FRENCH OVERVIEW followed by an ENGLISH OVERVIEW and TRANSLATION OF LYRICS (Just scroll down):
C'est à ma bonne amie, Rolande, que je veux dédier cette vidéo. En plus de beaucoup d'encouragement, elle m'offre toujours des aperçus indispensables. Je la remercie profondément!
Claude Dubois est un chanteur et auteur-compositeur très célèbre au Québec... sa carrière s'étale sur quatre décennies. Il a écrit certaines des chansons les plus connues du Québec, qui sont devenues des classiques, en plus d'avoir été la voix originale qui a interprété "Le Blues du Businessman" de l'opéra-rock "Starmania".
Dubois a été inspiré à composer cette chanson suivant la mort de Federico Fellini de qui il avait toujours été un grand admirateur.
Les paroles décrivent les sensations d'une âme qui quitte son corps en se demandant si Dieu existe.
ENGLISH OVERVIEW/TRANSLATION OF LYRICS:
This video is dedicated to my good friend, Rolande, who always gives me ample encouragement and incredible insights. I want to send her my deepest thanks.
Claude Dubois is a famous singer/songwriter from Québec - his career spans four decades. Some of his best-known songs have become classics. This is one of them. Perhaps his most popular song was "Businessman Blues" from a rock-opera called "Starmania".
Dubois was inspired to write this song when the great Italian movie director, Frederico Fellini died. Dubois was an avid fan and admirer of Fellini's work. It's as if he (Dubois) is speaking to Fellini and letting him know that God must exist.
The lyrics describe the feelings of a soul who has left its body while questioning at the same time whether or not God exists.
The title means: IF GOD EXISTS
Translations are rarely adequate in conveying the mood/tone/intent of another language. Federico Fellini put it this way"
"A different language is a different vision of life".
However, since many would benefit from some sort of translation rather than none, here are the lyrics in English
No one, there's no longer anyone
My soul panics as it goes into flight
Leaving me lifeless
No one, I need, I have no one
My being falls away
All my senses abandon me
I don't know if I'm afraid
I look at from above
The body of your soul
My face turned the other way
Very small, very small
If God exists and he loves you
Like you love birds,
Like a fool, like an angel
You can walk, finally, on the stars, drawn in
Like a fool, like an angel
No one, there is no longer anyone
My soul panics as it takes flight
Leaving me lifeless
No one, I need, I have no one
My being falls away
All my senses abandon me
I don't know if i"m afraid
You look at, from above
The body of your spirit
Your face turned backwards
Very small, very small
If God exists and he loves you
Like you love birds
Like a fool, like an angel
You can walk, finally, on the stars, drawn in
Like a fool, like an angel.