On Dit Qu’on Ne Pleure Pas Dans L’eau Lyrics in English Gaëtan Roussel , Matthieu Chedid

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song On Dit Qu’on Ne Pleure Pas Dans L’eau by Gaëtan Roussel from French to English.

If we say we're not really from here

What's yours, what's your country

If we say we haven't succeeded at everything

Where's yours, where's your here

Maybe it's a shooting star

A scrap of fabric, a tent

Maybe it's a villa on the slopes

A bit of roof, a wait

If we say we've got it all but not the desire

What's yours, what's your opinion

Where's yours, where's your badge

What's yours, what soothes you

Maybe it's honey that calms you

Or maybe the sky, the cliffs

Or by the sea in Milos

They say you don't cry in water

In the afterlife way up there

They say you don't cry in water

In indigo clouds

They say you don't cry in water

In the afterlife way up there

They say you don't cry in water

In indigo clouds

You don't cry in water

In the afterlife way up there

Then we say everything will work out

Without thinking about tomorrow

That we'll slide over the summits

Today that's certain

We tell ourselves we're climbing up, we're going down

Yesterday isn't the instinct

Look, we resist, we start again

Deep down we don't know a thing

And in which look will you read

On what unknown look

That the trips to come, unforeseen

Are pages to read, unread

They say you don't cry in water

In the afterlife way up there

They say you don't cry in water

In indigo clouds

They say you don't cry in water

In the afterlife way up there

They say you don't cry in water

The desert keeps us company

The sea separates us, unites us

The sky reminds us every night

That the game is played together

They say you don't cry in water

In the afterlife way up there

They say you don't cry in water

In the afterlife way up there

They say you don't cry in water

What remains of this chaos

In the afterlife way up there

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falaises — cliffs

Falaises translates to "cliffs". It's a visually striking word that evokes a sense of natural grandeur and a specific landscape.

In the song, it appears in the line "Ou peut-être le ciel, les falaises" (Or perhaps the sky, the cliffs), suggesting places of solace or inspiration. It stands out as a less common, more evocative noun compared to everyday vocabulary, making it memorable and interesting for a learner.

On Dit Qu’on Ne Pleure Pas Dans L’eau is a dreamy, sea-sprayed conversation about belonging. Gaëtan Roussel and guest vocalist Matthieu Chedid ping-pong questions that we have all asked ourselves: Where is my real home? What truly calms me down? From shooting stars and makeshift tents to cliff-top villas and the Greek island of Milos, every image suggests that “home” is less a place than a feeling we carry while drifting through life.

The hypnotic refrain “on dit qu’on ne pleure pas dans l’eau” (people say you cannot cry in water) hints at a clever escape: if your tears dissolve into the sea, no one can see your sadness. Yet the song stays hopeful. The desert keeps us company, the sky reminds us nightly that we are in this together, and the waves both separate and unite us. It is an invitation to let your worries float, trust the next unknown journey, and remember that even in chaos we remain connected by the same water, the same sky, and the same whispered promise of tomorrow.

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Gaëtan Roussel On Dit Qu’on Ne Pleure Pas Dans L’eau Lyrics