Jour Meilleur Lyrics in English Orelsan

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Jour Meilleur by Orelsan from French to English.

Let me drop a couple bits of bullsh*t

Before you do something dumb

The problem with life

Is there's only one

We'll never cure depression

The way we cure a cold

But remember you can count

On me for as long as it lasts

Allergic to life, the mornings are dark

When everything's got a déjà vu aftertaste

The nights are dead

Everybody's left you

Even the moon

But the end of the desert

Might be hiding behind every dune

Everything'll get better, that's a lie

I know you know

Sometimes I won't know what to say

But I can always listen

Everything won't change, well, unless you make it

When you've got the desert to cross

There's nothing to do but move on

Nothing to do but move on

We'll laugh about it when we see it

In a better light

Better day, better day

We'll laugh about it when we see it

In a better light

Better day, better day, better day

Like in every pop song

Where all the girls left

Like in every rap track

Where all your buddies betrayed you

Sometimes you need support

Sometimes you need a friend

Sometimes you need to feel hate

Sometimes you need an enemy

Honestly, you can't control everything

You gotta accept it

Being happy's like the rest

First you gotta learn it, I know

You go to bed saying "Tomorrow I'll do it"

You wake up saying "Tomorrow"

"I'll do it," my friend

Let me drop a couple bits of bullsh*t

Before you do something dumb

The problem with life

There's only one

We'll never cure depression

The way we cure a cold

But remember you can count

On me for as long as it lasts

Allergic to life, the mornings are dark

When everything's got a déjà vu aftertaste

The nights are dead

Everybody's left you

Even the moon

But the end of the desert

Might be hiding behind every dune

Everything'll get better, that's a lie

I know you know

Sometimes I won't know what to say

But I can always listen

Everything won't change, well, unless you make it

When you've got the desert to cross

There's nothing to do but move on

Nothing to do but move on

We'll laugh about it when we see it

In a better light

Better day, better day

We'll laugh about it when we see it

In a better light

Better day, better day, better day

Everything'll get better, that's a lie

I know you know

Sometimes I won't know what to say

But I can always listen

Everything won't change, well, unless you make it

When you've got the desert to cross

There's nothing to do but move on

Nothing to do but move on

We'll laugh about it when we see it

In a better light

Better day, better day

We'll laugh about it when we see it

In a better light

Better day, better day, better day

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SONG MEANING

Jour Meilleur is Orelsan’s heartfelt pep-talk to a friend who is drowning in bleak mornings and déjà-vu nights. With his trademark mix of honesty and irony, the French rapper admits that depression isn’t a cold you can simply “treat,” yet he pledges to stay by the listener’s side for as long as it takes. The desert image pops up again and again – endless sand, no clear exit – but every dune might be hiding the finish line, so the only plan is to keep walking.

Instead of sugar-coating reality, Orelsan balances tough truths (“Tout va s’arranger, c’est faux”) with sparks of hope: when a brighter day arrives, you’ll look back and laugh at today’s struggles. The song reminds us that you can’t control everything, but you can choose to move forward, lean on friends, and believe that a “jour meilleur” – a better day – is waiting just beyond the next rise.

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Orelsan Jour Meilleur Lyrics