Marée Haute Lyrics in English Gaël Faye

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Marée Haute by Gaël Faye from French to English.

So many demons on our shores

wanna drag us through the mud

I've got love at high tide

On the fire there's water boiling

Why would we talk about others

when there's only us

So let's toast to us

The two of us

Yeah nothing but the two of us

In this crazy fire

burning us up, in love

We hold each other with our eyes

like feverish lovers

Morna song

a cavaquinho tune

May my broad arms

open like Corcovado

wrap around you

like a silk scarf

So many demons on our shores

wanna drag us through the mud

I've got love at high tide

On the fire there's water boiling

Why would we talk about others

when there's only us

So let's toast to us

May the winds carry us

far away, offshore, boat on the sea

and the two of us under the sky

yeah us two in the middle of the wind

We play only our games

of great birds of fire

If everything's serious, we don't care

If everything's serious, we'll get over it

For us, sunshine everywhere

And at night my heart falls prey

to the great shifting sands

of your enchantments

So many demons on our shores

wanna drag us through the mud

I've got love at high tide

On the fire there's water boiling

Why would we talk about others

when there's only us

So let's toast to us

So many demons on our shores

wanna drag us through the mud

I've got love at high tide

On the fire there's water boiling

Why would we talk about others

when there's only us

So let's toast to us

To life, to love

Outro

To life, to love

Drop of rum for our stars

for those lights in the sky

To our dark nights

To our pale nights

To our fleeting days

Hear the echo of my "I love you"s

in the wake of all my words

Look at the demons we sow

running after dawn

I've got love at high tide

my love my ecstasy

Let's flee the devils on our shores

Danger: water boiling on the stove

My heart, a burning oil well

for you who give meaning to my days

so from dawn to dusk

To life, to love

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SONG MEANING

Feel the tide rising under your feet as Gaël Faye invites us onto a secret beach where only two lovers exist. In Marée Haute ("High Tide") the outside world is full of “demons” trying to drag the couple through the mud, yet the singer’s passion swells like a rushing sea. He celebrates a love so intense that even water left on the stove starts to boil, and every toast becomes a small rebellion against negativity. Tropical colors swirl through the lyrics – a morna melody from Cape Verde, the bright strum of a cavaquinho, wide Brazilian arms of Corcovado – painting their romance as a sunset cruise that refuses to end.

Faye’s message is simple and joyous: block out the noise, hold each other’s gaze, and raise a glass “à la vie, à l’amour” – to life and to love. If the world feels heavy, sail away on this song’s rhythm; let its high-tide affection wash every worry from the shore.

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Gaël Faye Marée Haute Lyrics