La Vie Normale Lyrics in English Gauvain Sers , Ycare

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song La Vie Normale by Gauvain Sers from French to English.
I'm never late
When it's time to go to work
I get up early, I go to bed late
Sometimes my back hurts a bit
I really like normal life
Even if sometimes I dream of being far away
And if my dreams are ordinary
Maybe it's because I'm worth just that
It's not gold in my hands
It's not scoring twenty out of twenty
Nor being king nor being queen
Just passing
Normal life
It's whenever we can
Watch the stars
And be happy
And then when there aren't any
Well we put some in our eyes
So once night has fallen
I wander among people
I hear them laugh, I see them dance
It makes me feel alive
And it makes extraordinary
My completely ordinary life
And it makes extraordinary
My completely ordinary life
And in this subway car
We squeeze in without even talking
And even though we're surely too many
We're still nice to look at
We're beautiful in our differences
Welcome to you, stranger
Talk to me about your country, I think
That'd let me travel
Normal life
It's like yours
Living things
So we remember them
I settle for nothing, you see
I just want the respect I'm owed
Normal life
If we dare
It's understanding
That we're not much
That nothing's big but love
That we can give every day
So once night has fallen
I wander among people
I hear them laugh, I see them dance
It makes me feel alive
And it makes extraordinary
My completely ordinary life
And it makes extraordinary
My completely ordinary life
It's not gold in my hands
It's not scoring twenty out of twenty
Nor being king nor being queen
Just passing
Normal life
It's like yours
Living things
So we remember them
I settle for nothing, you see
I just want the respect
I'm owed
So once night has fallen
I wander among people
I hear them laugh, I see them dance
It makes me feel alive
And it makes extraordinary
My completely ordinary life
And it makes extraordinary
My completely ordinary life
I'm never late
When it's time to go to work
I get up early, I go to bed late
Sometimes my back hurts a bit
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SONG MEANING

“La Vie Normale” is a warm, feel-good ode to the simple joys most of us overlook. Gauvain Sers and Ycare paint the portrait of an average worker who wakes up early, rubs his aching back, squeezes into the metro and still finds magic in the everyday. His dreams are modest—“just having the average mark”—yet he discovers gold in laughter on the streets, shared glances with strangers and the quiet thrill of stargazing. The song reminds us that we do not need crowns, perfect scores or piles of money; what really matters is respect, kindness and the love we offer each day.

Throughout the lyrics, the hustle of big-city life blends with moments of tenderness: commuters crammed together become beautiful to watch, and nighttime walks among strangers make the narrator feel vibrantly alive. By celebrating differences and inviting every étranger to share their story, the track turns a perfectly ordinary life into something extraordinary. In short, “La Vie Normale” invites listeners to slow down, notice the wonder around them and cherish the understated brilliance of simply being here.

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