait plu
Comment ça finit, une vie entiére
Aurrait-on seulement les pieds sur terre
Malgré la lumiére, a t-on les pieds sur terre?
Malgré le calvaire, a t-on les bonnes prieres?
Malgré les prieres, a t-on les pieds sur terre?
Malgré le calvaire a t-on les pires sur terre?
OH oh oh oh oh oh
(Merci à alexis pour cettes paroles)
Lyrics translation
Makissa saw the day
On the banks of niger
And she knows love
What others expect
C is the year of his 15th birthday
That his gaze crossed
Beautiful car and man in white older
Makissa well decided
A change of flag
New life played dice
In a nice hat
She knows how to do it.
Even if thirty years separate them
Near him, wait for the big start
She wants to become what she always knew but soon the lover recognizes her more
He didn't like her and his dream is fucked
Says she was born just after it rained
Makissa gets fucked
Oh my god what's wrong
To have seen only snow
In this burning sky
Out of the question she borrows
The paths of his fathers
But very quickly it is lit
Win or lose
The man who doesn't want to hear anything
And the family too
She can't defend herself
She is the disease
She could never have believed
Than dancing with him
She would write her story
Her gachis
She became what she didn't want
But the lover does not recognize her
She's down and he didn't like her
They say she was born just after it rained
But how long does a whole life last
Here we believe just in the ephemeral
Man in white console himself
He knows very well that here
Babies fly away
In a magic trick
Soon he will leave
In france near toulouse
He will forget Makissa
In the arms of his wife
His mission completed
What a beautiful country it was
She became what she didn't want
But her family doesn't recognize her anymore
She is struck down, he who did not love her
He says she was born just after it rained
How it ends, a lifetime
Would we only have feet on Earth
Despite the light, are we grounded?
Despite the ordeal, do we have the good prayers?
Despite the prayers, are we grounded?
Despite the ordeal do we have the worst on Earth?
OH oh oh oh oh oh
(Thanks to alexis for these words)