Rodéo Lyrics in English Hervé

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Rodéo by Hervé from French to English.
I wear a concrete-colored face
I wear the jacket you liked on me
I carry my prisons, I kept hope
That your ghosts are gone from the booth
All I hear
Is your abstract smile
You left behind last Tuesday
This life is pale, it's bland, without you
I'm no better than anyone
I'm no better than that
I don't want better than you
Not just a rodeo
With what's left of us
All my ideas
Mid-rodeo
I roam the world
On my two-stroke
The consequences, I won't see 'em
I feel like I'm coming out of a coma
When your eyes shoot me
From a drink or not
All I'm waiting for
Is your abstract crazy laugh
I lost you, didn't know how many I was anymore
This life is pale, it's bland, without you
I'm no better than anyone
I'm no better than that
I don't want better than you
Not just a rodeo
With what's left of us
All my ideas
Mid-rodeo
This life is pale, it's bland, without you
I'm no better
This life is pale, it's bland, without you
I'm no better
This life is pale, it's bland, without you
This life is pale, it's bland, without you
I'm no better, clearly
I'm no better than that
I don't want better than you
Not just a rodeo
With what's left of us
All my ideas
Mid-rodeo
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SONG MEANING

Hold on tight, because Hervé’s “Rodéo” is an emotional ride! 🐎💔 The French singer pictures himself stuck in an endless spin, racing across the world on a sputtering two-stroke motorbike while memories of a lost love buck and jolt inside his head. He still wears the jacket his partner adored, drags around “prisons” of regret, and hears only an “abstract smile” echoing from the past. Life without that special someone feels “pale” and “fade” (faded), and he swears he is worth no more than anyone else—he simply does not want anything better than them. In other words, this is not meant to be just a brief, wild rodeo. He longs for something real and lasting with the person who slipped away.

Under the pulsing synth-pop beat, “Rodéo” captures the rush of heartbreak: the mind replays old laughs, hopes the ghosts disappear, and flips between denial and desire at dizzying speed. The track’s energetic sound mirrors the chaos in his thoughts, turning pain into dance-floor catharsis. By the time the chorus repeats, we feel the push-and-pull ourselves—spinning in circles, craving stability, yet unable to let go of the thrill of love’s ride.

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