This song seemingly tackles the methods of deception those who manipulate others use to get victims to follow their demands, as well as diverting attention away from important issues. They'll also use it as a means to convince people to hate or kill others by pretending acts of terrorism were committed by the enemy when the acts themselves were done by the masters of control to promote discrimination and hate. It also reinforces the idea that these manipulative forces operate in various locations, infiltrating everyday life without detection, and propagate any and everywhere.
In general, it highlights the danger of hidden agendas, manipulation, and distraction, serving as a critique of those who exploit chaos and confusion to control and gain power, depicting a cautionary tale against falling into their traps. It encourages us to question the narratives presented to us and remain vigilant against manipulation in various parts of society.
Je respire l'air doux de la cité
Cité, cité ah-ah
On circule aux couleurs des néons
Néons, néons ah-ah
Je m'imagine dans un film Français
Français, Français ah-ah
Dans cette foutue mercedes blanche
Dans cette foutue mercedeeeees!
La nuit
Cette nuit
Oh nuit - ho la nuit sans fin!
La nuit
Cette nuit
Oh nuit - ho la nuit sans fin!
Minuit j'suis si high à la party
Party, party ah-ah
Le mix de gelée vodka et le beat
Le beat, le beat ah-ah
Tu flashes sur ce balcon de Paris
Paris, Paris ah-ah
Et m'excites avec ton look risqué!
Tu m'excites avec ton looook!
La nuit
Cette nuit
Oh nuit - ho la nuit sans fin!
La nuit
Cette nuit
Oh nuit - ho la nuit sans fin!
Cherche la tombe de Gainsbourg à six heures
Six heures, six heures ah-ah
Nos coeurs cocaine à Montparnasse
Coca, coca ah-ah
On assassine un de ces airs!
Ces airs, ces airs ah-ah
'Joue à cache cache 'vec le matin
Jouns à cache cache!
La nuit
Cette nuit
Oh nuit - ho la nuit sans fin!
La nuit
Cette nuit
Oh nuit - ho la nuit sans fin!
La nuit
Cette nuit
Oh nuit - ho la nuit sans fin!
La nuit
Cette nuit
Oh nuit - ho la nuit sans fin!
La nuit
Cette nuit
Oh nuit - ho la nuit sans fin!
La nuit
Cette nuit
Oh nuit - ho la nuit sans fin!
Cité, cité ah-ah
On circule aux couleurs des néons
Néons, néons ah-ah
Je m'imagine dans un film Français
Français, Français ah-ah
Dans cette foutue mercedes blanche
Dans cette foutue mercedeeeees!
La nuit
Cette nuit
Oh nuit - ho la nuit sans fin!
La nuit
Cette nuit
Oh nuit - ho la nuit sans fin!
Minuit j'suis si high à la party
Party, party ah-ah
Le mix de gelée vodka et le beat
Le beat, le beat ah-ah
Tu flashes sur ce balcon de Paris
Paris, Paris ah-ah
Et m'excites avec ton look risqué!
Tu m'excites avec ton looook!
La nuit
Cette nuit
Oh nuit - ho la nuit sans fin!
La nuit
Cette nuit
Oh nuit - ho la nuit sans fin!
Cherche la tombe de Gainsbourg à six heures
Six heures, six heures ah-ah
Nos coeurs cocaine à Montparnasse
Coca, coca ah-ah
On assassine un de ces airs!
Ces airs, ces airs ah-ah
'Joue à cache cache 'vec le matin
Jouns à cache cache!
La nuit
Cette nuit
Oh nuit - ho la nuit sans fin!
La nuit
Cette nuit
Oh nuit - ho la nuit sans fin!
La nuit
Cette nuit
Oh nuit - ho la nuit sans fin!
La nuit
Cette nuit
Oh nuit - ho la nuit sans fin!
La nuit
Cette nuit
Oh nuit - ho la nuit sans fin!
La nuit
Cette nuit
Oh nuit - ho la nuit sans fin!
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No, the slang word for penis is "bite" (as your verb "to bite"). "Le beat" simply means "the beat". No mystery at all about this sentence :)
Then, "flasher" could mean "to fall in love at first sight" but there is another meaning. You could use "flasher" when you're high on crack or something else (not necesarely) and you have hallucinations. You know : "est-ce un éléphant rose là en bas ou est-ce moi qui flashe ?" ("Is this a pink elephant or am I just "flashing" ?")
"Assasiner un de ces airs" means... to sing in an awfully way a melody (a famous one I guess, "un de ces" means one of thoses timeless melodies but I'm not sure). You know, when you are drunk and you try to sing a song (very loudly most of the time) but the result is awfull ?
And finally, "la tombe de Gainsbourg" is his grave. "Tombe" is "Tombeau", exactly the same meaning.
Oh sorry, my explanations were not clear.
We pronounce "bite" (in French, the jargon word for penis) quite as "beat" in English and not as "to bite" (as "this dog bite me"). You're totally right, gracefulstalker. I spoke about the way it is written (B-I-T-E).
And this is "LA bite" (feminine word) and not "LE bite" in french.
So the word in the song is "beat" (music). In France (and Belgium too), we often use english word like this one.
I am absolutely sure of it :)
might I add another explsination for flasher? :D
Could mean like flashing your boobs ( like lifting your top for a couple of seconds for a laugh)
I could quite easily imagine the Robots doing that of a Parisian balcony :D
you can do a 'bablefish' babelfish.altavista.com/
and see the lyrics have a 80's new romantic theme: re paris, neon and clubbing.
you could just watch the video :-)
The lyrics are quite amusing.... and I fell in love with the video youtube.com/watch
As the robots said on XFM Its a night on the razz but its in french :D
i translated it. there might be a few mistakes.[:
i breathe the soft air of the city city, city ah-ah one circulates with the colors of neons neons, neons ah-ah i think in a french french film french, french ah-ah in this goddam white mercedes in this goddam mercedeeeees!
the night this night oh night - ho the night without end!
the night this night oh night - ho the night without end!
midnight i am high with the party party, party ah-ah the mix of cold vodka and the beat the beat, the beat you flashes [doesn't make sense, but i couldn't figure out what it meant.] on this balcony of paris paris, paris ah-ah and excite me with your risky look! you excite me with your looook!
the night this night oh night - ho the night without end!
the night this night oh night - ho the night without end!
seek it fall from gainsbourg at six hours six hours, six hours ah-ah out hearts cocaine with [or it could be in.] montparnasse coke, coke ah-ah one assassinates one of these airs! these airs, these airs ah-ah cheek with mask hides hides 'vec [i think it might be with.] the morning with mask hides hides!
the night this night oh night - ho the night without end!
the night this night oh night - ho the night without end!
the night this night oh night - ho the night without end!
the night this night oh night - ho the night without end!
the night this night oh night - ho the night without end!
the night this night oh night - ho the night without end!
that's very good. like me to fix your slightly odd bits?
I circulate in neon colours. I imagine myself in a french film. I seek the tomb of gainsbourg at six o'clock. Our cocaine hearts at montparnasse I play cache cache (which is a game a bit like hide and seek) with the morning. We play cache cache!
And I have got absolutely no idea what the flashing on paris balconies bit is meant to mean :)
It could literally mean flashing off of a balcony in Paris! It sounds like a hell of a night, and French is such a cool language to hear sung! It's really rounded, not harsh sounding like English is.
Funny that, before I saw the english translation, It reminded me of a club... or perhaps a night on the town. It also reminded me of Audrey Kitching (don't ask).