Foule Sentimentale X La Vie En Rose Lyrics in English L.E.J

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Foule Sentimentale X La Vie En Rose by L.E.J from French to English.
Life in pink
la-la, life in pink
The pink they offer us
To have loads of stuff
That makes us want something else
Sentimental crowd
Thirst for ideal
Drawn to the stars, the sails
Just things not commercial
La, la-la, la, la-la-la
La, la-la, la, la-la-la
La, la-la, la, la-la-la
La, la-la, la, la-la-la
Did they make us believe?
That happiness is having
Having our closets full of it
Mocking our trivial selves
Sentimental crowd
Thirst for ideal
Drawn to the stars, the sails
Just things not commercial
La, la-la, la, la-la-la
La, la-la, la, la-la-la
La, la-la, la, la-la-la
La, la-la, la, la-la-la
They inflict on us
Desires that afflict us
They grab us, let's not kid around, as soon as we're born
For fools even though we're
Sentimental crowds
Thirst for ideal
Drawn to the stars, the sails
Just things not commercial
Sentimental crowd
You should hear how they talk to us
How they talk to us
How they talk to us
How they talk to us
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L.E.J’s mash-up “Foule Sentimentale x La Vie En Rose” paints two pictures at once. First we taste the sweet, dreamy pink of la vie en rose—Edith Piaf’s famous way of seeing life through love-tinted glasses. Then the trio flips the canvas with Alain Souchon’s Foule Sentimentale, a sharp look at how advertising and nonstop shopping try to fill our closets and minds. The result is a playful duet between optimism and irony, where sunny vocal harmonies hide a thoughtful wink.

What is the song really saying? True happiness is not the mountain of stuff we are told to buy. We are “thirsty for ideals,” drawn to the stars and the sails—symbols of freedom, travel, and dreams that cannot be sold. The repeated line “Il faut voir comme on nous parle” reminds us to notice how marketing speaks to us from birth, treating us as fools. L.E.J encourages us to keep our hearts romantic and our eyes critical, so we can choose wonder over wallet and paint our own life in rose.

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