La Vie D'artiste Lyrics in English Christophe Maé

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song La Vie D'artiste by Christophe Maé from French to English.

Life's a stage, I'm making my movie

I say everything's cool even when it's not

I even cry in my own arms

Late at night so nobody sees me

No, it's not easy living with yourself

Doing what others expect from you

Saying it's all good when it's still not

Dragging your pain and dragging your joy

Life's a stage so I put on the show

I say everything's cool despite the obstacles

Mom used to say Don't empty your bag too much, kid

Not crying shows tact

So we smile to stop being sad

We can dress up, we're all artists

So we smile to stop being sad

We can dress up, that's the artist life

Take care of people who smile too often

They often hide sadness inside

I close the curtain like we close our eyelids

So nobody sees what's hiding behind

I learned to switch from clown to gangsta

To filter my thoughts like an Insta pic

Yet Mom told me Be yourself, kid

'Cause you know everyone else is already taken

So we smile to stop being sad

We can dress up, we're all artists

So we smile to stop being sad

We can dress up, that's the artist life

Life's a stage, we improvise

We learn to dance in the rain

And we smile at it

So we smile to stop being sad

We can dress up, we're all artists

So we smile to stop being sad

We can dress up, that's the artist life

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SONG MEANING

La Vie d'Artiste paints life as one big stage where we are all performers, switching masks to fit the scene. Christophe Maé sings about saying “Everything’s fine” even when tears fall in the dark. He moves from clown to gangsta, filters his thoughts like an Instagram photo, and remembers his mother’s advice: keep some feelings inside, yet stay true to yourself because everyone else is already taken. Behind every bright grin there might be hidden sadness, so the song gently reminds us to look after those who smile the most.

The chorus turns this bittersweet truth into an anthem of resilience. We smile to chase away the blues, we dance in the rain, and we improvise our way through obstacles because, in the end, we are all artists. By revealing the tension between public performance and private emotion, Maé invites listeners to embrace authenticity while still enjoying the playful costumes that make life’s show so colorful.

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Christophe Maé La Vie D'artiste Lyrics