Chaleur Humaine Lyrics in English Christine and the Queens

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Chaleur Humaine by Christine and the Queens from French to English.

I'm against chastities

All those slipped under the pillow

Cupids with damaged lips

Legs folded over the sex

I'm against chastities

Those closed-mouth refusals

That turn the blond body into a dressed body

And toll the death knell of frivolities 'cause

That kid

Shows me everything

And points a finger at

The non-beauty

Of nudities

To initiate me

With a smile

To human warmth

That kid

Shows me everything

And points a finger at

The non-beauty

Of nudities

To initiate me

With a smile

To human warmth

I'm against chastities

Suffocating fraternities

Ice tears on what can burn

For remorse the swallowed bite

I'm against chastities

What gets caressed is scarred

Or bleeds while thanking for bleeding

The immense eye laid on its silence 'cause

That kid

Shows me everything

And points a finger at

The non-beauty

Of nudities

To initiate me

With a smile

To human warmth

That kid

Shows me everything

And points a finger at

The non-beauty

Of nudities

To initiate me

With a smile

To human warmth

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SONG MEANING

Christine and the Queens invites us into a bold rebellion against icy prudishness. She sings about tossing out suffocating notions of chastity, those secret shames we hide “under the pillow.” Cupids with chapped lips, folded legs, and buttoned-up mouths symbolize the way society tries to dress desire in guilt. By declaring Je suis contre les chastetés, she refuses rules that muzzle passion and turn living, breathing bodies into sanitized statues.

At the heart of the song stands ce gamin-là—a playful guide who points to the so-called “non-beauty” of nakedness and, through a simple smile, initiates her into la chaleur humaine—human warmth. Instead of chasing flawless bodies, he celebrates vulnerability, scars, and everything that makes us real. The looping chorus becomes a mantra of acceptance: embrace the tender heat of honest connection, let go of embarrassment, and discover freedom in intimacy.

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Christine and the Queens Chaleur Humaine Lyrics