The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
Tout le temps tout justifier
Toujours tout expliquer
Tous les jours tout analyser
Toujours tout décortiquer
Pour la critique et tout ceux qui vont tiquer
En silence
J'vous l'dis, j'vous l'dis
C'pas moi qui l'dis
C't'un mauvais esprit
Dans mon esprit
C'est ma maladie
Ma malédiction
Un mal de la diction
Mes paroles volent en direction
De l'abjection
Sans que je puisse faire objection
Ma langue est téléguidée
Dans l'égout de mes idées
Par un lutin dans ma tête
Un mutin qui fait la fête
C'est mon syndrome
Chu comme un drome
Un avion pas d'pilote
Tout le temps tout justifier
Toujours tout expliquer
Tous les jours tout analyser
Toujours tout décortiquer
Pour la critique et tout ceux qui vont tiquer
Tout le temps tout justifier
Toujours tout expliquer
Tous les jours tout analyser
Toujours tout décortiquer
Pour la critique et tout ceux qui vont tiquer
En silence
Toujours tout expliquer
Tous les jours tout analyser
Toujours tout décortiquer
Pour la critique et tout ceux qui vont tiquer
En silence
J'vous l'dis, j'vous l'dis
C'pas moi qui l'dis
C't'un mauvais esprit
Dans mon esprit
C'est ma maladie
Ma malédiction
Un mal de la diction
Mes paroles volent en direction
De l'abjection
Sans que je puisse faire objection
Ma langue est téléguidée
Dans l'égout de mes idées
Par un lutin dans ma tête
Un mutin qui fait la fête
C'est mon syndrome
Chu comme un drome
Un avion pas d'pilote
Tout le temps tout justifier
Toujours tout expliquer
Tous les jours tout analyser
Toujours tout décortiquer
Pour la critique et tout ceux qui vont tiquer
Tout le temps tout justifier
Toujours tout expliquer
Tous les jours tout analyser
Toujours tout décortiquer
Pour la critique et tout ceux qui vont tiquer
En silence
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just a couple mistakes:
I tell you it's not me who's saying it It's a bad spirit (could also be translated as feeling) [...] A bad turn of phrase My words fly in the direction Of abjection And I can't make an objection
...and just as a note, the french and francophone world has always been pretty serious about their language, so the emphasis here on not having control over the words spoken is especially meaningful. so much so that "un mal de la diction" is actually funny/very clever.