Lyrics of Tonight - Sadek, Leslie

Tonight (original)

Des fois j’me demande si je réaliserai mes rêves
Alors j'écris, du matin au soir, j'écris
Maman on y est presque, ton fils passe à la radio
Depuis la crèche j’reste fidèle à mes idéaux
Cette nuit j’ai fait un rêve: tes douleurs disparaissent
J’me suis réveillé, et t’avais toujours ton mal de dos
Mon nom sur l’affiche, mais j’traîne en bas des halls
La voix des anges m’apaise, j’veux les entendre chanter haut
L’avenir a les dents jaunes j’ai lu ça dans la presse
Un jour on sera là-haut, pour l’instant on mange les restes
Et j’continue à m’battre, jusqu’au dernier acte
La vie mon théâtre, trop vrai pour être acteur
Des blessures des marques, des reines sans monarque
Trop de flèches à mon arc, prévenez mes détracteurs
J’vous le dis j’ai le seum !
Moi on m’a laissé tout seul
Personne du berceau au linceul
Et s’ils me veulent, bah j’ai que mon coeur et mon gun
Car je sais qu’il ne doit en rester qu’un seul, seul !
You can be a king, living in a fairytale
You can be a lion, living for redemption
Tonight, tonight, tonight
Tonight, tonight, tonight
You can be a flame, that nobody couldn’t blaze
You can be a devil,
Tonight, tonight, tonight
Tonight, tonight, tonight
Go higher, you can do better
Your fire, fire is your empire
Go higher, you can do better
Your fire, fire is your empire
J’ai la rage de vivre, c’est mon seul héritage
J’fais pousser des rimes j’en ai tout un champ lexical
Au bord du précipice, nombreux ne m’apprécient pas
Pourquoi m’occuper d’eux?
Le temps les éliminera
Un jour mon heure viendra, j’me demande qui pleurera
J’espère être en paix, quand mon âme me quittera
Ici on croit aux miracles, ils alimentent nos prières
Aujourd’hui j’me bats pour que demain ne soit pas comme hier
J’suis cette rivière d’espoir qui coule dans tes écouteurs
J’continue d’rêver, d’vant une armée de Freddy Krueger
Et avec ma Tucker, j’fais crier les soupapes
J’peux partir à toute heure rejoindre Biggie et 2Pac
Mais j’attends qu’ils viennent, que la Faucheuse me prenne
Devant les portes de l’Enfer je traîne
Regarde-moi je saigne, mais avant d’monter au ciel
J’veux garder, que l’amour plus de haine
You can be a king, living in a fairytale
You can be a lion, living for redemption
Tonight, tonight, tonight
Tonight, tonight, tonight
You can be a flame, that nobody couldn’t blaze
You can be a devil,
Tonight, tonight, tonight
Tonight, tonight, tonight
Go higher, you can do better
Your fire, fire is your empire
Go higher, you can do better
Your fire, fire is your empire
Malgré toutes ces épreuves, j’ai décidé d’avancer
Le chemin est tracé, les erreurs appartiennent au passé
You can be a king, living in a fairytale
You can be a lion, living for redemption
Tonight, tonight, tonight
Tonight, tonight, tonight
You can be a flame, that nobody couldn’t blaze
You can be a devil,
Tonight, tonight, tonight
Tonight, tonight, tonight
Go higher, you can do better
Your fire, fire is your empire
Go higher, you can do better
Your fire, fire is your empire
Nos angoisses et nos peines, on les confie au ciel
Les anges nous observent, nos faiblesses nous enchaînent
On dissimule nos rêves, toute la nuit on traîne
La vie nous enseigne, on s’y ressent les mains pleines
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(translation)

Sometimes I wonder if I'll make my dreams come true
So I write, from morning till night I write
Mom we're almost there, your son is on the radio
Since the nursery I stay true to my ideals
Last night I had a dream: your pain disappears
I woke up, and you still had your back pain
My name on the poster, but I hang out down the halls
The voice of the angels soothes me, I want to hear them sing loud
The future has yellow teeth I read that in the press
One day we'll be up there, for now we eat the leftovers
And I continue to fight, until the last act
Life my theatre, too real to be an actor
Mark wounds, queens without a monarch
Too many arrows to my bow, warn my detractors
I tell you I have the seum!
I was left all alone
Person from cradle to shroud
And if they want me, well I only have my heart and my gun
For I know there must be only one, only one!
You can be a king, living in a fairytale
You can be a lion, living for redemption
Tonight, tonight, tonight
Tonight, tonight, tonight
You can be a flame, that nobody couldn't blaze
You can be a devil,
Tonight, tonight, tonight
Tonight, tonight, tonight
Go higher, you can do better
Your fire, fire is your empire
Go higher, you can do better
Your fire, fire is your empire
I have the rage to live, it's my only legacy
I grow rhymes I have a whole lexical field
On the edge of the precipice, many don't like me
Why bother with them?
Time will wear them out
One day my time will come, I wonder who will cry
I hope to be at peace, when my soul leaves me
Here we believe in miracles, they fuel our prayers
Today I fight so that tomorrow won't be like yesterday
I am this river of hope that flows in your headphones
I keep dreaming, in front of an army of Freddy Krueger
And with my Tucker, I make the valves scream
I can leave at any time to join Biggie and 2Pac
But I'm waiting for them to come, for the Grim Reaper to take me
Before the gates of Hell I drag
Look at me I'm bleeding, but before going up to the sky
I want to keep, love no more hate
You can be a king, living in a fairytale
You can be a lion, living for redemption
Tonight, tonight, tonight
Tonight, tonight, tonight
You can be a flame, that nobody couldn't blaze
You can be a devil,
Tonight, tonight, tonight
Tonight, tonight, tonight
Go higher, you can do better
Your fire, fire is your empire
Go higher, you can do better
Your fire, fire is your empire
Despite all these hardships, I decided to move forward
The path is set, mistakes are a thing of the past
You can be a king, living in a fairytale
You can be a lion, living for redemption
Tonight, tonight, tonight
Tonight, tonight, tonight
You can be a flame, that nobody couldn't blaze
You can be a devil,
Tonight, tonight, tonight
Tonight, tonight, tonight
Go higher, you can do better
Your fire, fire is your empire
Go higher, you can do better
Your fire, fire is your empire
Our anxieties and our sorrows, we entrust them to the sky
Angels watch us, our weaknesses bind us
We hide our dreams, all night we hang around
Life teaches us, it feels like hands full
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