Ces Mots Simples Lyrics in English Vanessa Paradis

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Ces Mots Simples by Vanessa Paradis from French to English.

I have a few words to tell you

Simple words to tell you

We often hear them

In movies, among people

I've already said these simple words

Believing in them or pretending

The first time as a child

To myself from time to time

These simple words to tell you

I would like every sigh

To disappear in this wind

May winter be for lovers

I would like, to say these words

To have invented these words

That they are not said every time

Only thinking of you

Simply saying these words

One must be reborn from their skin

Forget who they were before

For others, a little trembling

These simple words that make shiver

And some others die

I give them to you now

It's my heart, it's my blood

I love you

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SONG MEANING

Vanessa Paradis sings about the most famous phrase in any language: “Je t’aime”. Throughout the song she reflects on how these three little words follow us everywhere—on movie screens, in other people’s conversations, in the memories of childhood—yet still feel intimidating when it is time to say them for real. With playful sincerity, she confesses that she has uttered them before, sometimes believing, sometimes pretending, but this time she longs to make them sparkle with fresh honesty.

The singer dreams of wiping away every nervous sigh, every winter chill, and every trace of past romances so that the declaration can be reborn, pure and trembling, solely for the person in front of her. By the end, she places her whole heart and blood in those "simple words," proving that simplicity can carry breathtaking depth when spoken from a place of true renewal and passion.

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Vanessa Paradis Ces Mots Simples Lyrics