Mon Cœur Tu Es Fou Lyrics in English by ZAZ

Médisances is an elegant French word for "slander" or "malicious gossip". It's not just simple chatter; it specifically refers to speaking ill of someone, especially when they're not there.

In the song, ZAZ powerfully sings of being the victim "De cent médisances à mi-voix" (Of a hundred slanders in a whisper). This single word captures the pain of betrayal by those who pretend to be kind to her face, painting a vivid picture of the emotional struggle at the heart of the song.

French singer ZAZ starts this track hiding in the dark after a recent breakup, feeling completely lost. She admits straight away, Je ne sais pas ce que je veux ("I do not know what I want"), sneaking away from her friends to crawl into a corner while insomnia eats up her nights. Her eyes are darting, her chest hurts, and she calls her own chest out for being stubborn: Oui, mon cœur, mon cœur tu es fou ("Yes, my heart, my heart you are crazy"). Even after taking blow after blow, she refuses to beg for pity. Instead, she runs on un feu farouche et doux ("a fierce and gentle fire"), an intense blend of quiet endurance and bottled-up spite.

Then she turns her sights on fake friends, and her words get downright venomous. She tears into hypocrites who act overly sweet to her face (d'une bonté trop câline) while talking trash the second she leaves the room. She trusted these people enough to give them her poems, only for them to turn around and label her a folle à problèmes ("crazy troublemaker") or worse. Her idiom passé au fer de tant de haine uses the metaphor of being branded by a hot iron, proving how deep the slander burned. Still, ZAZ refuses to scream or weep about it; she just stares back at the cruelty and keeps her fierce inner fire burning.