Derrière Les Mots Lyrics in English Alain Souchon , Laurent Voulzy

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Derrière Les Mots by Alain Souchon from French to English.
Là
There
Derrière nos voix
Behind our voices
Est-ce que l'on voit nos coeurs
Do we see our hearts
Et les tourments, à l'intérieur
And the torments inside
Ou seulement la la, là
Or just la la, la
Derrière nos voix
Behind our voices
Est-ce que l'on voit nos coeurs
Do we see our hearts
Et les tourments, à l'intérieur
And the torments inside
Ou seulement la la la
Or just la la la
Entendez-vous dans les mélodies
Do you hear in the melodies
Derrière les mots, derrière nos voix
Behind the words, behind our voices
Les sentiments, les pleurs, les envies
The feelings, the tears, the urges
Qu'on ne peut pas dire, non non non
That we can't say, no no no
Entendez-vous l'amour caché là
Do you hear the love hidden there
Derrière les mots, derrière les voix
Behind the words, behind the voices
Et puis après quand l'amour s'en va
And then after when love goes away
Love you're on my mind
Love you're on my mind
You make me see
You make me see
You make me blind
You make me blind
It is, so, so
It is, so, so
Là
There
Derrière nos voix
Behind our voices
Est-ce que l'on voit nos coeurs
Do we see our hearts
Et les tourments, à l'intérieur
And the torments inside
Ou seulement la la la
Or just la la la
La révolte et la colère, parfois
The revolt and the anger, sometimes
Derrière les mots, derrière les voix
Behind the words, behind the voices
Sur une guitare tout seul et tout bas
On a guitar all alone and real soft
Refaire le monde
Remake the world
Il y a le rêve aussi de partir
There's also the dream of leaving
Derrière les mots, derrière nos voix
Behind the words, behind our voices
Les terres lointaines, qui nous attirent
Faraway lands that lure us
La mer, les étoiles
The sea, the stars
Rêve à hélices ou, rêve à voiles
Propeller dreams or sail dreams
S'en aller, hé, hé
Go away, hey, hey
Là
There
Derrière nos voix
Behind our voices
Est-ce que l'on voit nos coeurs
Do we see our hearts
Et les tourments, à l'intérieur
And the torments inside
Ou seulement
Or just
Derrière les mots
Behind the words
Derrière nos voix
Behind our voices
Derrière les mots
Behind the words
Est-ce que l'on voit nos coeurs
Do we see our hearts
Et les tourments, à l'intérieur
And the torments inside
Derrière nos voix
Behind our voices
Derrière les mots
Behind the words
Derrière nos voix
Behind our voices
Est-ce qu'on entrevoit
Do we glimpse
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SONG MEANING

Derrière Les Mots invites you to lean in and listen past the catchy “la-la-la” refrains. Alain Souchon and Laurent Voulzy wonder if, behind a singer’s voice, we can truly hear the tremble of a heart, the swirl of secret doubts, or the spark of love that words alone cannot show. With gentle guitars and airy harmonies, they turn the spotlight on everything that slips between the lines – hidden tears, unspoken desires, even a flash of rebellion quietly strummed in a bedroom studio.

Yet the song is far from gloomy. It celebrates the power of music to smuggle hopes, travels, seas, and stars into our ears, all while sounding light and carefree. By the end, we are left asking the same playful question Souchon and Voulzy pose: when we sing along, are we only echoing syllables, or are we also revealing pieces of ourselves? Listen closely, and you might just hear your own dreams fluttering behind the words, behind the voices.

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