This is quite a sad song, despite the happy and energetic beat.
For the non-French speakers, this song about domestic violence. "Dodo l'enfant do. L'enfant dormira bien vite..." is a very popular children lullaby. Stromae sings to a young child, telling him that the domestic violence going on between his parents is "normal", because (a) his mother is unfaithful and (b) his father's father was probably violent too. He shouldn't try to intervene, because his father might hurt him too. He tells him to try to fall asleep and it'll go away.
This is quite a sad song, despite the happy and energetic beat. For the non-French speakers, this song about domestic violence. "Dodo l'enfant do. L'enfant dormira bien vite..." is a very popular children lullaby. Stromae sings to a young child, telling him that the domestic violence going on between his parents is "normal", because (a) his mother is unfaithful and (b) his father's father was probably violent too. He shouldn't try to intervene, because his father might hurt him too. He tells him to try to fall asleep and it'll go away.