Divine Idylle paints a picture of love as a weightless daydream—fragile as a feather yet blazing in the heart. Vanessa Paradis slips into the role of a star-struck narrator, describing her affection as a divine idyll, an almost mythical romance that lives between sleep and waking. She plucks a feather “pour écrire une rime” (to write a rhyme), turning every flutter of emotion into poetry while confessing that this passion is her “folie… envie… lubie” (madness, desire, whim, obsession).
Throughout the song she rides waves of euphoria and doubt: her soul feels ideal, her tears are “fatale”, and her burning heart sparks like fireworks. The lyrics celebrate the thrill of surrendering to fantasy even when it feels too intense—urging the beloved dream to slow down so it won’t disappear when she closes her eyes. In short, Divine Idylle is a playful ode to the intoxicating, bittersweet rush of falling in love with an ideal that seems both real and otherworldly.