What if love were truly indestructible? In “Éternel,” French rocker David Hallyday paints a vivid picture of devotion that refuses to die, no matter how dark the tears, heavy the silence, or violent the attempts to erase it. The singer describes crossing emotional bridges, reading pain in a loved one’s face, and feeling a flame that nothing can blow out. Even if “you could break everything” or “tear the sky apart,” he insists, love would still stand.
This anthem celebrates the timeless power of affection and memory. Hallyday contrasts light and shadow, wounds and warmth, to show that real love survives beyond bruised bodies and buried words. Memories locked in an “I love you,” images that rush back when a book is closed, and an unquenchable inner fire all prove a single truth: l’amour est éternel—love is eternal.