At the age of 5, her family left for Paris. When she was 19, she decided to stop studying art and architecture, to become a full-time model.
She was a very successful fashion model until 1998. Since then she has devoted herself to chanson. Her debut album, Quelqu'un m'a dit, on which she sings in French (despite her Italian origin), was released in 2002. To date it has sold over a million copies across Europe. Her second album, No Promises (this time in English, with songs inspired by famous English-language poets), was released in January 2007.
She married then French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, in the beginning of 2008.
Her music career still did not cease after becoming the First Lady. She released her third album Comme si de rien n'était ("As If Nothing Happened") on 11 July 2008. The songs are self-penned except for one rendition of You Belong to Me and another song featuring a poem by Michel Houellebecq set to music. Royalties from the album will be donated to unidentified charitable and humanitarian cause.
Chanson triste
Carla Bruni Lyrics
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Chanson un peu triste je crois
Trois temps de mots froissés
Quelques notes et tous mes regrets
Tous mes regrets de nous deux
Sont au bout de mes doigts
Comme do, ré, mi, fa
Comme celle que tu fredonnais
Trois fois rien de nos vies
Trois fois rien comme cette mélodie
Ce qu'il reste de nous deux
Est au creux de ma voix
Comme do, ré, mi, fa
Sol, la, si, do, c'est une chanson
C'est une chanson en souvenir
Pour ne pas s'oublier sans rien dire
S'oublier sans rien dire
The lyrics of Carla Bruni's song Chanson triste are a reflection on lost love and the memories that linger long after a relationship has ended. The singer acknowledges the sadness of the song and its lyrics, noting that they are "just for you" (presumably the former lover), but also acknowledging that these emotions are something that she herself is feeling. The song is constructed around "three crumpled words" and a few musical notes, reflecting the fragility of the relationship that is being mourned. The singer describes the regrets and the sorrow that she feels, and how they are all contained within the song itself.
As the song progresses, she moves from describing how the memories of the lost relationship are contained within the song, to how they are incorporated into her own body and voice. The notes of the song become like the fingers on her hand, and the melody becomes something that is a part of her being. The final lines of the song suggest that the song itself serves as a way to remember the lost love without forgetting entirely, that this is a way to hold onto memories even as they fade.
Overall, Chanson triste is a poignant reflection on lost love and how it is contained within memories and music. Carla Bruni's voice is tender and emotional, conveying both the nostalgia and the pain of the experience of love and loss.
Line by Line Meaning
Chanson juste pour toi
A song written just for you
Chanson un peu triste je crois
It's a sad song, I think
Trois temps de mots froissés
Three times the crumpled words
Quelques notes et tous mes regrets
A few notes and all of my regrets
Tous mes regrets de nous deux
All my regrets about us
Sont au bout de mes doigts
Are at the tips of my fingers
Comme do, ré, mi, fa
Just like do, re, mi, fa
Sol, la, si, do, c'est une chanson d'amour fanée
G, A, B, C - it's a faded love song
Comme celle que tu fredonnais
Just like the one you used to hum
Trois fois rien de nos vies
Three times nothing from our lives
Trois fois rien comme cette mélodie
Three times nothing like this melody
Ce qu'il reste de nous deux
What's left of the two of us
Est au creux de ma voix
Is at the depth of my voice
C'est une chanson
It's a song
C'est une chanson en souvenir
It's a song in memory
Pour ne pas s'oublier sans rien dire
To not forget each other without saying anything
S'oublier sans rien dire
To forget without saying anything
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: Carla Bruni
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@czfuchs
Merci beaucoup à la vie pour avoir écouté d'une autrefois cette chanson. Je crois que je la comprends maintenant, je peux déjà sourire pour une chanson triste et une situation bizarre avec le cœur.
@veljkomiletic7102
Bravo Bravo lepotice Tvoj VELJKO IZ PARIZA
@rcentinella
Bravissima Carla!
@clementeanto
J'adore
@bonniekunstfrau
Chanson
Juste pour toi
Chanson un peu triste
Je crois
Trois temps
De mots froisss
Quelques notes
Et tout mes regrets
Tout mes regrets de nous deux
Sont au bout de mes doigts
Comme un do r mi fa
Sol la si do
C'est une chanson
D'amour fan
Comme celle que tu fredonnais
Trois fois
Rien de nos vies
Trois fois rien comme cette mlodie
Ce qu'il reste de nous deux
Est au creux de ma voix
Comme un do r mi fa
Sol la si do
C'est une chanson
C'est une chanson
Au souvenirs
Pour ne pas s'oublier sans rien dire
S'oublier sans rien dire