By invoking this reference to France, she links the expression of her suffering to the nation of France. In the first verse Indila personifies her suffering, addressing it directly as вЂњГ” ma douce souffrance,вЂќ which translates to вЂњoh my sweet suffering.вЂќ This line also sounds like the title of a famous French expression (and song) вЂњdouce FranceвЂќ (sweet France). This is also apparent in the music video, where the opening of the song and most of the first verse consists of acts of cruelty and indifference visited upon Indila by the people of Paris, at times indiscriminately. In this verse Indila addresses her suffering, and through the use of a phonetic resemblance she indicates that the source of her suffering is France (or likely the people of France). HereвЂ™s the lyrics video if you want to follow along. LetвЂ™s have a look at some of the lyrics to dive deeper.

Interestingly, in the same interview she says that DerniГЁre Danse was the first song that she wrote on her album, and that once she had written it, the rest of the album flowed very naturally.ДerniГЁre Danse is about the emotions that a young immigrant woman feels in Paris, having to cope with racism and discrimination day in and day out. In a 2014 interview she discussed how early on when she was writing songs she struggled because all the words seemed вЂњtoo smallвЂќ for the emotions she was trying to convey. Indila wrote DerniГЁre Danse with her husband Skalpovich, the French DJ-turned-producer.ДЄlthough Indila is quite reserved in interviews, she talks about her struggle to fit the size of her emotions into words in her songs. Indila has said that she chose вЂњIndilaвЂќ as her stage name because of her love for India. Indila has sung in French, English, and also Hindi.

Although she has kept a lot of her life story private, Indila has described herself as a вЂњchild of the worldвЂќ of Algerian descent, but also with heritage from Cambodia, India, and Egypt. In order to really understand the lyrics, we need to know a bit about Indila. Try as I might, without you my life is just a beautiful display, meaninglessДerniГЁre Danse by Indila: Lyrics Breakdown & Explanation J'ai beau trimer, sans toi ma vie n'est qu'un dГ©cor qui brille, vide de sens I want to run away, for everything to begin againД®t je danse, danse, danse, danse, danse, danseДЄnd I dance, dance, dance, dance, dance, dance DerniГЁre Danse by Indila was the first single off her debut album вЂњMini World.вЂќ We review the French lyrics and English translation below, and dive into the meaning of the lyrics and some vocabulary from the song.

I am alive song just dance