4 Mots Sur Un Piano Lyrics in English Patrick Fiori , Jean-Jacques Goldman

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song 4 Mots Sur Un Piano by Patrick Fiori from French to English.

Four words on a piano

The ones she left

Four is already too many

I can count

Four winds over a past

My dreams blown away

But what does that other guy have that I don't

Will I never know

Very common case, cliché

Doomed ending

Three minus two who leave

That's me staying

Caresses, care and kisses

I couldn't give

Lucifer whispered I should share her

Since then I dream of hell

I'd have done anything for her

For a single word

The word the other gives her, one I'd refuse

She was my wind, my wings

My life made more beautiful

Was she too pretty or am I too dumb

Does nobody ever love enough

Four lovely years in tears, thin summary

Cards played but the queen hid

Four million silences

Regrets that dance

The questions, the sighs and the sentences

I preferred her absences

I'd have done so much for her

To drink from her water

The word the other gives her, one I'd refuse

She was my wind, my wings

My life made more beautiful

But was she too pretty

Or were we too dumb

Does nobody ever love enough

You were my life like night and day

You two spun my perfect love

One morning you sentenced me to choose

I only loved you as two

I'm leaving you, goodbye

Choosing would betray us

But what does that other guy have that I don't

Will I never know

Lucifer whispered I should share her

Since then I dream of hell

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SONG MEANING

Imagine walking into a quiet room and spotting “four words on a piano.” Those few scribbled syllables crack open the whole story: a man’s lover has vanished, leaving him to count not only the words but every regret he owns. In this bittersweet duet, Patrick Fiori and Jean-Jacques Goldman trade lines of heartache while a mysterious third voice (the woman) later reveals the impossible choice that tore them all apart. The song unpacks jealousy, self-doubt, and the nagging question “What does the other have that I don’t?” as the narrator replays four glorious years of love and the million silent moments that followed.

Beneath the catchy piano melody lies a love-triangle drama worthy of a movie: Lucifer tempts the man to “share” her, memories swirl like quatre vents (four winds), and mathematical metaphors (3 − 2 = me) tally up the loneliness left behind. When the woman finally speaks, she admits she only loved them “as a pair,” refusing to choose one over the other. The result is a poetic lesson in how fragile love can be when desire, pride, and fear collide – all sparked by those four haunting words left on a piano.

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Patrick Fiori 4 Mots Sur Un Piano Lyrics