Promèsses
Autour de Lucie Lyrics


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Si les mots ne sont pas
Le reflet
De vos pensées
Ne saura-t-on jamais
S'empêcher
De les laisser
Nous emporter?
Où vont les promesses
Que l'on croit tenir?
Par quelle maladresse
Les laisse-t-on s'enfuir?

Est-il déjà trop tard?
Sommes-nous las
De cette attente?
Y a-t-il un quelque part
Où se cachent
Ces absentes
De nos mémoires?

Où vont les promesses
Que l'on croit tenir?
Par quelle maladresse
Les laisse-t-on s'enfuir?

Où vont les promesses
Que l'on croit tenir?




Par quelle maladresse
Les laisse-t-on s'enfuir?

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Autour de Lucie's song Les Promesses explore the idea of broken promises and the consequences that arise from them. The opening lines suggest that if words do not represent our true thoughts and feelings, our promises can become empty, and we allow ourselves to be carried away by words that have no weight. The first verse sets the tone for the rest of the song, which questions the nature of promises and where they go when we fail to keep them.


The chorus repeats the questions with even more urgency, asking where our promises go and why we let them slip away. The use of rhetorical questions is effective in conveying the confusion and frustration that come with broken promises. The final verse suggests that it may be too late to salvage the situation, that we are tired of waiting, and that the promises we once made have become forgotten memories.


Overall, Les Promesses is a poignant reflection on the importance of keeping our promises and the regret that comes with breaking them. The lyrics are open to interpretation, leaving listeners to consider their own experiences with broken promises and the consequences that result.


Line by Line Meaning

Si les mots ne sont pas
If our words do not truly reflect our thoughts


Le reflet
The true mirror


De vos pensées
Of what we really feel


Ne saura-t-on jamais
Will we ever know


S'empêcher
To prevent ourselves


De les laisser
From letting them


Nous emporter?
Take us away?


Où vont les promesses
Where do our promises go


Que l'on croit tenir?
That we believe we have kept?


Par quelle maladresse
Through what clumsiness


Les laisse-t-on s'enfuir?
Do we let them slip away?


Est-il déjà trop tard?
Is it already too late?


Sommes-nous las
Are we tired


De cette attente?
Of waiting?


Y a-t-il un quelque part
Is there somewhere


Où se cachent
Where our vanished promises hide


Ces absentes
These absences


De nos mémoires?
From our memories?


Où vont les promesses
Where do our promises go


Que l'on croit tenir?
That we believe we have kept?


Par quelle maladresse
Through what clumsiness


Les laisse-t-on s'enfuir?
Do we let them slip away?


Où vont les promesses
Where do our promises go


Que l'on croit tenir?
That we believe we have kept?


Par quelle maladresse
Through what clumsiness


Les laisse-t-on s'enfuir?
Do we let them slip away?




Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Valerie Maria Zelia Leulliot, Fabrice Regis Robert Dumont, Jean Pierre Francois Ensuque

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