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It Comes, It Goes
Say it to me1
Say it to me if you feel alone
In the middle of the crowd
When nothing is able to touch your heart anymore
Say it to me
Say it to me if it hurts too much
You've been so let down
That you say that hurting is normal
You know that2, in life we've all messed up
It's true, how many times have we had to get back up
No one's perfect, we've all strayed from the path
You know, in life, it comes, it goes3
It comes, it goes
It comes, it goes
It comes, it goes
It doesn't take much4
Say it to me, say it to me again
"It comes, it goes
It comes, it goes"
It doesn't take much
All things considered, everything is fine
Say it to me, say it to me
If nothing makes sense anymore
If you no longer have faith
Nothing left to give
Say it to me, say it to me
If you've tried everything, given everything a go
Hoped that your world changes
You know, in life we've all messed up
It's true, how many times have we had to get back up
No one's perfect, we've all strayed from the path
You know, in life, it comes, it goes
It comes, it goes
It comes, it goes
It comes, it goes
It doesn't take much
Say it to me, say it to me again
"It comes, it goes
It comes, it goes"
It doesn't take much
All things considered, everything is fine
We're not doing well now, so
We're not doing well 5
We're not doing well now, in reality
We're doing so well6
We're not doing well now, so we're not doing well7
We're not doing well now, in reality
We're doing so well
You know in life, it comes, it goes
It comes, it goes
It comes, it goes
It comes, it goes
It doesn't take much
Say it to me, say it to me again
"It comes, it goes
It comes, it goes"
It doesn't take much
All things considered, everything is fine
We're not doing well now, so
We're not doing well
We're not doing well now, in reality
We're doing so well
We're not doing well now, so
We're not doing well
We're not doing well now, in reality
We're doing so well
- 1. I.e.: Say to me "It comes, it goes."
- 2. The source lyrics are incorrectly transcribed as "Tu sais" ("You know"), but should read: "Tu l'sais" ("You know that").
- 3. lit. it goes, it comes (in the source lyrics)
- 4. (for things to turn around)
- 5. i.e., we let our preoccupation with temporary problems taint our perspective on our entire life
- 6. all things considered
- 7. The source lyrics are incorrectly transcribed as "On est pas bien là, en vrai", but should read:
"On est pas bien là, alors
On est pas bien"
(and the translation follows the corrected source lyrics).
Ary C.✕
Translations of "Ça va, ça vient"
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About translator
The other, prior translation has significant errors/inaccuracies, unfortunately to the point that most of the positive message of the song is lost--so I prepared my own translation.
P.S. I noticed that there is now also a translation that follows mine in time. Unfortunately, it too is quite inaccurate.