Vanessa Chantal Paradis (born December 22, 1972 in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, F… Read Full Bio ↴Vanessa Chantal Paradis (born December 22, 1972 in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, France) is a French singer and actress.

She was discovered on the TV show L'École des fans in 1980. She recorded her first single La Magie des surprises-parties in 1985. Although it was not a hit, it paved the way for the song with which she would become internationally famous - "Joe le taxi" in 1987, while she was still only 14 years old. It was #1 in France for 11 weeks and, unusually for a song sung in French, was released in the United Kingdom the following year, where it reached #3. It was taken from her first album M&J (it stands for Marilyn & John) which, although it gained a number 13 placing in France, drew little attention in the UK and did not chart.

In 1992, now 19 and working in the United States with rock musician Lenny Kravitz, who was her boyfriend for a while, Paradis began work on a new album sung in English, in which she had become fluent. Written and produced by Kravitz, the album, titled Vanessa Paradis, topped the French chart and briefly made the UK listings (number 45). One of the singles from it was Be My Baby, which made number 5 in France and gave her another Top 10 UK hit (number 6). She has since appeared in several films, most famously "Noce Blanche", for which she won the 1990 César Award for Most Promising Actress; 1999's La fille sur le pont (aka Girl on the Bridge), which became an arthouse box office hit in the United States; and 2004's Mon Ange.

Paradis currently released a new album (Divinidylle). There are three versions (regular, limited edition, and the Christmas edition). She started the Divinidylle tour in October. Some concerts were filmed and the DVD/CD of the tour was just recently released. Her latest film DVD release is La Clef. Also, Vanessa recently won two Les Victoires de la Musique awards for her new album Divinidylle. Some of her next projects include a greatest hits cd which includes the commercial jingle "I love Paris in the Springtime" as well as the movies "The Midwife Crisis" and "Un monstre à Paris April" which will be released in 2010.
Vanessa Paradis has been in a relationship with American actor Johnny Depp since 1998. They have a daughter, Lily-Rose Melody Depp (born 27 May 1999), and a son, John Christopher "Jack" Depp III (born 9 April 2002[3]).

Les Revenants
Vanessa Paradis Lyrics

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Le feu qui sort des naseaux
See'est le décor, see'est pour de faux
Les ailes noires dans le dos
Les redingotes, les grands chapeaux
Les squelettes en plein tango
Les trucs étranges qu'on voit pas trop
Les impossibles animaux
Do genre qu'on croise pas dans les zoos

Je vous regarde et je vois
Et je n'en reviens pas
Je vous regarde et je vois les revenants
Et je e'en reviens pas

Vous effrayez les minots
Ça fait recette
Je sais pas trop
Moi je vous trouve moins inquiétants
Que la plupart des vivants

Je vous regarde et je vois
Et je n'en reviens pas

Je vous regarde et je vois les revenants
Je n'en reviens pas

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to the song "Les Revenants" by Vanessa Paradis paint an eerie scene, describing what appears to be a set with fire coming out of the noses of creatures with black wings and large hats, and skeletons dancing tango. The singer observes these strange and impossible animals that one wouldn't find in a zoo, and is amazed and slightly frightened by what she sees. However, she also notes that these "revenants," or the living dead, don't scare her as much as some living people do.

The song is a reflection of mortality and the idea that death is not always what we expect it to be. The line "Je vous regarde et je vois les revenants" means "I look at you and I see the living dead," which can be interpreted as a metaphor for how we often go through life without truly living, like we are just walking and breathing without really being alive. The creatures in the lyric could represent death or what comes after it, and the singer's reaction to them parallels with how we all react to the idea of death - with fascination and fear.

Overall, "Les Revenants" is a hauntingly beautiful song that uses its lyrics to challenge our perceptions of life and death, urging us to live life to the fullest.

Line by Line Meaning

Le feu qui sort des naseaux
The flames that come out of your nostrils

See'est le décor, see'est pour de faux
It's the set, it's all fake

Les ailes noires dans le dos
Black wings on your back

Les redingotes, les grands chapeaux
Long coats, big hats

Les squelettes en plein tango
Skeletons dancing the tango

Les trucs étranges qu'on voit pas trop
Strange things that we can't see well

Les impossibles animaux
Animals that are impossible

Do genre qu'on croise pas dans les zoos
Like the kind you don't see in zoos

Je vous regarde et je vois
I look at you and I see

Et je n'en reviens pas
And I can't believe it

Je vous regarde et je vois les revenants
I look at you and I see the spirits