Petite misère
Fred Pellerin Lyrics


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P′tite misère
Encore la robe de p'tite fille
Toute belle et toute blanche
Avec tes yeux noirs qui pétillent
C′est ta pupille qu'y est trop lucide
Qui s'est avalé l′alentour
Mangée tout rond
Jusqu′à s'en démancher l′amour
P'tite misère
Avec tes bâtons dans l′horizon
Tu danses sur des temps boiteux
Le grand ballet d'la dernière chance
Perdue dans les brumes du monde
Avec la marque sur tes poignets
P′tite misère
T'as rallongé ta ligne de vie
P'tite misère
Tu traînes dans des restants de jour
C′est-tu tes yeux qui brillent autant
Ou ben tes larmes qui suent toujours?
Tu dis que c′est l'avenir qui r′tarde
Et pis t'es belle comme une madeleine
Y faut s′souvenir
Y a un boute de vie avant la mort
P'tite misère
Prisonnière d′inespérance
Pis des pleurs pour les bonnes raisons
On va te trouver flambant nue
Un cocon en laine de douleur
Un papillon d'la fin d'tes jours
P′tite misère




Avec deux ailes blanches qui frétillent
La la la la la la la

Overall Meaning

In Fred Pellerin's song "Petite misère," the lyrics describe a young girl who is still wearing a white dress of a young child, with piercing black eyes that seem too wise for her age. She has lost her love and has become lost herself in the world's foggy mist. The girl is accompanied by clumsy steps, and it seems like she dances like it is her last chance to live. She carries the pain of her past on her wrists with a "mark" and has extended her timeline for living as a result. The lyrics also note that her eyes can't stop shining – are they tears, or is it anticipation for a better future? Despite her melancholic state, the girl remains beautiful and innocent like a "madeleine."


In essence, the song's lyrics imply that life can be harsh, but there is still hope in darkness. The young girl in the song serves as a metaphor for all who have experienced loss or pain in life.


Line by Line Meaning

P′tite misère
Addressing someone who is going through a tough time


Encore la robe de p'tite fille
You are still wearing the dress of a little girl


Toute belle et toute blanche
It is beautiful and white


Avec tes yeux noirs qui pétillent
Your black eyes are sparkling


C′est ta pupille qu'y est trop lucide
Your pupil is too clear


Qui s'est avalé l′alentour
It has swallowed everything around you


Mangée tout rond
Eaten completely


Jusqu′à s'en démancher l′amour
Until love is disjointed


P'tite misère
Addressing someone who is going through a tough time


Avec tes bâtons dans l′horizon
With your sticks on the horizon


Tu danses sur des temps boiteux
You dance on lame times


Le grand ballet d'la dernière chance
The grand ballet of the last chance


Perdue dans les brumes du monde
Lost in the mists of the world


Avec la marque sur tes poignets
With the mark on your wrists


P′tite misère
Addressing someone who is going through a tough time


T'as rallongé ta ligne de vie
You have lengthened your lifeline


P'tite misère
Addressing someone who is going through a tough time


Tu traînes dans des restants de jour
You drag on remnants of a day


C′est-tu tes yeux qui brillent autant
Are your eyes shining so brightly


Ou ben tes larmes qui suent toujours?
Or are your tears still flowing?


Tu dis que c′est l'avenir qui r′tarde
You say that the future is delayed


Et pis t'es belle comme une madeleine
And yet you are beautiful like a madeleine


Y faut s′souvenir
You have to remember


Y a un boute de vie avant la mort
There is a piece of life before death


P'tite misère
Addressing someone who is going through a tough time


Prisonnière d′inespérance
Prisoner of hopelessness


Pis des pleurs pour les bonnes raisons
And tears for the right reasons


On va te trouver flambant nue
We'll find you completely naked


Un cocon en laine de douleur
A cocoon of pain wool


Un papillon d'la fin d'tes jours
A butterfly at the end of your days


P′tite misère
Addressing someone who is going through a tough time


Avec deux ailes blanches qui frétillent
With two white wings fluttering


La la la la la la la
Just a vocalization




Writer(s): Jean Bournival, Frederic Pellerin

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