J'suis un mannequin glacé
Avec un teint de soleil
Ravalé, homme pressé
Mes conneries proférées
Sont le destin du monde
Je n'ai pas le temps
Je file ma carrière est en jeu
Je suis l'homme médiatique
Je suis plus que politique
Je vais vite, très vite
J'suis une comète humaine, universelle

Je traverse le temps
Je suis une référence
Je suis omniprésent
Je deviens omniscient
J'ai envahi le monde
Que je ne connais pas
Peu importe j'en parle
Peu importe je sais
J'ai les hommes à mes pieds
Huit milliards potentiels
De crétins asservis
À part certains de mes amis
Du même monde que moi
Vous n'imaginez pas
Ce qu'ils sont gais

Qui veut de moi
Et des miettes de mon cerveau
Qui veut entrer
Dans la toile de mon réseau

Militant quotidien de l'inhumanité
Des profits immédiats
Des faveurs des médias
Moi je suis riche, très riche
Je suis dans l'immobilier
Je sais faire des affaires
Y'en a qui peuvent payer
J'connais le tout Paris
Et puis le reste aussi
Mes connaissances uniques
Et leurs femmes que je
Fréquente évidemment

Les cordons de la bourse
Se relâchent pour moi
Il n'y a plus de secrets
Je suis le Roi des rois
Explosé l'audimat
Pulvérisée l'audience
Et qu'est-ce que vous croyez
C'est ma voie, c'est ma chance
J'adore les émissions à la télévision
Pas le temps d'regarder mais c'est moi qui les fais
On crache la nourriture à ces yeux affamés
Vous voyez qu'ils demandent
Nous les savons avides de notre pourriture
Mieux que d'la confiture à des cochons

Qui veut de moi
Et des miettes de mon cerveau
Qui veut entrer
Dans la toile de mon réseau

Vous savez qui je suis
Un homme pressé, un homme pressé, un homme pressé
Je suis un homme pressé, un homme pressé, un homme pressé

J'suis un militant quotidien de l'inhumanité
Et puis des profits immédiats
Et puis des faveurs des médias
Moi je suis riche, très riche
Je fais dans l'immobilier
Je sais faire des affaires
Y'en a qui peuvent payer
Et puis je traverse le temps
Je suis devenu omniprésent
Je suis une super référence
Je peux toujours ramener ma science
Moi je vais vite, très vite
Ma carrière est en jeu
Je suis l'homme médiatique
Moi je suis plus que politique
Car je suis un homme pressé

Un homme pressé, un homme pressé, un homme pressé
Je suis un homme pressé, un homme pressé, un homme pressé

J'suis un militant quotidien de l'inhumanité
Et puis des profits immédiats
Et puis des faveurs des médias
Moi je suis riche, très riche
Je fais dans l'immobilier
Je sais faire des affaires
Y'en a qui peuvent payer

Love, love, love, dit-on en Amérique
Lioubov, Russie ex-Soviétique
Amour, aux quatre coins de France


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    My new favorite song. They just keep sounding better and better! :)

    immortalbelovedon August 15, 2002   Link
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    Noir Désir. One of their most known song, and one of their best. The lyrics criticize the new wolves of the media industry, producing trash tv and sensationnal programs only to make money, disrespecting the people intelligence. This is a redunding theme in their songs. (Yeah, I'm french, and I create words.)

    CptNemoon October 12, 2004   Link

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