En Attendant is a dreamy postcard from a love that has already sailed away. Maëlle paints two contrasting scenes: carefree memories of racing windswept roads on the island of Ouessant, and the lonely silence of present-day Paris where only a ghost of that romance remains. The sea once “saw everything” – every thrill and every crack – yet kept the lovers’ secrets. Now, each dawn finds the singer measuring time differently, waking to nights no longer shared and to insomnia that tints the city gray.
Despite the ache, the song is also about survival. Maëlle wonders if forgetting is wrong, admits how powerful their flaws were, and chooses movement over stagnation: “I will dance again, I will wait again.” Until memories loosen their grip and the pain detaches, she lives in this suspended moment of en attendant – in waiting – where hope and heartache rhythmically sway together, just like waves against the shore.