Tu Oublieras Mon Nom Lyrics in English Coeur De Pirate

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Tu Oublieras Mon Nom by Coeur De Pirate from French to English.

The moon led us to the edge

Of shores that seemed safer to us

I swam toward your laughter in the shadows

In the night that was turning blue

And if it all feels empty the next day

The river's what will lead us to the end

Stop falling, just for tonight

In your fall you scream in the dark

And when you talk about me it's the last time, I turn off

I'll dance over there

And fall again, you promise this time

You'll forget my name

I waited for you to leave me

To think about what we'd become

And if your words, your vows hurt me

It's 'cause there's nothing true left

And if it all feels empty the next day

The river's what will lead us to the end

Stop falling, just for tonight

In your fall you scream in the dark

And when you talk about me it's the last time, I turn off

I'll dance over there

And fall again, you promise this time

You'll forget my name

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SONG MEANING

“Tu Oublieras Mon Nom” invites us on a moonlit voyage where love, loss, and self-rediscovery flow together like the river the singer keeps mentioning. In vivid aquatic imagery, Béatrice Martin (better known as Coeur de Pirate, the Canadian indie-pop enchantress) describes swimming toward a lover’s laughter under a sapphire-tinted night. Yet by dawn, those once-safe shores feel empty, making the river a symbol of inevitable change that carries the couple toward their breakup’s end point.

Rather than clinging to what is already sinking, the narrator chooses freedom: “I will dance over there, you will forget my name.” Her plea is both a challenge and a gift, urging her partner to release the hurt so they can both heal. The song’s bittersweet tone mixes melancholy with resilience, turning heartbreak into an empowering declaration of independence—set to a dreamy, waltzing melody that makes letting go feel almost luminous.

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Coeur De Pirate Tu Oublieras Mon Nom Lyrics