Pierre Lapointe — Coulent les rires song lyrics and translation
The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Coulent les rires" by Pierre Lapointe.
Lyrics
Tu craches de ta bouche tous tes éclats de rire
Pour oublier le bonheur et la joie que tu n’as pas
Tu gardes sur ton cœur l'étrange souvenir
De la légèreté de l’enfance qui commence à flétrir
Mais où vas-tu, courant derrière tes pas
Écorchant ton visage, en empilant les voyages?
Mais que fais-tu, te barbouillant de tes dires
Quand tu te sens rougir, trahi par tes soupirs?
Quand tu ne sais comment nous dire
Que, toi aussi, tu pleures
Que tu saignes du cœur
Quand de ta bouche coulent les rires
Tu nous cries sans cesse que tu gardes la foi
Face aux tristesses, aux malheurs qui s’acharnent sur toi
Tu camoufles tes pleurs, sous d’imposantes voix
Qui chantent pour toi l’alleluia d’un bonheur que tu n’as pas
Mais promets-toi qu’un jour tu resteras
Face aux fausses paroles, autre chose qu’un guignol
Mais promets-toi que tu ne resteras pas
Dans toutes tes courses folles, celui qui toujours rigole
Sans s’avouer qu’il ne sait dire
Que lui aussi pleure
Qu’il saigne du cœur
Quand de sa bouche coulent les rires
Lyrics translation
You spit out your mouth all your laughter
To forget the happiness and joy you do not have
You keep the strange memory on your heart
From the lightness of childhood that begins to wither
But where are you going, running behind your footsteps
Skinning your face, stacking trips?
But what are you doing, smudging yourself with your words
When you feel red, betrayed by your sighs?
When you don't know how to tell us
That you, too, cry
That you're bleeding from the heart
When laughter flows out of your mouth
You cry to us all the time that you keep the faith
In the face of the sorrows, the misfortunes that are raging on you
You disguise your tears, in imposing voices
Who sing for you the alleluia of a happiness that you have not
But promise yourself that one day you will stay
In the face of false words, something other than a guignol
But promise yourself you won't stay
In all your crazy races, the one who always laughs
Without confessing that he can't say
Let him cry too
That he bleeds from the heart
When laughter flows from his mouth