The four musicians in the group Les Respectables know how to approach music… Read Full Bio ↴The four musicians in the group Les Respectables know how to approach music and make the most of everyone’s talents, giving off energy and performing with an ease rarely seen on stage. The quartet is able not only to rant and rage, and get the crowd going, but it has also been delivering its own uncompromising compositions since it began performing. With a half smile, they describe their music as “calypso-rock” with touches of reggae and rhythm’n blues.

C'est Extra
Les Respectables Lyrics

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C'est extra ton régime colombien
C'est extra de te tendre la main
Car tu me consumes et moi je succombe

C'est extra tes voleurs de hasard
C'est extra, je vis tard le soir
Ça me consume et toi tu succombes

C'est extra les fantômes qui te hantent
C'est extra, prisonnier de ton monde
Comme j'les comprends d'avoir peur de leur ombre

C'est extra!

Elle me dit oui
Je dis peut-être
Elle me fait non
Je lui réponds

Allez on entre et on se lance
Et on se détruit quand on y pense
L'amour c'est d'la folie
C'est toi l'extra et tu me manques
Je sais pourquoi j'avoue sans toi
L'amour c'est de la folie

C'est extra d'aller toujours de l'avant
Extra et même quand tu me mens
Je t'aurai bien demain ou avant

C'est extra de piger ci et là
C'est extra de s'en donner à coeur joie
De partout, toujours faire la loi

Quand elle dit oui
Je dis peut-être
Et quand c'est non
Moi je réponds

Allez on entre et on se lance
Et on se détruit quand on y pense
L'amour c'est d'la folie
C'est toi l'extra et tu me manques

Je sais pourquoi j'avoue sans toi
L'amour c'est de la folie

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Les Respectables's song "C'est Extra" talk about the complexities and contradictions of love. The singer expresses admiration for his lover's Colombian diet and her ability to reach out to him, but at the same time, he feels consumed and defeated by her. He also finds it extraordinary that they indulge in randomness and live late into the night, but it's destroying them slowly.

Furthermore, the singer relates to the phantoms that haunt his lover and understands their fear of darkness. The refrain, "C'est extra," represents the singer's fascination with his lover's unpredictable nature and out of control behavior that fascinates and confuses him at the same time. The song speaks of emotions that are both exhilarating and dangerous, making one vulnerable and undecided.

Overall, the song delivers a sense of love being a wild and crazy journey with no rules or limits, where one can't help getting lost in its madness and unpredictability while trying to savor every sensation.

Line by Line Meaning

C'est extra ton régime colombien
Your Colombian diet is amazing

C'est extra de te tendre la main
Reaching out to you is fantastic

Car tu me consumes et moi je succombe
You consume me and I am overcome

C'est extra tes voleurs de hasard
Your random thieves are crazy

C'est extra, je vis tard le soir
Staying up late at night is amazing

Ça me consume et toi tu succombes
It consumes me and you are overcome

C'est extra les fantômes qui te hantent
The ghosts that haunt you are incredible

C'est extra, prisonnier de ton monde
Being a prisoner of your world is fantastic

Comme j'les comprends d'avoir peur de leur ombre
I understand their fear of the shadows

C'est extra!
It's incredible!

Elle me dit oui
She says yes