Silvàn Areg turns righteous frustration into a sing-along battle cry. In J'ai Entendu Dire he scoffs at the cozy idea that “all you have to do is laugh and everything will blossom again.” Tired of moral sermons from well-paid “do-gooders,” he dreams of ditching his phone, ignoring the noise and sweeping up the ashes of dreams the rich have burned in their fireplaces. The verses fire off colorful images of class divide, while the chorus repeats that tired promise of easy optimism just to mock it.
Yet beneath the sarcasm a spark of hope survives. Areg reminds us that paradise is not under the polished shoes of the powerful but beside society’s outcasts—“the toothless, the undocumented.” He may prefer to sit alone on his raft rather than be “led up the river,” but the song’s pulsing beat urges everyone to jump into the water, learn to swim, and chart their own course. Sardonic, melodic and ultimately empowering, this track is a rallying call to laugh in the face of hypocrisy and keep believing that better days can still bloom after the storm.