Mama
Pow Wow Lyrics

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(A.Chenneviere/B.Pierre/P.Periz/A.Mouici)

Les deux pieds dans la poussière
Envie de regarder en arrière
Comme tes frères partis hier
Tu as quitté la terre de tes frères

Ma... Ma... Ma... Ma

Par delà des déserts, bien plus loin
A des années lumière
Tu ne penses qu'au sourire de celle
Qui regarde tous les jours vers la mer

Ma... Ma... Ma... Ma

Sous la lumière des néons,
Dans cette ville où tu es différent
Tu repenses à cette chanson
Qu'elle chantait quand tu étais enfant

Ma... Ma... Ma... Ma

Elle attend mais le temps, chaque instant
Rapproche le moment, où il ne sera plus temps
Pour la mère revoir son enfant
A qui elle chantait quand soufflait le vent

Ma... Ma... Ma... Ma

Overall Meaning

The song "Mama" by Pow Wow speaks of a person who has left their homeland and family and is now in a foreign city. The first few lines describe the person's longing to look back and the fact that everyone else has already left. The chorus repeats the word "Ma" four times, which is likely a reference to "Maman" or "Mère" (mother) and may symbolize the person's longing for their mother's love and memories of their childhood.

The next verse speaks of the person being so far away from home that they may as well be on a different planet, but all they can think about is the smile of the person looking out to sea. This could symbolize a loved one left behind, perhaps a mother or a romantic interest.

The final verse describes the person being in a city with neon lights and feeling like an outsider. They then think back to a song that was sung to them as a child, likely by the mother figure they miss so deeply. The repetition of "Ma" at the end of each verse and in the chorus further emphasizes the person's heartache and longing for their mother's love.

Overall, the song "Mama" by Pow Wow is a touching tribute to the power of maternal love and the pain of separation. The use of simple but powerful lyrics and repetition makes this a powerful and emotional song that many can relate to.

Line by Line Meaning

Les deux pieds dans la poussière
Standing still, surrounded by dust

Envie de regarder en arrière
Wanting to look back at what was left behind

Comme tes frères partis hier
Like your brothers who left yesterday

Tu as quitté la terre de tes frères
You left the land of your brothers

Ma... Ma... Ma... Ma
Mama, Mama, Mama, Mama

Par delà des déserts, bien plus loin
Beyond the deserts, much further away

A des années lumière
At light years distance

Tu ne penses qu'au sourire de celle
You only think of the smile of the one

Qui regarde tous les jours vers la mer
Who looks towards the sea every day

Sous la lumière des néons,
Under the neon lights

Dans cette ville où tu es différent
In this city where you are different

Tu repenses à cette chanson
You think back to that song

Qu'elle chantait quand tu étais enfant
That she used to sing when you were a child

Elle attend mais le temps, chaque instant
She's waiting but with each passing moment

Rapproche le moment, où il ne sera plus temps
Brings closer the time, when there will be no more time

Pour la mère revoir son enfant
For the mother to see her child again

A qui elle chantait quand soufflait le vent
To whom she used to sing when the wind blew

Ma... Ma... Ma... Ma
Mama, Mama, Mama, Mama

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Comments from YouTube:

LouiseGuionie

12y↑1

Je les ai vus 3 Fois en Concert! Et très FIERE De connaître Pascal personnellement! :D <3

Dux Blah

12y↑1

Ce petit quelque chose, c'est que ce sont de vrais musiciens, pas comme ceux qu'on se coltinent en ce moment. Super chanson que je ne connaissais pas. Ils sont vraiment très très forts ces quatres-là.