Richard
Les Appendices Lyrics
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Y dit tout avec ses regards
Y‘peut briser le cou d'un dinosaure
Juste en le twistant d'un bord
Il a couru toute l'autoroute 40
Rien qu'avec un soulier
Juste en chuchotant, il fait se reproduire
Toutes les espèces menacées
C'est Richard, il est super fort
Il peut changer le plomb en or
Il change les briquettes en concepts
Il change les guimauves en autre chose
Y'a fait un enfant à toutes ses cousines
Pis c'est tous des prix Nobel
Une fois y'a trouvé le Saint Graal
Juste en fouillant d'in poubelles
Y part une mode à chaque fois qu'il se change
Même si y'a personne qui le voit
On l'a mis au défi de manger un bicycle
Il l'a fait deux milles fois
C'est Richard, il est super fort
Il change les frisbees en guitares
Y' est plus grand qu'la tour du CN
Qui est juste peu plus grande que sa graine
Mais y'a quelque chose qu'il peut pas faire…
Finalement il est capable aussi!
C'est Richard, il est super fort
Il change le vomi en trésors
Il chie un train toutes les secondes
Il fait même disparaître le monde
The lyrics to Les Appendices's song Richard are a tongue-in-cheek tribute to an ultra-powerful mythical figure named Richard. Richard is a modern-day Superman who can do anything and everything, almost effortlessly. For example, the song suggests that Richard knows every language in the world but doesn't use them because he can communicate everything he wants with just his eyes. Richard can even break the neck of a dinosaur by just twisting it with his finger, and he can run along the entire Autoroute 40 with just one shoe. As if that's not enough, Richard can impregnate any species of animal, and all his offspring end up being Nobel Prize winners.
The song's chorus repeats the refrain "C'est Richard, il est super fort" (It's Richard, he's super strong), which sums up the idea that Richard is an all-powerful being capable of changing things in extraordinary ways. Richard can turn lead into gold, transform bricks into concepts, and metamorphose marshmallows into something else entirely. He can also start a new trend by changing his clothes, even when nobody is around to see him.
The song is a humorous take on how myths and legends can be created around seemingly ordinary people, and how easily they can get out of hand. The lyrics to Richard are cleverly written to take the idea of a superhero to absurd levels, creating a homage to an all-conquering hero that is almost too good to be true.
Line by Line Meaning
Y ‘Connaît toutes les langues, mais il s'en sert pas
Richard knows every language but chooses not to use them.
Y dit tout avec ses regards
He communicates non-verbally through his expressions and body language.
Y‘peut briser le cou d'un dinosaure Juste en le twistant d'un bord
Richard has immense strength and can easily break the neck of even a dinosaur with a single twist.
Il a couru toute l'autoroute 40 Rien qu'avec un soulier
Richard is incredibly fast and once ran the entire Autoroute 40 with just one shoe on.
Juste en chuchotant, il fait se reproduire Toutes les espèces menacées
Richard has the power to make endangered species reproduce just by whispering to them.
C'est Richard, il est super fort
Il peut changer le plomb en or
Il change les briquettes en concepts
Il change les guimauves en autre chose
Richard is incredibly powerful and can turn lead into gold, transform bricks into great ideas, and turn marshmallows into something completely different.
Y'a fait un enfant à toutes ses cousines
Pis c'est tous des prix Nobel
Richard has children with all of his cousins who have all gone on to become Nobel prizewinners.
Une fois y'a trouvé le Saint Graal
Juste en fouillant d'in poubelles
Richard discovered the Holy Grail while digging through the trash.
Y part une mode à chaque fois qu'il se change
Même si y'a personne qui le voit
Richard starts new fashion trends every time he changes his clothes, even if no one else sees it.
On l'a mis au défi de manger un bicycle
Il l'a fait deux milles fois
Richard was challenged to eat a bicycle and did it two thousand times.
Y change les frisbees en guitares
Y' est plus grand qu'la tour du CN
Qui est juste peu plus grande que sa graine
Richard can turn frisbees into guitars and he is taller than the CN Tower, which is only slightly larger than his seed.
Mais y'a quelque chose qu'il peut pas faire…
Finalement il est capable aussi!
Despite all of Richard's amazing abilities, there was once something he could not do, but he eventually found a way to do it as well.
C'est Richard, il est super fort
Il change le vomi en trésors
Il chie un train toutes les secondes
Il fait même disparaître le monde
Richard can turn vomit into treasures, defecates trains every second, and is even capable of making the world disappear.
Contributed by Makayla W. Suggest a correction in the comments below.