Energie
Claude Nougaro Lyrics


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Déesse de la force
Puissance de la vie
Craque ma vieille écorce
Encore un printemps, dis !

Accorde moi la rage
De mériter la vie
Casse moi le lit cage
Où je joue l'ici gît

Fais moi courir encore
Beaucoup, à la folie
Courir après l'aurore
Du fin fond de la nuit

Oui, donne moi le souffle
L'étincelle jaillie
Des cuisses comme un buffle
Martelant la prairie

Tous ces enfants qui naissent
Ils veulent que ça rie
Ils veulent la prouesse
De la joie qui surgit

Ils demandent une force
Aussi douce qu'un fruit
Ah ! brise moi l'écorce
Crève ma sève, dis !

Que je donne à ces gosses
La sève de ma vie
Et qu'avec mon écorce
Ils fassent un incendie

Déesse de la force
Puissance de la vie




Craque ma vieille écorce
Encore un printemps, dis !

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Claude Nougaro's song "Énergie" express a longing for strength, vitality, and renewal. The singer addresses a deity of force and power, asking her to break their old shell and grant them another spring. They seek the fire and determination to deserve life, to break free from the confines of a stagnant existence.


The request for the rage to live fully is emphasized, as the singer desires to break the cage-like bed where they play their last role. They yearn to keep running, with an insatiable passion and a pursuit of the dawn emerging from the depths of the night. The lyrics capture a sense of urgency, a need for a breath of life and a spark that originates from the core, striking the prairie like a buffalo pounding the ground.


The song also reflects on the birth of children, who, in their innocent desire for laughter and joy, demand a gentle yet potent strength. The singer implores the deity to break their shell, to puncture their essence, so they can pass on the sap of their own life to these children, who will ignite a blaze with their own unique potential.


Line by Line Meaning

Déesse de la force
Goddess of strength


Puissance de la vie
Power of life


Craque ma vieille écorce
Crack my old shell


Encore un printemps, dis !
Another spring, say!


Accorde moi la rage
Grant me the rage


De mériter la vie
To deserve life


Casse moi le lit cage
Break my cage bed


Où je joue l'ici gît
Where I play the here lies


Fais moi courir encore
Make me run again


Beaucoup, à la folie
A lot, madly


Courir après l'aurore
Run after the dawn


Du fin fond de la nuit
From the deep of the night


Oui, donne moi le souffle
Yes, give me the breath


L'étincelle jaillie
The erupted spark


Des cuisses comme un buffle
From the thighs like a buffalo


Martelant la prairie
Pounding the meadow


Tous ces enfants qui naissent
All these children who are born


Ils veulent que ça rie
They want it to laugh


Ils veulent la prouesse
They want greatness


De la joie qui surgit
Of the joy that emerges


Ils demandent une force
They demand a strength


Aussi douce qu'un fruit
As sweet as a fruit


Ah ! brise moi l'écorce
Ah! Break my shell


Crève ma sève, dis !
Burst my sap, say!


Que je donne à ces gosses
So I can give these kids


La sève de ma vie
The sap of my life


Et qu'avec mon écorce
And that with my shell


Ils fassent un incendie
They create a fire


Déesse de la force
Goddess of strength


Puissance de la vie
Power of life


Craque ma vieille écorce
Crack my old shell


Encore un printemps, dis !
Another spring, say!




Lyrics © MUSIC SALES CORPORATION, LES EDITIONS DU CHIFFRE NEUF
Written by: Bunny BRUNEL, Claude NOUGARO

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