Alors On Danse Lyrics in English Stromae

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Verse 1

Who says study says work

Travail & travailler means work & to work while job / employment would be emploi

Who says work says money

Taf is a colloquial word for work, job

Who says money says expenses

Who says credit says debt

Créance = debt owned. Dette = debt owed.

Who says debt tells you bailiff

Huissier means bailiff, an official who takes away someone's possessions when they owe money.

Who says you sit in shit

Or: Who tells you you're in deep trouble

Who says love says children

Says forever and says divorce

Who says loved ones says mourning

Because the problems don't come alone

Car means because / since / as. Because is more commonly translated as parce que

Who says crisis tells you world

Says famine says third world

Who says tiredness says awakening

Réveil = awakening = alarm clock

Still deaf from the eve

Or: Still deaf from the party the day before

So we go out to forget all the problems

So we dance

So we dance... (x8)

Verse 2

And there you tell yourself that it's finished

Because worse than that would be death

When you believe finally that you're getting out

When there is more

And there's more still

Is it the music or the problems?

The problems or the music

Stromae is questioning if the problems or the partying are at fault here

It grips your guts

It grips your head

And then you pray for it to end

But it's your body it's not heaven

So you unplug your ears

And you shout even louder

And it persists

Chorus

So we sing

'On' and 'Nous' both mean we. 'Nous' is more formal while 'On' technically means 'one', but is used as 'we' conversationally

So we sing

And then only when it’s over

So we dance

So we dance... (x8)

And there's more still (x8)

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Paul Van Haver

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SONG MEANING

Stromae’s electronic hit “Alors On Danse” is a tongue-in-cheek snapshot of modern life. Line after line, the Belgian artist lists a domino effect of everyday pressures: study ➜ work ➜ money ➜ bills ➜ debt ➜ bailiff, or love ➜ kids ➜ always ➜ divorce. Each new word piles on another worry, showing how problems rarely arrive alone. The lyrics zoom out to global issues like crisis and famine, then zoom back in to the personal fog of fatigue and hangovers. It’s a grim inventory, yet Stromae delivers it over an irresistible beat that makes you want to move.

That contradiction is the heart of the song. When reality feels suffocating, the chorus offers a simple, almost sarcastic solution: Alors on danse — So we dance. Dancing (and later singing) becomes a collective release valve, a way to drown out the noise for a few precious minutes. The track reminds listeners that while problems may keep coming, music can give us a momentary escape and a sense of unity on the dance floor.

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