Padam Lyrics in English by Benjamin Biolay
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Padam by Benjamin Biolay from French to English.
Bien souvent je me suis réveillé avant le lever du soleil
Often I woke up before sunrise
Avant de quitter l'hôtel
Before leaving the hotel
Engoncé dans mon complet croisé
Stuck in my double-breasted suit
Si souvent, j'ai gardé pour moi mes vicissitudes et mes vices
So often, I kept my troubles and vices to myself
Et tourments, tournis, turpitudes
And torments, dizziness, depravity
L'horreur d'un souvenir passé
The horror of a past memory
J'attendais en vain
I waited in vain
Que le monde entier m'acclame
For the whole world to acclaim me
Qu'il me déclare sa flamme
For them to declare their love for me
Dans une orgie haut de gamme
In a high-class orgy
Padam padam padam padam pam pam
Padam padam padam padam pam pam
Souvent, je me suis pris pour un autre et j'ai fait des doubles fautes
Often, I mistook myself for someone else and made double faults
Double sec, double dose, double dame avec les femmes d'un autre
Double dry, double dose, double lady with another man's women
Plus souvent qu'à mon tour j'ai bu le sang des vautours
More often than not, I drank the blood of vultures
J'ai cru les gens qui m'entourent
I believed the people around me
Qui rêvent de bonheur mais se foutent éperdument du nôtre
Who dream of happiness but couldn't care less about ours
J'attendais en vain
I waited in vain
Que le monde entier m'acclame
For the whole world to acclaim me
Qu'il me déclare sa flamme
For them to declare their love for me
Dans une orgie haut de gamme
In a high-class orgy
Padam padam padam padam pam pam
Padam padam padam padam pam pam
Si, souvent, sur la sellette, je rêvais de paillettes
Yes, Often, in the hot seat, I dreamed of glitter
Long est le chemin qui mène
Long is the road that leads
À la faillite en presque tous les domaines
To bankruptcy in almost every area
Si, souvent, j'ai broyé du noir, du gris, du magenta, du marc
If, often, I brooded over black, gray, magenta, marc
De l'eau-de-vie
Of brandy
De l'art de vivre sans personne qui t'aime
Of the art of living without anyone who loves you
J'attendais en vain
I waited in vain
Que le monde entier m'acclame
For the whole world to acclaim me
Qu'il me déclare sa flamme
For them to declare their love for me
Dans une orgie haut de gamme
In a high-class orgy
Padam padam padam padam pam pam
Padam padam padam padam pam pam
Padam padam padam padam pam pam
Padam padam padam padam pam pam
J'attendais en vain
I waited in vain
Que le monde entier m'acclame
For the whole world to acclaim me
Qu'il me déclare sa flamme
For them to declare their love for me
Dans une orgie haut de gamme
In a high-class orgy
Padam padam padam padam pam pam
Padam padam padam padam pam pam
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Lyrics © Downtown Music Publishing
Benjamin Biolay
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vicissitudes — vicissitudes / changes of fortune
Vicissitudes refers to the unexpected changes and difficulties encountered in life. It's a sophisticated and somewhat rare word in everyday French, making it stand out in song lyrics.
In this song, Benjamin Biolay uses it to convey a sense of introspection and hidden struggles, singing, "j'ai gardé pour moi mes vicissitudes et mes vices" (I kept to myself my vicissitudes and my vices). This word adds a layer of depth, suggesting a life full of ups and downs that the narrator has kept private.
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