Scylla Lyrics in English Douleurs Muettes

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My loved ones

Have often reproached me

For not opening up enough

They wanna scratch off this bark

And melt all my glaciers

Catch a glimpse of what's hiding behind

This dark and distant gaze

They know the façade hides

A soul weighed down with exhaustion

I'm discreet

I stay secret, I admit it

But maybe I've got my reasons

For letting my mouth speak so little

Maybe it's better

If they don't know

Any of my pains

That inside my head the black

Has taken over every color

Maybe it's best

If they know nothing

Or maybe I'm deathly scared

They won't get

What affects me

If they knew how many times

I've only wanted death

That I'm weak deep inside

I keep relighting the torch

That I'm just waiting for a sign from God

I'm lost down here

I keep breathing fire

So I escape into my music

Every night in my car

Staring at the sky

Begging it to push away my fog

So I suffer and keep quiet

What's the point of you knowing

That on my roads I'm lost

I resent the world with all I am

Because it profaned my dreams

Nearly all of them rest in peace

In a land

Too loaded with wars

Yeah, I suffer and keep quiet

My pains will stay mute

I don't plan to share them with you

Afraid I'd lose myself in them

But I suffer and keep quiet

I even end up crying sometimes

I don't care

I know any man

On edge does it

I've got no shame admitting to you

That I don't know where I stand

That I try to hide it

But deep down

I'm a guy way too sensitive

I'm scared this life

Will never fit me

I'm only thirty years old

Look how

Dark my prose is

It's already better

Than some time ago

I tell myself that's something

But I know

That at any moment

In my life I might skid

That I can lose

The little I've got left

In a simple gust of wind

That I'll dig into the mystery

As long

As I'm still standing, yeah

So I hang on, brother

I play the game of existence

I accept and I bow

I put up little resistance

It's true

I don't really know what's coming

We'll see, but I've learned

Not to count on luck

My sufferings will serve me

Just give me

Time to understand

Why they hit full force

And why it burns in my gut

Why the pain

Never left me

And my stars fall

Behind each of my smiles

There are a thousand fears

In the backdrop

Yeah

I suffer and keep quiet

It's been a long time now

That on my roads I'm lost

I'm searching, I'm cornered

As time goes by

But out of pride

I hide my wounds

With splashes of ink

I suffer and keep quiet

I admit it

On my roads I'm lost

I know it

My mouth keeps staying closed

But I suffer and keep quiet

That'll be my last word

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SONG MEANING

Scylla by French artist Douleurs Muettes opens a window into the mind of someone who feels like a modern-day sea monster, hiding razor-sharp fears beneath calm waters. Friends and family knock on the shell, hoping to reveal the colors underneath, yet the singer prefers to seal every crack. Loneliness, suicidal thoughts, and a constant battle with invisible flames fill the verses, while night-time drives and music become the only safe harbors. The name Scylla points to the mythical creature that devoured sailors; here, it symbolizes the inner beast that threatens to swallow hope at any moment.

Despite the darkness, the song is not a surrender but a confession of resilience. The narrator admits weakness, sensitivity, and exhaustion, yet still “plays the game of existence,” convinced that pain will eventually serve a purpose. By painting wounds with ink instead of showing them raw, the artist transforms silence into art, inviting listeners to see their own hidden terrors reflected in the lyrics. The result is a hauntingly beautiful reminder that speaking—or singing—about suffering can keep us from sinking into it.

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