Gabriella Lyrics in English The Odds

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Gabriella by The Odds from French to English.
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Gabriella
Friday night date
You think I'm kinda basic
You think I'm kinda lame
But I'm already picturing us together
Your eyes talk to me
Your mouth locks on me
I light four cigarettes
Stress is a bad mix
Why don't I do that to you
Ella, she's decided
Tonight I'm the one she's after
Ella, she's decided
Tonight it's me
Gabriella why don't you love me
Gabriella f*ck, you drive me crazy
Gabriella I don't get you
Gabriella
I put my hands on your face
And think back to our messages
Why'd you leave me like that
Tell me why we're meeting again
Did you see another guy
Did you hurt him just as much
Ella, she's decided
Tonight I'm the one she's after
Ella, she's decided
Tonight it's me
Gabriella why don't you love me
Gabriella f*ck, you drive me crazy
Gabriella I don't get you
Gabriella
Gabriella no I don't blame you
Gabriella with or without me
Gabriella deep down it changes nothing
Gabriella
Gabriella why don't you love me
Gabriella f*ck, you drive me crazy
Gabriella I don't get you
Gabriella
Gabriella
Gabriella
Gabriella
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SONG MEANING

“Gabriella” is the sound of a restless Friday night in Montréal (or any city where hearts get tangled). Over nervy guitar hooks, the narrator races to a rendez-vous, chain-lighting cigarettes while his imagination runs even faster than his pulse. He is captivated by Gabriella’s gaze yet tortured by her indifference, flipping between hope and self-doubt in the same breath. Every time he repeats her name, you can feel the obsession tightening its grip.

At its core, the song captures the dizzying push-pull of unreturned love and mixed signals. One moment he is sure she has “chosen” him; the next he is begging to know why she does not love him back. The rapid-fire questions, the confessions of jealousy, and the final shrug of “avec ou sans moi, au fond ça change rien” paint a portrait of someone who knows he should move on but can’t quite cut the cord. It is bittersweet, catchy, and entirely relatable—proof that even a Canadian indie rocker can turn heartache into a bilingual anthem.

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