Rue de Ménilmontant
Camille Lyrics


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Je rêve à toi
À mes heures perdues
Hélas ! à ma porte ce matin
La rue est morte

L'hôtel est coi
Les volets rabattus
Dans la cour d'école
Un peu plus loin
Les oiseaux se sont tus

Je rêve à toi
À mes heures perdues
Si j'en crois la poste ce matin
Tu ne reviendras plus





La la la

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Camille's song Rue de Ménilmontant speak of the sadness and emptiness the singer feels in a deserted street where everything seems to be asleep. The first verse says "I dream of you in my spare time, but sadly at my door this morning, the street is dead." The singer is lost in her thoughts and fantasies about this person she is dreaming of, but when she steps out into the street, the reality of the deserted and abandoned surroundings hits her hard. The second verse goes on to describe the silence that surrounds her in the form of a quiet hotel with shutters closed and the absence of bird songs in the nearby schoolyard.


The lyrics take a mournful turn in the third verse, where the singer expresses that she received a message from the post office that seems to indicate that the person she's dreaming of won't come back. The whole song is a profound expression of loneliness and heartbreak, with a poignant sense of longing for someone that may be gone forever. Camille's voice and melody convey this emotion perfectly, adding to the poignant effect of the lyrics.


Line by Line Meaning

Je rêve à toi
I dream of you


À mes heures perdues
In my spare time


Hélas ! à ma porte ce matin
Unfortunately! at my doorstep this morning


La rue est morte
The street is dead


L'hôtel est coi
The hotel is silent


Les volets rabattus
The shutters are closed


Dans la cour d'école
In the schoolyard


Un peu plus loin
A little further away


Les oiseaux se sont tus
The birds have gone quiet


Si j'en crois la poste ce matin
If I believe the post this morning


Tu ne reviendras plus
You will not return


La la la
La la la




Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: CAMILE DALMAIS, SIMON DALMAIS

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Comments from YouTube:

Nomystery22

1 minute et 11 secondes
Et pourtant à chaque fois qu'en écoutant l'album j'arrive à cette chanson, j'ai une boule qui monte dans la gorge, et une envie de chialer qui dure une demi-heure... Incroyable puissance évocatrice de ces quelques lignes.

Sandrine Veillet

Pareil je ne ne sais pas pourquoi mais je pense à une femme qui ne reverra jamais son mari parti a la guerre

Émile Grégoire

Jurassic Park 🤠

galaxie Prou

Whaat

Gabin Debeausse

Hahaha c wtf mec

elfekiri

Chanson destinée à un très vieil amoureux (?)...

Émile Grégoire

@elfekiri un amoureux vieux de 66 millions d'années 😄

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