Le Zèbre Lyrics in English Alain Souchon

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Le Zèbre by Alain Souchon from French to English.

Because our dawns are just dawns

And our kisses, just kisses

One single ball, that's our love

Under the day-to-day kicks

Because everything wears out if you use it

Ozone layer and greenhouse effect

He finds, he finds, for this worry

The odd zebra, some pranks

Throw everything out, switch his face

To get the hawthorn back

Hearts pricking us even more

Let's change who we are

Let's change age

Because our dawns are just dawns

And our kisses, kisses

The freezes of provincial life

Take our heart and make it icy

Because everything wears out if you use it

Ozone layer and greenhouse effect

He dresses up and he lies to you

He puts his hand under your clothes

It's someone else and this novelty

Makes your cheek more colored

It's someone else and yet it's us

Where are we now Where are we now

Because everything wears out if you use it

Ozone layer and greenhouse effect

He finds, he finds, for this worry

The odd zebra, some pranks

Outro

A sailboat that's leaving here

And the zebra fades away like that

What a funny prank

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SONG MEANING

Alain Souchon turns everyday wear-and-tear into poetry in "Le Zèbre". Dawn is just dawn, kisses are just kisses, and even love itself feels like a fragile glass ball getting jostled by routine. With witty flashes about the ozone layer and greenhouse effect, he compares our emotional erosion to a planet in distress. Provincial life “freezes” the heart, so something – or someone – has to shake things up.

That someone is the drôle de zèbre: a quirky alter ego who slips into disguises, lies playfully, sneaks a hand under your clothes, and sails off on an imaginary boat. His antics are not betrayal but reinvention, a way to rediscover springtime hawthorn and put color back in our cheeks. In the end the zebra fades, yet his prank leaves a message behind: when routine dulls love, change your mask, change your age, reinvent yourself, and let mischief keep the heart alive.

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