Fantôme Lyrics in English Imen Es

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Fantôme by Imen Es from French to English.
Between us, too many episodes
I can't even count how many anymore
I was dead in the movie
But I followed you like your shadow
A script written with my tears
And a little ink
But I suspected nothing
When at your port I dropped anchor
You don't know what it's like
To have your heart torn apart
When I tried to stitch it back together
Right away, it frayed
You were so absent
That I started to get depressed
I wanted us to talk
But I started to ramble
You made me paranoid
Depressed, aggressive
Bipolar, angry
A bundle of nerves
I suffered too much
I bolted like an antelope
You were the poison, there was no antidote
If you want me to elaborate
You were nothing but a blank page
In the envelope
No emotion, you were like a clone
I thought you were playing your part
So I screamed so it'd reach you
But how am I gonna touch a ghost?
Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
How am I gonna touch a ghost?
Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
How am I gonna touch a ghost?
You're in the front row
Take a good look at the show
Of a broken woman
Who's trying to dodge obstacles
You weren't my sun
You were just a sky full of storms
I should've listened to my bestie
She'd predicted it like the oracle
You played hard to get, then you bailed
Invitations declined then you slipped away
All your lies
I turned them into my truths
I'd shut myself in
So I set myself free
You made me paranoid
Depressed, aggressive
Bipolar, angry
A bundle of nerves, I've suffered too much
I bolted like an antelope
You were the poison, there was no antidote
If you want me to elaborate
You were nothing but a blank page
In the envelope
No emotion, you were like a clone
I thought you were playing your part
So I screamed so it'd reach you
But how am I gonna touch a ghost?
Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
How am I gonna touch a ghost?
Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
How am I gonna touch a ghost?
How could I follow you?
That's why I got lost
I didn't see the signs
I didn't feel the thorn
How could I follow you?
That's why I'd lost myself
I didn't see the signs
I didn't feel the thorn
I bolted like an antelope
You were the poison, there was no antidote
If you want me to elaborate
You were nothing but a blank page
In the envelope
No emotion, you were like a clone
I thought you were playing your part
So I screamed so it'd reach you
But how am I gonna touch a ghost?
Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
How am I gonna touch a ghost?
Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
How am I gonna touch a ghost?
Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
How am I gonna touch a ghost?
Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
How am I gonna touch a ghost?
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SONG MEANING

Fantôme invites us into the mind of a woman who finally realizes she has been loving a ghost — someone physically present yet emotionally hollow. Imen Es paints the story like a movie gone wrong: countless “episodes,” tears as ink, and an anchor thrown into the wrong harbor. The relationship is toxic poison without an antidote, turning her into a storm of paranoia, aggression, and bipolar swings. Each line exposes how she kept chasing dialogue, only to find herself talking to emptiness. The haunting refrain “Comment j'vais toucher un fantôme?” (“How am I going to reach a ghost?”) drives home her frustration at trying to connect with a partner who was never really there.

Ultimately, the song is a powerful declaration of self-liberation. After realizing that every promise was just a blank sheet in an envelope, she flees “like an antelope,” choosing freedom over despair. Instead of letting the heartbreak consume her, she steps onto center stage and turns her pain into a spectacle that he, stuck in the front row, must watch. Fantôme blends vulnerability with strength, reminding listeners that seeing the truth—even when it hurts—is the first step to escaping a haunted love story.

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