Douleur Je Fuis Lyrics in English Stéphane

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Douleur Je Fuis by Stéphane from French to English.

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You told me with confidence

It was your last chance

I thought about the practical aspects

The holidays in Dubrovnik

Two days and nights

I still hadn't understood

You can't leave me

So it doesn't sink in

Player I am, pain I flee

I was, I used to be, if you came back

Player I was, pain I wipe

I flee, I used to be

I no longer respond

When you took back your things

Small closet became big

The room and the neighborhood

I flee and forget myself in the small screen

I have a knot in my stomach every time

I enter from the back of the house

Does she remember your name

It's only after the end

That I opened my guard

Is this kind of fate necessary

For us to look at each other

It's only after the end

That I opened my guard

Is this kind of fate necessary

For us to look at each other

Player I am, pain I wipe

I was, I used to be

If you came back

Player I was, pain I wipe

I flee, I used to be

I no longer respond

Player I am

Pain I flee

Player I was

Pain on the wall

The other time I was unprepared

At the station I stayed on the platform

Whistle of your departing train

Unexplained shivers

If I had a message to deliver

Into your open hands

It would say, I changed this summer

But you won't be able to enjoy it

It's only after the end

That I opened my guard

Is this kind of fate necessary

For us to look at each other

It's only after the end

That I opened my guard

Is this kind of fate necessary

For us to look at each other

Player I am, pain I flee

I was, I used to be

I'm not, it's no longer

Player I was, pain on the wall

Desire for a well

Everything I flee

Player I am

Pain I flee

Player I was

Pain on the wall

It's only after the end

That I opened my guard

Is this kind of fate necessary

For us to look at each other

It's only after the end

That I opened my guard

Is this kind of fate necessary

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SONG MEANING

Heartbreak can turn even the most confident “player” into a runaway. In Douleur Je Fuis, Swiss-French singer Stéphane tells the story of a lover who never imagined he could be left. One minute he is planning sunny holidays in Dubrovnik, the next he is staring at an empty closet and tip-toeing into a quiet house. The lyrics jump between crisp memories (a train whistle, a small TV, a lump in the stomach) to show how fast a relationship can shift from routine to rupture.

The clever chorus “Joueur je suis, douleur je fuis” (“I’m a player, I flee the pain”) reveals the hero’s coping strategy: play it cool, run from hurt. Yet every escape – bingeing on screens, standing frozen on the train platform – only highlights what he lost. Ironically, he only “opens his guard” after everything is over, asking if destiny must be so drastic to make people truly see each other. The song is a bittersweet reminder that hiding feelings might spare short-term pain, but facing them sooner could save the love you’re trying to protect.

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