Papillons Lyrics in English EMA

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Papillons by EMA from French to English.

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Tell me

What do you see in your beautiful mirror?

You hid your little heart in the drawer

To save it from passing time

I see

You hate dates and meetups

You say you only end up with *ssh*les

Who make you waste passing time

Then you set your house on fire

When things go to sh*t, you lose it

You'll cut off all your long hair

To stop thinking about that boy

You could've tattooed his name

In your body all the butterflies fly away

Maybe I should've told you

Love sucks, it hurts

Sometimes the ugliest ones are the worst

They suck your blood like vampires

In your album of memories

A few photos will fade

You're special, you're different

You try to chase away the negative

The worries that burn on the straightener

You pick fights, it's explosive

Everything gets better with a notification

Then you complain for hours

To you, everyone is weird

You're too scared of what they think

You think people are staring at you

As soon as you make a few mistakes

You're too sensitive for your age

You don't give a f*ck, you're just bitter

Stop pretending

I know you're lying

You lose control of your feelings

So easily

Then you set your house on fire

When things go to sh*t, you lose it

You'll cut off all your long hair

To stop thinking about that boy

You could've tattooed his name

In your body all the butterflies fly away

Maybe I should've told you

Love sucks, it hurts

Sometimes the ugliest ones are the worst

They suck your blood like vampires

In your album of memories

A few photos will fade

Tell me

What do you see in your beautiful mirror?

You hid your little heart in the drawer

To save it from passing time

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SONG MEANING

Ever felt so done with dating that you just want to lock your heart away? That's the feeling at the core of EMA's song "Papillons". It speaks to someone who is tired of falling for the wrong people and has decided to protect themselves from more pain. The lyrics describe a person who has hidden their heart "in a drawer" because they believe love is annoying, makes you suffer, and can feel like you're dealing with vampires who drain your energy.

But what happens when heartbreak strikes anyway? This person reacts with intense, explosive emotion. The song uses powerful images to describe this, like metaphorically "setting your house on fire" when things get messy or cutting off all your hair to forget someone. The title, "Papillons", means "butterflies" in French. While this often means the exciting feeling of new love, here it represents the moment those good feelings fly away, leaving only heartbreak behind. It's an anthem for anyone who feels things deeply and has a complicated relationship with love.

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