This is a hauntingly beautiful song about introspection, specifically about looking back at a relationship that started bad and ended so poorly, that the narrator wants to go back to the very beginning and tell himself to not even travel down that road. I believe that the relationship started poorly because of the lines:
"Take me back to the night we met:When the night was full of terrors: And your eyes were filled with tears: When you had not touched me yet"
So, the first night was not a great start, but the narrator pursued the relationship and eventually both overcame the rough start to fall in love with each other:
"I had all and then most of you"
Like many relationships that turn sour, it was not a quick decline, but a gradual one where the narrator and their partner fall out of love and gradually grow apart
"Some and now none of you"
Losing someone who was once everything in your world, who you could confide in, tell your secrets to, share all the most intimate parts of your life, to being strangers with that person is probably one of the most painful experiences a person can go through. So Painful, the narrator wants to go back in time and tell himself to not even pursue the relationship.
This was the perfect song for "13 Reasons Why"
Francis, tu as tant de choses à dire
Mais le tout reste enfermé
Et quand tu ne sais plus quoi dire
Tu te mets à pleurer
Mais ça, ton public le voit pas
Tu l’incites à rêver
Pendant que toi, tu le regardes
Francis, les mots restent bien coincés
Devant cette fille qui ne demande
Pas mieux que de se faire aimer
Mais toi, tu ne sais pas comment t’y prendre
Ta gorge se resserre et ton cœur bat de plus belle
Alors que tes yeux sont sur elle
Mais moi, je ne t’oublierai pas
Et je compte sur toi
Pour venir en aide
À ceux qui ressentent pour toi
Ce que tu écris dans
Ces chansons pour elle
Francis, je m’en vais bientôt
Et je pense très, très fort à toi
Pendant que mes doigts au piano
Jouent tout ce que je te dois
Et rappelle-toi que tu peux
Avoir le monde à tes pieds
Si tu te laisses pas abattre
Par ceux qui te laissent de côté
Mais moi, je t’oublierai pas
Et je compte sur toi
Pour venir en aide
À ceux qui ressentent pour toi
Ce que tu écris dans
Ces chansons pour elle
Mais moi, je ne t’oublierai pas
Et je compte sur toi
Pour venir en aide
À ceux qui ressentent pour toi
Ce que tu écris dans
Ces chansons pour elle
Mais le tout reste enfermé
Et quand tu ne sais plus quoi dire
Tu te mets à pleurer
Mais ça, ton public le voit pas
Tu l’incites à rêver
Pendant que toi, tu le regardes
Francis, les mots restent bien coincés
Devant cette fille qui ne demande
Pas mieux que de se faire aimer
Mais toi, tu ne sais pas comment t’y prendre
Ta gorge se resserre et ton cœur bat de plus belle
Alors que tes yeux sont sur elle
Mais moi, je ne t’oublierai pas
Et je compte sur toi
Pour venir en aide
À ceux qui ressentent pour toi
Ce que tu écris dans
Ces chansons pour elle
Francis, je m’en vais bientôt
Et je pense très, très fort à toi
Pendant que mes doigts au piano
Jouent tout ce que je te dois
Et rappelle-toi que tu peux
Avoir le monde à tes pieds
Si tu te laisses pas abattre
Par ceux qui te laissent de côté
Mais moi, je t’oublierai pas
Et je compte sur toi
Pour venir en aide
À ceux qui ressentent pour toi
Ce que tu écris dans
Ces chansons pour elle
Mais moi, je ne t’oublierai pas
Et je compte sur toi
Pour venir en aide
À ceux qui ressentent pour toi
Ce que tu écris dans
Ces chansons pour elle
Lyrics submitted by mister care-too-much
Francis Lyrics as written by Beatrice Martin
Lyrics © Dare To Care (Les éditions)
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Francis les mots restent bien coincés Devant cette fille qui ne demande Pas mieux que de se faire aimer Mais toi tu ne sais pas comment t'y prendre Ta gorge se resserre et ton cœur bat de plus belle Alors que tes yeux sont sur elle
Mais moi je ne t'oublierai pas Et je compte sur toi Pour venir en aide À ceux qui ressentent pour toi Ce que tu écris dans Ces chansons pour elle
Francis je m'en vais bientôt Et je pense très fort à toi Pendant que mes doigts au piano Jouent tout ce que je te dois
Et rappelle-toi que te peux Avoir le monde à tes pieds Si tu te laisses pas abattre Par ceux qui te laissent de côté
Mais moi je ne t'oublierai pas Et je compte sur toi Pour venir en aide À ceux qui ressentent pour toi Ce que tu écris dans Ces chansons pour elle
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Well, I'm not very good at French but here's my shot at a translation:
Francis you have so much to say But it all remains locked up And when you do not know what to say anymore You start to cry But this, your public does not see it You encourage it to dream While you look at her
Francis the words remain well hidden In front of this girl who does not ask Any better than to be loved But you just do not know how to take yourself there Your throat tightens and your heart beats more beautiful While your eyes are on her
But I will not forget you And I count on you To come help Those who feel for you What you write in These songs for her
Francis I am going soon And I think very highly of you While my fingers on the piano Play all that I owe you
And remember that you can Have the world at your feet If you do not leave yourself to break down By those who leave your side
But I will not forget you And I count on you To come help Those who feel for you What you write in These songs for her
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The above translation is pretty good, except "ton cœur bat de plus belle" means "your heart beats faster", which makes more sense contextually :)
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