Je Te Déteste Lyrics in English Vianney

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Je Te Déteste by Vianney from French to English.

I'm not a musician

I'm not a singer

God gave me hands

To soothe my heart

If I'd known

How much you didn't care

I'd have killed the hope

Of taking you away

I'm not made of sugar

I'm not made of salt

But I smell like love

Even under my armpits

If I had a voice

And the mustache it takes

To get on Nova

You'd come back soon enough

When I think about it, nothing bandages it

The gaping hole you left

It's true that when I think about it

I gotta move on

The session's over, I know, so

So I let my fingers wander over my keyboard

I slap my strings instead of your a*s

I scream with all my being into a piece of wood

Rather than in your ears that only listen to you

H A T E

Hate you

H A T E

And you're not the sharpest

No you're not the craziest

When you wanna play it like

It's like and will stay like

Like what you're not

But what you showed me

You can change your path

But not what you are

When I think about it, nothing bandages it

The gaping hole you left

It's true that when I think about it

I gotta move on

The session's over, I know, so

So I let my fingers wander over my keyboard

I slap my strings instead of your a*s

I scream with all my being into a piece of wood

Rather than in your ears that only listen to you

H A T E

Hate you

H A T E

Hate you

H A T E

Hate you

H A T E

So I let my fingers wander over my keyboard

I slap my strings instead of your a*s

I scream with all my being into a piece of wood

Rather than in your ears that only listen to you

I let my tears run on a crumpled page

Where with my hand I write I hate you and then

Would I still need, to find north again

To send you threats, a filthy dead rat?

H A T E

Hate you

H A T E

Hate you

H A T E

Hate you

H A T E

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Vianney’s "Je Te Déteste" is a break-up anthem where bitterness meets cheeky humour. The French singer-songwriter turns his guitar into a safe punching bag, preferring to "slap his strings" rather than his ex’s backside. Line after line, he admits that music is his only real talent for soothing a bruised heart. By spelling out D-E-T-E-S-T-E, he vents his frustration in bold capital letters, yet the playful delivery hints that he is smiling through the tears.

Beneath the sarcasm lies a relatable message: when love collapses, creativity can stitch us back together. Vianney mocks his own shortcomings as a musician, imagines bizarre revenge plots, then ultimately chooses song over spite. The result is a catchy lesson in emotional self-control, showing how art can transform anger into something catchy, cathartic and strangely uplifting.

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