Hélène Ségara is a French Female singer, born Hélène Rizzo, on 26 February … Read Full Bio ↴Hélène Ségara is a French Female singer, born Hélène Rizzo, on 26 February 1971 in Six-Fours-les-Plages, France on her grandfather's farm. Her father is Italian and her mother Armenian.

She said that she had been traumatized in her childhood by the divorce of her parents when she was 8, and by the death of her grandfather when she was 16. As she wanted to become a singer, she left school and family at the age of 14.

She had many successive jobs including performances in the piano bars of the French Riviera. At 18, she gave birth to Raphael, her first son. Her repertoire was expanding, with many musical influences and over a thousand songs. In 1993, a first single entitled "Loin" was released, but didn't meet with any commercial success.

* A new start
After her convalescence, she recorded her second album, Au Nom d'une femme in 2000. The album topped the charts, and reached Diamond Sales. Five singles from this album were all successfully released. Ségara then began a concert tour that lasted for two years. A video recording of the concert at the Olympia in Paris on this occasion was released. According to a poll made by the IFOP, Segara was at the time the favourite French singer in her country.

In March 2003 was released a third album, Humaine, including "On n'oublie rien, on vit avec", a duet with Laura Pausini and "L'Amour est un soleil", composed by Romano Musumarra. About 700,000 copies of this album were sold. She started another tour in late 2003 but was forced to stop her performances because of a difficult pregnancy.

In August 2003, Ségara married in Ajaccio Mathieu Lecat (son of journalist Didier Lecat), with whom she had two other children: Matteo (born in May 2003) and Maïa (October 2004).

Her fourth studio album, Quand l'éternité ... came out in 2006. The first single from this album was "Méfie-toi de moi", followed by "Rien n'est comme avant". This album has a different style from previous ones, with more pronounced rock influences, texts almost all composed by the singer, and that addresses issues such as the absence, death and hope. The album eventually achieved gold status three months after its release for more than 200,000 copies sold. In early 2007, she made a new concerts tour in France, including the Palais des Sports in Paris.

In 2007, when she finished the first part of her tour, two other songs from the album were sent to the radio: "Tu ne seras jamais libre" and "Father". Both songs were not released as singles. In late 2007, several editions came out : a box set with of 3 CDs (Les 50 plus belles chansons d'Hélène Segara), two boxes composed of 2 CDs with a new cover (Cœur de verre + Au Nom d'une femme, Humaine + Quand l'éternité...) and a CD 'Prestige' with 15 tracks. In February 2008, she released "La Moitié de nous", a duet with Bruno Pelletier, whose a part of profits were given to an association name Rêves.[3] The tour "Quand l'éternité..." is ongoing until summer 2008, in France and abroad. This year, Ségara will also record a new album that is described by herself as a "realistic travel around the world", with a link between all the songs. This album will be released at the end of the year, before a new international tour, including two concerts at the Olympia on 22 November and 23, 2008.

Sans toi
Hélène Ségara Lyrics

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Puisqu'il faut changer le monde
Comment faire quand on ne sait pas
Ce que vont être ces secondes
Si je restai trop loin de toi
Puisqu'il faudra tout reconstruire
Un avenir de nouvelles lois
Si l'on pouvait encore choisir
Je resterai tout près de toi

Ouvrir les bras à l'inconnu
Et suivre sa voie
Aucun combat n'est perdu
Tant que tu seras là

Sans toi
Je ne suis plus que mon ombre
Sans toi
Tout me paraît si froid
Recommencer tous les jours en vain
Se dire que tout va bien
Sans toi
Je ne suis presque plus moi

Puisqu'il faut changer le monde
Avant qu'il nous change à jamais
Que le désespoir nous inonde
J'apprendrai à nous protéger
Puisque personne n'ose dire
Que l'amour se perd peu à peu
Je sais ce que l'on peut construire

Tant qu'on restera tous les deux

Ouvrir les bras à l'inconnu
Et suivre sa voie
Aucun combat n'est perdu
Tant que tu seras là

Sans toi
Je ne suis plus que mon ombre
Sans toi
Tout me paraît si froid
Recommencer tous les jours en vain
Se dire que tout va bien
Sans toi
Je ne suis presque plus moi

Ouvrir les bras à l'inconnu
Et suivre sa voie
Aucun combat n'est perdu
Tant que tu seras là

Sans toi
Je ne suis que mon ombre
Sans toi
Tout me paraît si froid
Recommencer tous les jours en vain
Se dire que tout va bien
Sans toi

Je ne suis presque plus moi
Sans toi je ne suis plus vraiment moi

Overall Meaning

The song "Sans toi" by Hélène Ségara is a powerful love ballad about the importance of love in a changing world. The opening lines suggest a feeling of uncertainty and fear about the future, acknowledging that change is necessary, but also acknowledging that change can be scary and unpredictable. The singer yearns to stay close to the person she loves, recognizing that true love is a source of stability in a chaotic world.

As the song progresses, the singer expresses a desire to embrace the unknown and follow her path, knowing that as long as her loved one is by her side, no battle can be truly lost. The chorus shows the depth of the singer's feelings of loss without her partner, expressing that she feels like a mere shadow of herself in their absence. However, the song ends on a hopeful note, emphasizing the importance of love as a means of protection and a source of strength in times of change and uncertainty.

Overall, "Sans toi" is a touching tribute to the power of love, reminding listeners of the importance of holding on to those we cherish in times of change and upheaval.

Line by Line Meaning

Puisqu'il faut changer le monde
Since the world needs to change

Comment faire quand on ne sait pas
How to make it when you don't know what's next

Ce que vont être ces secondes
What these seconds will be like

Si je restai trop loin de toi
If I stay too far away from you

Puisqu'il faudra tout reconstruire
Since everything needs to be rebuilt

Un avenir de nouvelles lois
A future of new laws

Si l'on pouvait encore choisir
If we could still choose

Je resterai tout près de toi
I would stay close to you

Ouvrir les bras à l'inconnu
Opening arms to the unknown

Et suivre sa voie
And follow its path

Aucun combat n'est perdu
No battle is lost