Jean-Jacques Goldman is a French singer-songwriter who started his career singing as a back up singer before starting in a rock band Taï Phong before starting his solo career. A number of years later he founded the trio Fredericks - Goldman - Jones, with the British Michael Jones and American Carole Fredericks.
Extremely popular in French-speaking countries, he is a well-known songwriter, composing a number of albums for Céline Dion. He has also collaborated with Johnny Hallyday, Patricia Kaas, Garou, Marc Lavoine, Khaled (Aïcha), Lorie and Florent Pagny
He is also well known in France for getting involved in the homeless charity "Les Restos du Coeur" for which he wrote the main anthem.
Délires schizo maniaco psychotiques
Jean-Jacques Goldman Lyrics
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Et plus tout ça brillait plus moi je m'encrassais
J'ai connu bien des filles accueillantes et gentilles
Mais jamais qui ne soient tout ça rien que pour moi
J'demande pourtant pas des millions
Une femme, un boulot, une maison
De mes délires schizo-maniaco-psychotiques
Y'a des enfants qui dansent et d'autres sans enfance
ça m'empêche pas de dormir mes parfois j'y pense
Demain t'aurais raison, mais aujourd'hui t'as tort
ça dépend des saisons, de l'endroit, du plus fort
Il paraît qu'on est des milliards
A s'ignorer dans ce bazar
Mais comment trouver l'identique
A mes délires schizo-maniaco-psychotiques
Quelqu'un quelque part...
Les calmants les infirmeries sont les mêmes dans tous les pays
Trouver l'être et l'endroit critique
A mes délires schizo-maniaco-psychotiques
Pourquoi noyer tout ça dans l'alcool ou l'éther
Quand on voit, y'a de quoi se resservir un verre
Tant de grands sentiments, de colloques en séances
Pour souffler tant de vent, une telle impuissance
Je renonce à tout héritage
Du raisonnable scientifique
J'aime autant rester dans la cage
De mes délires schizo-maniaco-psychotiques
The song "Délires schizo maniaco psychotiques" by Jean-Jacques Goldman explores the tumultuous mind of the singer and their struggles with mental disorders. The lyrics begin by describing the singer's mundane everyday tasks, such as washing cars and shining shoes, but as they focus more on their work, they realize that the more they shine the cars, the more they feel dirty themselves. This feeling of internal filth is a metaphor for the mental disorders that they struggle with, which is further explored throughout the song.
The singer reflects on their past experiences with women, stating that they have never found one who would be exclusively theirs. They then go on to express their desire for a simple life, with a partner, a job, and a house. However, their mental disorders prevent them from attaining this kind of stability, causing them to have "deliriums" and other symptoms that make it difficult for them to find peace and happiness.
The chorus of the song then speaks of the sheer number of people in the world, all of whom are strangers to one another and all of whom have their own problems. However, the singer acknowledges that their problems are unique and cannot be easily solved. They recognize the need for medication and therapy, but they also know that finding the right treatment is a difficult and arduous process.
Line by Line Meaning
J'ai lavé des voitures et ciré des chaussures
I have washed cars and polished shoes
Et plus tout ça brillait plus moi je m'encrassais
And the more they shone, the more I dirtied myself
J'ai connu bien des filles accueillantes et gentilles
I have met many welcoming and kind girls
Mais jamais qui ne soient tout ça rien que pour moi
But never ones who were all that just for me
J'demande pourtant pas des millions
I do not ask for millions
Une femme, un boulot, une maison
A woman, a job, a house
Pardonnez les rêves hystériques
Forgive the hysterical dreams
De mes délires schizo-maniaco-psychotiques
Of my schizo-maniac-psychotic delusions
Y'a des enfants qui dansent et d'autres sans enfance
There are children who dance and others without childhood
ça m'empêche pas de dormir mes parfois j'y pense
It doesn't prevent me from sleeping, but sometimes I think about it
Demain t'aurais raison, mais aujourd'hui t'as tort
Tomorrow you'll be right, but today you're wrong
ça dépend des saisons, de l'endroit, du plus fort
It depends on the seasons, the place, the strongest
Il paraît qu'on est des milliards
It seems that we are billions
A s'ignorer dans ce bazar
Ignoring each other in this mess
Mais comment trouver l'identique
But how to find the identical
A mes délires schizo-maniaco-psychotiques
To my schizo-maniac-psychotic delusions
Quelqu'un quelque part...
Someone somewhere...
Les calmants les infirmeries sont les mêmes dans tous les pays
The tranquilizers and infirmaries are the same in all countries
Trouver l'être et l'endroit critique
Find the critical person and place
A mes délires schizo-maniaco-psychotiques
To my schizo-maniac-psychotic delusions
Pourquoi noyer tout ça dans l'alcool ou l'éther
Why drown it all in alcohol or ether
Quand on voit, y'a de quoi se resservir un verre
When we see, there is enough reason to pour another drink
Tant de grands sentiments, de colloques en séances
So many grand sentiments, conferences and sessions
Pour souffler tant de vent, une telle impuissance
To blow so much wind, such powerlessness
Je renonce à tout héritage
I renounce all inheritance
Du raisonnable scientifique
Of the reasonable scientist
J'aime autant rester dans la cage
I prefer to stay in the cage
De mes délires schizo-maniaco-psychotiques
Of my schizo-maniac-psychotic delusions
Contributed by Ava V. Suggest a correction in the comments below.