Three years after the release of her first album, which went gold and platinum, she released her second album, Carpe Diem, which launched the career of this singer-songwriter in French-speaking countries, especially in Quebec. Within three weeks, the album went gold. She then took her music on tour, performing to over 150,000 admirers, while her album went three times platinum. She was especially appreciated by the Canadian public and music industry. In 1995, she was awarded two Félix awards by Quebec's association of recording artists (ADISQ), namely Best Female Vocalist of the year (by popular vote), and Best Live Performance of the year.
Then, things began to pick up!
In 1996, Walt Disney Studios immortalized Lara's voice. In addition to incarnating Esmeralda, the heroine of the animated feature The Hunchback of Notre Dame, she sang the theme song ("Que Dieu aide les exclus") on the film's soundtrack.
In October, her third album "Pure" went platinum in less than two weeks. Thanks to this album, she won the 1997 Félix for Album of the Year. The same year, "Pure" was launched in France where over two million albums were sold within two years. Thanks to this resounding success, which eloquently expressed the affection of her loving and faithful fans, Lara was awarded the prize for New Artist of the Year at the prestigious French gala Les Victoires de la Musique. This was in February 1998, a few months before the concert tour in several French cities that led to the recording of an album (Lara Fabian Live) in March 1999 which went platinum a few months later. Lara Fabian was praised by music lovers and critics alike...
In addition to receiving the Félix for Quebec Artist Having the Most Impact Outside Quebec, she was voted Personality of the Year by the magazine Paris Match, which featured her on its front cover. While her fame grew, she was honored at the World Music Awards for Best Selling Artist for "Pure". Between appearances in Europe, Lara often returned to New York City and San Francisco to record her first album in English. She wrote or co-wrote most of the songs, working with Rick Allison and producers Walter Afanasieff (Mariah Carey), Pat Leonard (Madonna), Sam Watters (ex-Color Me Badd) and Brian Rawling (Cher's "I Believe").
Produced by Sony Records, the self-titled album was launched in May 2000 on America's most popular morning television show, NBC's Today Show. Invitations poured in, and Lara Fabian appeared on The Tonight Show, The View, Access Hollywood, Craig Kilborn, Entertainment Tonight...
The album's first excerpt, I will Love Again, hit No. 1 on the Billboard Dance Music charts and settled in for 58 weeks! Thanks to this resounding success, she received the Félix for Quebec Artist Having the Most Impact in a Language other than French. The songs on the album thrilled audiences worldwide.
In February 2001, Love By Grace became the theme song of the lead couple in the Brazilian soap opera Laços de Familia, broadcast by TV Globo for millions of viewers in Brazil and Portugal. For several weeks, the song was number 1 on most Brazilian and Portuguese radio stations. Love by Grace generated an incredible frenzy around the artist… You just don't top the billboards of Portuguese speaking countries everyday!
After From Lara with Love, her first American TV special broadcast by PBS, the singer-songwriter participated in the very popular WTKU New York radio special, Miracle on 34th Street, where many popular artists appeared, including Michael Jackson, Christina Aguilera, Marc Anthony, Ricky Martin and Toni Braxton.
Shortly after, when her self-titled English-language album was released in Asia, Lara scored a number one hit on the Taiwanese top ten, a great moment for the artist. Many were particularly impressed with the song Light of my Life (found only on the Asian edition of the album), which she interpreted with Lee-Hom, Asia's top male Chinese-speaking vocalist. This song was included in the movie feature China Strike Force, starring newcomer Lee-Horn along with Aaron Kwok, a box-office idol throughout Asia.
Eagerly awaited in several cities throughout the world, Lara has brilliantly dealt with her growing popularity by frequently appearing abroad. The artist has performed in several European and American capitals, and has enjoyed every minute of her travels. Solid gold in Canada, Germany, Switzerland and Norway, Lara Fabian went platinum in Belgium, Brazil and France and triple platinum in Portugal. She enjoyed the longest number 1 run on Billboard's Heatseeker Chart in 2000.
Last May, Lara was awarded yet another prize at the World Music Awards in Monaco, where she sang Adagio. She also returned to New York and Los Angeles to lend her voice to the original soundtracks of two long-awaited international super productions in July 2001: She interpreted the song The Dreams Within, featured in the movie Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, as well as For Always, the vocal version of the title song of A.I., Steven Spielberg's latest feature.
In addition to a new French-language album in September 2001, Lara Fabian launched the first single on her new album in May, "J'y crois encore", which can be heard on radio stations in Quebec and Europe.
From France to Brazil, in Italy, Belgium, Norway, Switzerland, Germany, Portugal, Japan and the United States, Lara Fabian has established her reputation as a determined singer-songwriter. Barely 10 years after the release of her first album, Lara has conquered the hearts of millions of fans throughout the world, whose fervor is equaled only by their affection for this talented and authentic artist. Eight million records sold worldwide to this day testify to her achievement.
Her best-selling European DVD and CD, En Toute Intimité, released in October 2003, was an intimate, acoustic piano-based collection showcasing Ms. Fabian performing songs in English, Italian and French.
After En Toute Intimité Lara Fabian released her 2nd English language album called "A wonderful life". Lara Fabian's latest release is an album in the French language with the title "Toutes Les Femmes en Moi", released in May 2009.
2010: "Tour Les Femmes Font Leur Show", Mademoiselle Zhivago
Throughout the first half of 2010, Fabian embarked on a European tour of concerts, throughout France, Switzerland, and Belgium, incorporating the main repertoire of her last album "Toutes Les Femmes En Moi" along with some classic and fan favorites. She also performed again in Eastern Europe, with a more acoustic set (piano-voice), and included English recordings from the album Every Woman in Me. In September 2010, she finally released her 2009 album "Toutes Les Femmes En Moi" in Québec. She also recorded the album "Nuit Magique" with Canadian singer Coral Egan.
Later in 2010, Fabian released a concept album in Russia and Ukraine called Mademoiselle Zhivago which has sold over 800.000 copies in Russia. It features 11 songs in different languages by Russian composer Igor Krutoy. It features stories about a woman who experiences several lives over the years and centuries. Eleven music videos, one each song, were combined to create a full-length film, produced and directed by Ukrainian film producer Alan Badoev. The album itself, containing a CD and a DVD, was first released in Ukraine in October 2010 and in Russia in November.
2020–present: Lockdown Sessions
On December 16, 2020, Lara Fabian discreetly unveiled a collection of 12 experimental musical tracks, the fruit of her introspection and her isolation during confinement. Lockdown Sessions came out in a limited edition without a label, and offers a unique journey of the singer accompanied again by Moh Denebi.
Fabian is a full lyric soprano with a vocal range that spans three octaves from C3 to G5 in live performances.
She is multilingual, she speaks Italian, French, Spanish, Sicilian, English and some Flemish.[citation needed] She has also sung in Azerbaijani, German, Greek, Hebrew, Mandarin Chinese, Portuguese, Russian, and Turkish
Intoxicated
Lara Fabian Lyrics
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Though you're no more in this space
You're nowhere to be found
There's not a breath of you in here
Leaving us behind
I just can't do it all the way
And Nothing can describe
I toss and turn and then
I roll on your side of the bed
I touch your absent face
No tear will ever bring your back
I'm broken inside
And I wish I could go where you went
I'll fall asleep until I see you
At the other end.
How can I stand alive with only half a life?
How can I love so hard with only half a heart?
Where do I go from here?
How do I breathe in here?
I guess it must be true
I am intoxicated by
You...
I try to store away
Pictures and little souvenirs
I found a tone to say I'll be okay
Look, I'm still here
Lying is my way
To keep these feet walking around
While my soul instead
Has found a way to reach your ground
How can I stand alive with only half a life?
How can I love so hard with only half a heart?
Where do I go from here?
How do I breathe in here?
I guess it must be true
I am intoxicated by
You...
By you...
I guess it must be true
I am intoxicated by...
How can I stand alive with only half alive?
How can I love so hard with only half a heart?
Where do I go from here?
How do I breathe in here?
I guess it must be true
I am intoxicated
By you...
I am intoxicated
Intoxicated
By...
You...
The lyrics of Lara Fabian's song Intoxicated evoke feelings of loss and despair over the absence of a loved one. The song describes the artist's difficulty in coping with the absence of a loved one who has passed away. The opening lines "I feel you all around me, though you're no more in this space" give the impression that the person is still present in some form, despite their physical absence. This is followed by the lines "Leaving us behind, I just can't do it all the way", which suggest that the artist is struggling to come to terms with the loss of their loved one.
The artist describes their sense of isolation with lines such as "There's not a breath of you in here", indicating the emptiness of the space in which they are now living. The chorus of the song repeats the line "How can I stand alive with only half a life? How can I love so hard with only half a heart?" which conveys a sense of loss and a feeling of being incomplete without the presence of the loved one. The artist ends the song on an open-ended note by asking "Where do I go from here? How do I breathe in here?" suggesting the constant struggle with grief.
Overall, the song Intoxicated is a moving tribute to the pain and loss of losing a loved one. The lyrics are deeply emotional and evoke a sense of despair, while also conveying a sense of hope that one day the artist will see their loved one again.
Line by Line Meaning
I feel you all around me
I sense your presence constantly.
Though you're no more in this space
Although you're no longer physically here.
You're nowhere to be found
I cannot find you anywhere.
There's not a breath of you in here
Your essence is not present in this place.
Leaving us behind
Your departure has caused us to be left behind.
I just can't do it all the way
I cannot fully cope with the situation.
And Nothing can describe
Words cant begin to describe.
The feeling of dancing with this pain
The sensation of enduring this agony is like a dance.
I toss and turn and then
I struggle to find comfort in my bed.
I roll on your side of the bed
I sleep on your side of the bed.
I touch your absent face
I attempt to feel your face, but you're not there.
No tear will ever bring your back
Crying will not bring you back to me.
I'm broken inside
I am shattered emotionally.
And I wish I could go where you went
I wish I could be where you are now.
I'll fall asleep until I see you
I will sleep until I am reunited with you.
At the other end.
On the other side, wherever that may be.
How can I stand alive with only half a life?
How can I continue to live with only half of me present?
How can I love so hard with only half a heart?
How can I love with such intensity when only half of me is functioning?
Where do I go from here?
What steps should I take now?
How do I breathe in here?
How can I continue to breathe in this situation?
I guess it must be true
It seems to be a fact.
I am intoxicated by
I am overwhelmed and consumed by.
You...
You and your memory.
I try to store away
I attempt to hold onto.
Pictures and little souvenirs
Photographs and small mementos.
I found a tone to say I'll be okay
I pretend to be okay when I speak.
Look, I'm still here
Despite everything, I'm still existing.
Lying is my way
I use deception as a coping mechanism.
To keep these feet walking around
To keep myself moving in life.
While my soul instead
Yet, my spirit instead.
Has found a way to reach your ground
Has discovered a way to connect with where you are now.
I am intoxicated
I am consumed and overwhelmed.
Intoxicated
Overwhelmed and unable to cope.
By...
By you and your memory.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: BARLOW, FABIAN
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Andrew Rodriguez
I feel you all around me
Though you're no more in this space
You're nowhere to be found
There's not a breath of you in here
Leaving us behind
I just can't do it all the way
And Nothing can describe
The feeling of dancing with this pain
I toss and turn and then
I roll on your side of the bed
I touch your absent face
No tear will ever bring your back
I'm broken inside
And I wish I could go where you went
I'll fall asleep until I see you
At the other end.
How can I stand alive with only half a life?
How can I love so hard with only half a heart?
Where do I go from here?
How do I breathe in here?
I guess it must be true
I am intoxicated by
You...
I try to store away
Pictures and little souvenirs
I found a tone to say I'll be okay
Look, I'm still here
Lying is my way
To keep these feet walking around
While my soul instead
Has found a way to reach your ground
How can I stand alive with only half a life?
How can I love so hard with only half a heart?
Where do I go from here?
How do I breathe in here?
I guess it must be true
I am intoxicated by
You...
By you...
I guess it must be true
I am intoxicated by...
How can I stand alive with only half a life?
How can I love so hard with only half a heart?
Where do I go from here?
How do I breathe in here?
I guess it must be true
I am intoxicated
By you...
I am intoxicated
Intoxicated
By...
You...
Alessandro Forino
I feel you all around me
Though you're no more in this space
You're nowhere to be found
There's not a breath of you in here
Leaving us behind
I just can't do it all the way
Nothing can describe
The feeling of dancing with this space
I toss and turn and then
I roll on your side of the bed
I touch your wraps and face
No tear will ever your back
I'm broken inside out
I wish I could go where you went
I'll fall asleep until I see us
At the other end.
How can I spend a life with only half alive?
How can I love someone with only half of heart?
Where do I go from here?
How do I breath in here?
I guess it must be true
I am intoxicated by
You...
I tried to store away
Pictures and little souvenirs
I found the tone to say I'll be okay
I'm still here
Lying is my way
To keep the feet walking
And
Allow my soul instead
Has found a way to reach your ground
How can I spend a life with only half alive?
How can I love someone with only half of heart?
Where do I go from here?
How do I breath in here?
I guess it must be true
I am intoxicated by
You...
By you...
I guess it must be true
I am intoxicated by...
How can I spend a life with only half alive?
How can I love someone with only half of heart?
Where do I go from here?
How do I breath in here?
I guess it must be true
I am intoxicated
By you...
I am intoxicated
Intoxicated
By...
You...
Ben Mojo
I love this song so much. I can relate to being intoxicated like that. It's a masterpiece and an extraordinary voice connected to Lara's soul. Thank you ❤️.
Farzane Molaie
Im addicted to this song
I really love it
This is one of Lara's masterpieces
Éva Kocsis
Co-written with Gary Barlow
Reunionisland
I'm addicted too! Just a beautiful song !
Graham Bingham
Wow Wow Wow! I've been listening to this song since it first was released on this wonderful Album. I simply can't get enough. Lara, thank you!
Andrew Rodriguez
I feel you all around me
Though you're no more in this space
You're nowhere to be found
There's not a breath of you in here
Leaving us behind
I just can't do it all the way
And Nothing can describe
The feeling of dancing with this pain
I toss and turn and then
I roll on your side of the bed
I touch your absent face
No tear will ever bring your back
I'm broken inside
And I wish I could go where you went
I'll fall asleep until I see you
At the other end.
How can I stand alive with only half a life?
How can I love so hard with only half a heart?
Where do I go from here?
How do I breathe in here?
I guess it must be true
I am intoxicated by
You...
I try to store away
Pictures and little souvenirs
I found a tone to say I'll be okay
Look, I'm still here
Lying is my way
To keep these feet walking around
While my soul instead
Has found a way to reach your ground
How can I stand alive with only half a life?
How can I love so hard with only half a heart?
Where do I go from here?
How do I breathe in here?
I guess it must be true
I am intoxicated by
You...
By you...
I guess it must be true
I am intoxicated by...
How can I stand alive with only half a life?
How can I love so hard with only half a heart?
Where do I go from here?
How do I breathe in here?
I guess it must be true
I am intoxicated
By you...
I am intoxicated
Intoxicated
By...
You...
SWSimpson
I NEED YOUR INPUT PEOPLE: Late one night, falling asleep at my desk with Lara playing, INTOXICATED, I heard the words come out of the speaker and whisper, "You are a liar". I sat up straight, eyes wide, and felt panic in my chest.... No, it couldn't have been! But I played it over and over again... that was my song to the ex - a narcissist and a liar. I played Intoxicated for some friends and no one else I played it for heard those words. It is at 2:03 in the song.... People say it was just her vocalizing... was it? Did I hear it? I don't know... WHAT DO YOU FABIAN EXPERTS THINK? PLEASE LISTEN AND TELL ME.
Марина Козырева
Вы - экстрасенс! Но, видимо, даже не подозреваете об этом. Этот дар дан лишь избранным! 🙏
Miriela Morejon Martinez
He escuchado esta cancion no se cuantas veces....es una de las mas bella que he sentido en mi vida. Cada vez que la siento , me veo en su texto..Iam intoxicated....
Ludmila Sorensen
Каждая песня как целая жизнь. Гениально!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!