Tous Les Cris Les S.O.S. Lyrics in English Daniel Balavoine

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Tous Les Cris Les S.O.S. by Daniel Balavoine from French to English.
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Like a madman tossing into the sea
empty bottles then hoping
someone can read through
an S.O.S. written in thin air
to tell you I feel lonely
I sketch with drained ink
a desert
and I run
I cling to life
I get drunk on the noise
of bodies all around me
like vines braided tight
without sensing the distress
in the words I send
It's hard to yell for help
when so much tragedy crushes us
and tears knotted by stress
smother the love cries even more
from those who are weakened
and with a last hope
they vanish
and I run
I cling to life
I get drunk on the noise
of bodies all around me
like vines braided tight
without sensing the distress
in the words I send
All the screams, the S.O.S.s
fly off into the air
in the water they leave a trace
whose foam makes it beautiful
Caught inside their glass ship
the messages fight
but the waves drag them back
as star-stones on the rocks
And I picked up the shards of glass
I glued every piece together
everything was clear as water
Against the past there's nothing to do
We gotta change the heroes
In a world where the best
is still to come
and I run
I cling to life
I get drunk on the noise
of bodies all around me
like vines braided tight
without sensing the distress
in the words I send
All the screams, the S.O.S.s
fly off into the air
in the water they leave a trace
whose foam makes it beautiful
Caught inside their glass ship
the messages fight
but the waves drag them back
as star-stones on the rocks
All the screams, the S.O.S.s
fly off into the air
in the water they leave a trace
whose foam makes it beautiful
Caught inside their glass ship
the messages fight
but the waves drag them back
as star-stones on the rocks
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Daniel Balavoine
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SONG MEANING

Tous Les Cris Les S.O.S. is a powerful cry for connection. Daniel Balavoine imagines himself throwing empty bottles into the ocean, hoping someone will read the invisible plea inside. Each “S.O.S.” represents the silent pain people carry when they feel isolated. He paints striking images: crowds buzzing like vines, waves turning glass messages into star-shaped stones. These pictures show how easily our calls for help can be drowned out by noise, stress, and indifference.

Yet the song is not only about despair; it is also about resilience and hope. Balavoine gathers the shattered glass, tries to piece it back together, and dreams of a world where new heroes rewrite the story. His rushing rhythm—“Je cours, je me raccroche à la vie” (“I run, I cling to life”)—reminds us that even when our voices feel lost at sea, we can keep reaching out, listening for others, and believing that the most beautiful change is still to come.

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