Elle Me Dit Lyrics in English MIKA

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Elle Me Dit by MIKA from French to English.

She tells me 'Write a happy song

Not a depressing song

A song that everyone loves'

She tells me 'You will become a billionaire

You'll have something to be proud of

Don't end up like your father'

She tells me 'Don't lock yourself in your room

Go on, shake yourself and dance

Tell me, what's your problem?'

She tells me 'What's wrong with you? You look stuck!

Are you high or are you gay?

You'll end up like your brother!'

She tells me, she tells me 'it's your life

Do what you want, too bad

One day you'll understand

One day you'll regret it'

She tells me 'You're too lame

Get out of your bubble a bit

You're doing whatever, it seems like you like it.'

Why are you wasting your life?

Dance, dance, dance, dance, she tells me 'Dance!'

Why are you wasting your life?

Dance, dance, dance, dance, she tells me 'Dance!'

She tells me 'Act like the other boys

Go kick a ball

You'll become popular'

She tells me, 'What are you doing on the Internet?

Something's not right in your head!

Look at the time you're wasting.'

She tells me 'Why do you complain all the time?

You sound like you're eight years old

That's not how you'll attract anyone'

She tells me 'One day I won't be here anymore

And it's when she tells me that

That she tells me something I like

She tells me, she tells me 'it's your life

Do what you want, too bad

One day you'll understand

One day you'll regret it'

She tells me 'You're too lame

Get out of your bubble a bit

You're doing whatever

It seems like you like it.'

Why are you wasting your life?

Dance, dance, dance, dance, she tells me 'Dance!'

Why are you wasting your life?

Dance, dance, dance, dance, she tells me 'Dance!'

She tells me, 'You don't have white hair yet

But you'll soon be thirty

You should wake up

She tells me 'You're still a child

You'll never grow up

And I'm already old'

She tells me 'Look at your friends

What will they do with their lives?

It's enough to mess up'

She tells me, 'Yes, one day you'll kill me'

And it's when she tells me that

That she tells me something I like

She tells me Dance

She tells me Dance, dance, dance

She tells me Dance

She tells me Dance, dance, dance

She tells me Dance

She tells me Dance, dance, dance

She tells me Dance

She tells me 'it's your life

Do what you want, too bad

One day you'll understand

One day you'll regret it'

She tells me 'you're too lame

Get out of your bubble a bit

You're doing whatever

It seems like you like it.'

Why are you wasting your life?

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Laurent Lescarret, Michael Penniman

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SONG MEANING

Elle Me Dit (“She Tells Me”) is Mika’s brilliantly cheeky portrait of an overbearing mother who just won’t stop talking. Throughout the song she bombards her son with rapid-fire advice: write a happy hit, make millions, leave your room, play soccer, get offline, grow up and for goodness’ sake dance. Her nagging is exaggerated to cartoon levels, so the lyrics feel both hilarious and painfully relatable to anyone who has ever had a parent pushing them toward a ‘better’ version of success.

Beneath the humor lies a tender message about generation gaps and self-acceptance. The mother’s tough love reveals her fear that her son will waste his life, while his repeated choice to dance becomes a joyful act of defiance and freedom. Mika turns this everyday family drama into a catchy pop anthem that reminds us: people may shout opinions at you, but in the end “c’est ta vie”—it’s your life—so move to your own rhythm.

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