Star triste [English translation]

Leanin' on my piano

I'm being pretty

I want be loved

For them to have me in their skin

Leanin' on my old words1

My pretty words

Always the same

I sing correctly, it's pretty

I didn't wanna be a singer, crooner lady

I dreamt of a clearer life, maybe more sincere

I feel I'm gonna end up an idol, an executioner of hearts2

The King of the baby dolls, the bureau of cries, I'm scared

Sad star3

Sad star

Sad star

Sad star

Always sad, always star

I lose my life in the gazes

Between white nights and black nights4

I'm being a star5

Damaged before the crowd

I search with my eyes 6

Someone for the world to crumble

Someone to be two

But here everywhere in the crowd

I am blinded7

I am alone against all, it's weird

Alone against me, I'm tired of being a star

Sad star

Sad star

Sad star

Sad star

Always sad, always star

I lose my life in the gazes

Between white nights and black nights

(x3)

I'm being a star

1. or "the words I repeat endlessly" 2. mistake in transliteration 3. French is a complex language and Juliette knows how to play with it. Here the position of the adjective is alternated. "Star triste" means that the star is sad (as in emotion). In the following line, "Triste star" has a whole other meaning. Now, the star makes a sad figure, it's a pathetic star 4. "nuits blanches" are sleepless nights. Juliette contrasts both, while they might actually both be the same unpleasant nights.5. "Faire le/la ..." is difficult to translate. Here "I'm playing at being a starlet" could be understood.6. Can also be understood as "I search eyes"7. literally "I only see fire in there"

• Artist:Juliette Armanet
• Album:Petite amie (2017)