2002 Song | Official Video with Lyrics | French and English Translation
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French Lyrics
JH
Oh Marie, si tu savais
Tout le mal, que l’on me fait
Oh Marie, si je pouvais
Dans tes bras nus me reposer
Évanouie mon innocence
Tu étais pour moi ma dernière chance
Peu à peu tu disparais
Malgré mes efforts désespérés
Et rien ne sera jamais plus pareil
J’ai vu plus d’horreurs que de merveilles
Les hommes sont devenus fous à lier
Je donnerai tout pour oublier
Oh Marie, si tu savais
Tout le mal, que l’on me fait
Oh Marie, si je pouvais
Dans tes bras nus me reposer
Et je cours toute la journée
Sans savoir où je vais
Dans le bruit, dans la fumée
Je vois des ombres s’entretuer
Demain ce sera le grand jour
Il faudra faire preuve de bravoure
Monter au front, en première ligne
Oh Marie je t’en prie fais moi un signe
Allongé dans l’herbe je m’éveille
J’ai vu la mort dans son plus simple appareil
Elle m’a promis des vacances
La mort m’a promis sa dernière danse
Oh Marie, si tu savais
Tout le mal que l’on m’a fait
Oh Marie, j’attendrai qu’au ciel
Tu viennes me retrouver
Oh Marie, j’attendrai qu’au ciel
Tu viennes me retrouver
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English Lyrics Translation
JH
Oh Marie, if you knew
All the pain they caused me
Oh Marie, if I could have rested
In your bare arms
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My innocence has vanished
You were my last chance
Little by little you faded
In spite of my desperate efforts
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And nothing will ever be the same
I saw more horrors than marvels
Men were crazy to unite
I would give everything to forget
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Oh Marie, if you knew
All the pain they caused me
Oh Marie, if I could have rested
In your bare arms
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And I run all-day
Not knowing where I go
In the noise in the smoke
I see shadows kill one another
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Tomorrow will be the great day
It will be necessary to show proof of bravery
To be at the front in the first row
Oh, Marie, I beg you, show me a sign
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Lying in the grass, I wake up
I saw death in its simplest trappings
It promised me a holiday
Yes death promised me the last dance
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Oh Marie, if you knew
All the pain they caused me
Oh, Marie, I will wait
Till, in heaven, you come
To find me
Oh, Marie, I will wait
Till, in heaven, you come
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“Marie” is a 2002 song recorded by French singer Johnny Hallyday.
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It was the first single from his album À la vie, à la mort !, and was released in October 2002. Written and produced by Gérald De Palmas, it achieved huge success in France, topping the singles chart and thus becoming Hallyday’s second number-one hit on the modern French SNEP Singles Chart since its establishment in 1984.
The song was performed during Hallyday’s tours of 2003 and 2006 and was included on his albums Stars France 2003 and Flashback Tour – Palais des Sports 2006.
In France, the single went straight to #2 on 26 October 2002, being blocked for three weeks at this place by Las Ketchup’s hit “Aserejé (The Ketchup Song)”.
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