Si Je Défaille Lyrics in English Mozart L'Opéra Rock

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Si Je Défaille by Mozart L'Opéra Rock from French to English.

I've torched my novels

Murdered my charming princes

I've erased the traces and regrets

Bitter from wounded loves

I'd sworn to myself

To give up on lovers

And then one night, he touched me without care

His stare scorched my skin

And if I swoon

On his fangs I impale myself

I'm no match

I'll end up in that male's claws

And if I swoon

For sure, it'll hurt

I gotta leave

Long before the beast devours me

To the body, and again

To the body, and again, to the body, and again

Let my breakups hold me back

Let my wounds remember

I'm running to my doom, my demons stalk me

Offered up, I dive in

And if I swoon

On his fangs I impale myself

I'm no match

I'll end up in that male's claws

It has to be worth it

And if I swoon

The trouble without too much pain

A flash fire

Would surely deal me the fatal blow

To the body, and again

To the body, and again, to the body, and again

Let my breakups hold me back

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SONG MEANING

Si Je Défaille throws us straight into the diary of someone who once swore off love completely. She burned her romance novels, “assassinated” every Prince Charming, and promised never to fall again. Yet one magnetic stranger shatters that vow. His eyes scorch her skin, his imagined claws and fangs turn passion into a thrilling hunt, and she feels herself slipping toward danger even while alarms ring in her head.

The repeated line “Et si je défaille” (What if I faint) captures her tug-of-war between self-preservation and irresistible attraction. She knows the risk: heartbreak, pain, even personal ruin. Still, the blaze of new desire is too intense to ignore. The song paints love as a high-stakes gamble where surrender can either ignite a short-lived spark or deliver a fatal blow, reminding us that the most powerful feelings often walk hand in hand with peril.

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Mozart L'Opéra Rock Si Je Défaille Lyrics