Who says study says work
Travail & travailler means work & to work while job / employment would be emploi
Who says work says money
Taf is a colloquial word for work, job
Who says money says expenses
Who says credit says debt
Créance = debt owned. Dette = debt owed.
Who says debt tells you bailiff
Huissier means bailiff, an official who takes away someone's possessions when they owe money.
Who says you sit in shit
Or: Who tells you you're in deep trouble
Who says love says children
Says forever and says divorce
Who says loved ones says mourning
Because the problems don't come alone
Car means because / since / as. Because is more commonly translated as parce que
Who says crisis tells you world
Says famine says third world
Who says tiredness says awakening
Réveil = awakening = alarm clock
Still deaf from the eve
Or: Still deaf from the party the day before
So we go out to forget all the problems
And there you tell yourself that it's finished
Because worse than that would be death
When you believe finally that you're getting out
Is it the music or the problems?
The problems or the music
Stromae is questioning if the problems or the partying are at fault here
And then you pray for it to end
But it's your body it's not heaven
So you unplug your ears
And you shout even louder
So we sing
'On' and 'Nous' both mean we. 'Nous' is more formal while 'On' technically means 'one', but is used as 'we' conversationally
And then only when it’s over
And there's more still (x8)