Quelqu'un M'a Dit Lyrics in English Carla Bruni

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Quelqu'un M'a Dit by Carla Bruni from French to English.
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Verse 1
Someone told me that our lives aren't worth much
Someone told me / They told me / One told me
They pass in an instant like roses fade
Someone told me that the time that slips away is a bastard
That from our sorrows he makes coats
Chorus 1
Yet someone told me
That you loved me still
It's someone who told me that you love me still
Would it be possible, so?
Or: Could it be possible then?
Verse 2
Someone said that destiny makes fun of us
Someone said / They said / One said
That he gives us nothing and promises us everything
It seems that happiness is within arm's reach
So we reach out and we find ourselves crazy
Chorus 2
Yet someone told me
That you loved me still
It's someone who told me that you love me still
Would it be possible, so?
Verse 3
But who told me that you still loved me?
Or: But who is it who told me that you always loved me?
I don't remember anymore, it was late in the night
I still hear the voice, but I don't see the features
He loves you, it's secret, don't tell him that I told you
Chorus 3
You see, someone told me
That you loved me still
He really told me that you love me still
Or: I was truly told that you love me still
Would it be possible, so?
Verse 4
Someone told me that our lives aren't worth much
They pass in an instant like roses fade
Someone told me that the time that slips away is a bastard
That from our sadness he makes coats
Chorus 4
Yet someone told me
That you loved me still
It's someone who told me that you love me still
Would it be possible, so?
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Lyrics © Downtown Music Publishing
Carla Bruni, Leos Carax
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SONG MEANING

Quelqu’un M’a Dit (“Someone Told Me”) is Carla Bruni’s hushed folk confession about the fragile line between doubt and hope in love. Above a gentle acoustic guitar, she wonders if life is truly as fleeting as people say, if time really steals our joys the way roses lose their petals. Yet a single rumor — someone told me you still love me — slips through the gloom like a sunbeam, making her heartbeat race with possibility.

Bruni balances philosophical musings with intimate vulnerability. Fate may mock us, promises may crumble, and reason may whisper that happiness is out of reach, but the tiniest spark of hearsay is enough to ignite yearning all over again. The song invites listeners to savor that delicious uncertainty: can love survive the passing of time, or is it only a sweet illusion? Until the truth is known, the rumor itself becomes a tender comfort, wrapping the singer (and us) in a coat woven from equal parts melancholy and hope.

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