La Lavande Lyrics in English by Pomme
Renaître means "to be reborn" or "to be resurrected." It's a beautiful and evocative verb that carries a sense of renewal and hope.
In "La Lavande," Pomme repeatedly uses this word to express a desire for rebirth, particularly in connection with nature and the changing seasons. She sings, "Je veux mourir maintenant et renaître au printemps" (I want to die now and be reborn in spring), highlighting a cyclical view of life and death, making it a central theme of the song.
Pomme sings about wanting to die and trusting what happens next. She asks to be laid "Tout en haut du Ventoux" [way up on Mont Ventoux] and covered in lavender, treating her own death like something to plan rather than dread. The chorus says it outright: "Je veux mourir maintenant" [I wanna die right now], "Et renaître au printemps" [and be reborn in spring]. Skin darkening in the sun, fruit ripening on the branch, it's the same cycle she wants for herself.
By the last verse her skin "n'est pas si jeune" [isn't that young] anymore, and she's ready. She isn't scared of dying. She's scared of running out of time before then: "Mais si je meurs maintenant" [but if I die right now], "Je n'aurais jamais vingt ans" [I'll never turn twenty]. She answers that fear with the flowers one more time. "Les fleurs ne meurent pas vraiment" [flowers don't really die], "Elles renaissent au printemps" [they bloom again in spring]. To her, that's the whole argument.
