Les Rois du Monde

A song I'd love to share with you today. This was one of the songs which was performed during yesterday's reunion.



The song is by Damien Sargue and is part of the French musical Roméo et Juliette (I'm pretty sure you can figure out what that means), de la Haine à l'Amour (from Hate to Love). Anyhow, I think this vid is the musical version - and the characters of Romeo, Mercutio and Benvolio sing :

Les rois du monde vivent au sommet
Ils ont la plus belle vue, mais il y a un « mais »
Ils ne savent pas ce qu'on pense d'eux en bas
Ils ne savent pas qu'ici c'est nous les rois

Les rois du monde font tout ce qu'ils veulent
Ils ont du monde autour d'eux mais ils sont seuls
Dans leurs châteaux là-haut ils s'ennuient
Pendant qu'en bas nous on danse toute la nuit

REFRAIN:
Nous on fait l'amour, on vit la vie
Jour après jour, nuit après nuit
À quoi ça sert d'être sur la terre
Si c'est pour faire nos vies à genoux
On sait que le temps c'est comme le vent
De vivre il n'y a que ça d'important
On se fout pas mal de la morale
On sait bien qu'on fait pas de mal

Les rois du monde ont peur de tout
C'est qu'ils confondent les chiens et les loups
Ils font des pièges où ils tomberont un jour
Ils se protègent de tout même de l'amour

Les rois du monde se battent entre eux
Il y a de la place, mais pour un pas pour deux
Et nous en bas leur guerre on la fera pas
On sait même pas pourquoi tout ça c'est jeu de roi
(au refrain)

And here's a rough translation of these lyrics :

The kings of the world live high above (at the summit) # They've got the best view, but there's a "but" to it # They don't think of what we think of them down below # They don't know that here, we are the kings

The kings of the world do whatever they want # They've got the world all over them but they are alone # In their castles up there they get bored # And we down below, we dance all night

CHORUS : We make love, we live life # Day after day, night after night # What reason is there for us to be on earth # If we are to bend our knees our whole life # We know that time is like the wind # There's nothing more important than to live # We don't give a damn about morals # We know that we're not doing anything wrong

The kings of the world are scared of everything # To the point that they confuse dogs with wolves # They make pedestals where they're bound to fall one day # They protect everything to themselves, even love

The kings of the world fight amongst themselves # There is room, but for one, not for two # And down here, we don't do war # We don't know why, but this is game for a king (repeat chorus)


I'm not sure which part of the musical this song fits in, but I was very impressed with this song - from the beginning itself. And the chorus - wow ! It's very fast (even I can't catch up) but it's very pleasing to the ear. Everything is interwoven very well, and the video, taken in the streets of Paris, adds to the French flavour of Les Rois du Monde.

My personal rating ? Five stars.

This may sound crazy, but you know - I'm thinking of making this our very own stage performance. The person who sang it yesterday - I think his name is Faizal (correct me if I'm wrong) - he sang it pretty well. This one would go very well with two male backups, two female backups, some harmonisation, and a lot of people to move in a circle during the first two choruses.

The bridge onwards ? Well, I'm thinking of letting everyone do their own thing (but sing in unison when the chorus starts again, of course) - I trained myself to move with this song just moments before putting these last few paragraphs - and I discovered that moving in a circle, with a particular moveset, can be ominous. And that's the feel we want for this song - upbeat, heart-warming, but ominous at the same time - because we all know what happened to Romeo and Juliet at the end.

I wish I could go and join in this year’s Fête de la Musique. I can’t. If I could, I’d have brought everyone together for this performance. It’s a wonderful song, to begin with. And not many people would’ve chosen it. I didn’t know about it even, until yesterday.

I seriously want Mme Ricordel and M. Plasse to see this once we get this on the big stage. Just like I make every single performance of mine the performance of a lifetime, I want this too, to be the most special performance for… whenever we’re bound to sing this.