Ces Mots Simples Lyrics in English Vanessa Paradis

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Ces Mots Simples by Vanessa Paradis from French to English.

I've got a few words to tell you

Simple words to tell you

We hear them often

In movies and among people

I've already said those simple words

Believing them or pretending

The first time as a child

To myself now and then

To tell you these simple words

I'd like every sigh

to vanish in this wind

may winter belong to lovers

I'd like, to say these words

to have invented those words

so they're not said each time

while thinking only of you

To simply say these words

You have to be reborn from your own skin

Forget who we were before

For others, slightly trembling

Those simple words that make you shiver

and some others die

I give them to you now

It's my heart, it's my blood

I love you

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SONG MEANING

Vanessa Paradis sings about the most famous phrase in any language: “Je t’aime”. Throughout the song she reflects on how these three little words follow us everywhere—on movie screens, in other people’s conversations, in the memories of childhood—yet still feel intimidating when it is time to say them for real. With playful sincerity, she confesses that she has uttered them before, sometimes believing, sometimes pretending, but this time she longs to make them sparkle with fresh honesty.

The singer dreams of wiping away every nervous sigh, every winter chill, and every trace of past romances so that the declaration can be reborn, pure and trembling, solely for the person in front of her. By the end, she places her whole heart and blood in those "simple words," proving that simplicity can carry breathtaking depth when spoken from a place of true renewal and passion.

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Vanessa Paradis Ces Mots Simples Lyrics