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.
Tu vas me quitter
Hélène Ségara Lyrics
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Lo que yo creía se aleja de mí
El sol ya no calienta, la noche dura más
Se escapa Cenicienta por la puerta de atrás
Me vas a dejar, ya lo sé, voy a sufrir, también lo sé
Sólo le pido al desconsuelo que no me deje por el suelo
Me vas a dejar, ya lo sé, me vas a herir, también lo sé
Ha llegado el tiempo de pedir perdón
Empieza el tormento en la imaginación
Cuando todo lo nuestro se está echando a perder
La ley del Universo qué tiene que ver
Esta vida es un juguete, la muerte es un serrín
Se muda Blanca nieves en calabacín
Me vas a dejar, ya lo sé, voy a sufrir, también lo sé
Sólo le pido al desconsuelo que no me deje por el suelo
Me vas a dejar, ya lo sé, me vas a herir, también lo sé
Sólo le pido a la tristeza que no me deje sin promesas
Me vas a dejar, ya lo sé, me vas a herir, también lo sé
Sólo le pido a la tristeza que no me deje sin promesas
Me vas a dejar, ya lo sé, me vas a dejar, ya lo sé.
In Hélène Ségara's song "Tu vas me quitter" (You're going to leave me), she expresses her fear of losing the person she loves. The first verse describes how she has always feared this day, and now it has arrived. Her fears are confirmed as she realizes that what she believed in is starting to drift away from her. The sun is no longer warming, and the nights are getting longer. The use of Cenicienta (Cinderella) leaving by the back door is a metaphor for the feeling of someone slipping away without notice. The second verse talks about the time for forgiveness and that the torment has just started. As everything around her is falling apart, she ponders the universe's law and how life is like a toy that can easily break, and death is as fragile as sawdust. The reference to Blanca nieves (Snow White) turning into a calabacín (zucchini) is an allusion to how things can change and become almost unrecognizable.
Throughout the song, Hélène's lyrics hint at her acceptance that the person she loves will leave her. She repeats the phrase "Me vas a dejar, ya lo sé" ("You're going to leave me, I already know") emphasizing her finality and realization of the situation at hand. However, despite her fears, she pleads with despair not to drag her down to the floor and to leave her some promises to hold onto. The song is a moving depiction of how love can make people vulnerable and how the fear of losing that love can be overwhelming.
Line by Line Meaning
Ha llegado el día que siempre temí
The day I always feared has arrived
Lo que yo creía se aleja de mí
What I believed is moving away from me
El sol ya no calienta, la noche dura más
The sun no longer warms, the night lasts longer
Se escapa Cenicienta por la puerta de atrás
Cinderella escapes through the back door
Me vas a dejar, ya lo sé, voy a sufrir, también lo sé
You're going to leave me, I know it, I'm going to suffer, I know it too
Sólo le pido al desconsuelo que no me deje por el suelo
I only ask the grief not to leave me on the ground
Me vas a dejar, ya lo sé, me vas a herir, también lo sé
You're going to leave me, I know it, you're going to hurt me, I know it too
Sólo le pido a la tristeza que no me deje sin promesas
I only ask the sadness not to leave me without promises
Ha llegado el tiempo de pedir perdón
The time has come to ask for forgiveness
Empieza el tormento en la imaginación
The torment begins in the imagination
Cuando todo lo nuestro se está echando a perder
When everything we have is falling apart
La ley del Universo qué tiene que ver
What does the law of the Universe have to do with it?
Esta vida es un juguete, la muerte es un serrín
This life is a toy, death is sawdust
Se muda Blanca nieves en calabacín
Snow White is moving into a zucchini
Me vas a dejar, ya lo sé, voy a sufrir, también lo sé
You're going to leave me, I know it, I'm going to suffer, I know it too
Sólo le pido al desconsuelo que no me deje por el suelo
I only ask the grief not to leave me on the ground
Me vas a dejar, ya lo sé, me vas a herir, también lo sé
You're going to leave me, I know it, you're going to hurt me, I know it too
Sólo le pido a la tristeza que no me deje sin promesas
I only ask the sadness not to leave me without promises
Me vas a dejar, ya lo sé, me vas a herir, también lo sé
You're going to leave me, I know it, you're going to hurt me, I know it too
Sólo le pido a la tristeza que no me deje sin promesas
I only ask the sadness not to leave me without promises
Me vas a dejar, ya lo sé, me vas a dejar, ya lo sé.
You're going to leave me, I know it, you're going to leave me, I know it too.
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@jean-louistiberghien9552
Une des plus belles chansons françaises. Merci à toi, Hélène Segara.. Cela vaut la peine de vivre toute une vie pour créer une oeuvre aussi parfaite.
@wahiddibelaid9664
Quand j'entends cette chanson elle réveille en moi quelque chose de très spécial... premier amour💔
@delphinecourriere1074
Voilà ça ne contrôle pas tout un coup à n importe qu elle heure j ai envie d écouté de l Hélène segara et ça fait du bien
Bonne année Hélène 2022
@gaellepetit6782
Delphine courriers on a eu la même idée en même temps lol
@gaellepetit6782
Delphine courriere on a eu la même idée en même temps on est synchro sur ce coup c est rarissime
@gaellepetit6782
Et pas que celle ci. Elle tu l aimes ou il y a trop de gens qui t aiment
@carlacazo5792
Sa rapelle tellement de souvenir😍 plus de musique comme ça en 2020...
@presciliamilluy3695
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@presciliamilluy3695
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@enzodeme3079
A non il ya que de la merde maintenant