Le Pire Lyrics in English GIMS

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Le Pire by GIMS from French to English.

The worst isn't men's wickedness

But the silence of others all acting like they're unsure

And when the kids ask me, 'why's the sea salty?'

I'm forced to answer that the fish cried too much

But tell me what we've done

I'm lying on my couch, watching TV

Explain what's going on, it's like I'm ten

My vision's darkened, yet the sun is shining

People preaching morals in a mink coat

Or maybe we've just lost our minds

Life's a slippery ground, but what world do we live in?

and, indeed, the damage is done

But 'cause, indeed, the damage is done

The worst isn't men's wickedness

But the silence of others all acting like they're unsure

And when the kids ask me, 'why's the sea salty?'

I'm forced to answer that the fish cried too much

But tell me what we've done

I sit back on the couch, TV still on

Forced to squint, nothing on the horizon

I'm gonna tell my problems to people living in comfort

They'll take me seriously only if I douse myself in gas

Or maybe, plain and simple, I don't interest many people

Maybe I'm just a commodity in the eyes of a few passers-by

and, indeed, the damage is done

But 'cause, indeed, the damage is done

The worst isn't men's wickedness

But the silence of others all acting like they're unsure

And when the kids ask me, 'why's the sea salty?'

I'm forced to answer that the fish cried too much

But tell me what we've done

The worst is not enjoying the time we've got left to live

The worst is not admitting everything that's happening to us

The worst is not enjoying the time we've got left to live

The worst is not admitting everything that's happening to us

Outro

The worst isn't men's wickedness

But the silence of others all acting like they're unsure

And when the kids ask me, 'why's the sea salty?'

I'm forced to answer that the fish cried too much

The worst isn't men's wickedness

But the silence of others all acting like they're unsure

And when the kids ask me, 'why's the sea salty?'

I'm forced to answer that the fish cried too much

But tell me what we've done

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Gandhi Djuna, Renaud Rebillaud, Guy-Herve Imboua

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SONG MEANING

“Le Pire” dives into GIMS’s troubled mind as he flips through grim news on TV and wonders why the world feels so upside down. The Congolese-French artist sings that the real tragedy is not open cruelty, but the silence of bystanders who pretend to hesitate while doing nothing. With a bittersweet image — telling kids the sea is salty because “the fish have cried too much” — he highlights how hard it is to explain injustice to the next generation.

Across the track, GIMS calls out hypocrisy (people preaching morals in luxury fur coats), economic gaps, and our collective loss of direction. He admits feeling invisible unless he does something extreme, then warns that the worst is forgetting to live and recognize what is happening around us. “Le Pire” is both a personal confession and a wake-up call, urging listeners to break the silence, reclaim empathy, and make the most of the time we still have.

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