Albums :
2001 : Abricotine & Quality Street
2002 : Le quart d'heure des ahuris
2004 : Les yeux fermés (Live)
2007 : Tandoori
2009 : A tout moment
2012 : Foule monstre
Ô Toi
Eiffel Lyrics
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Ô toi, imagine toi le pire
Inquisiteur, je frappe à l' aube
Te faire l' amour à la gouge
Voir si sous ta peau ça bouge
Ô toi, tu n' auras pas de plaisir
Ô toi, je te laisserai souffrir
Plonger en apnée sous les tripes
Grouillent petits poulpes sur la gorge lisse
Tu n' auras qu' un avant goût
Ô toi, sauras-tu te retenir?
Ô toi, je te laisserai languir
L' odeur du souffre s' étend sur la crique
Ô toi, papillon dans la spirale
Crisse l' échine infernale
Grignoté par des nuées de sauterelles
Mais où va donc ce hachisch?
Si tu n'avales pas tu triches
La tulipe swingue
C' est du vent dans les cheveux
Tu n' auras qu' un avant goût
Ô toi, comment pourrais-je te dire?..
The lyrics of Ô Toi by Eiffel are rather cryptic and enigmatic. The song seems to be a narration of an intense and disturbing experience, possibly taking place in a dream or a surreal landscape. The singer, addressing someone he calls "Ô Toi" throughout the song, talks about his desire to inflict pain and violence on this person, whom he alternately describes as his lover and his victim.
The first couplet sets an ominous tone, as the singer wonders how he could express his feelings to "Ô Toi," and tells him or her to imagine the worst possible scenario. The following lines describe violent acts such as hitting "Ô Toi" with a gouge, a kind of chisel used for carving, and looking for movements under his or her skin. The second couplet suggests that the singer intends to deny "Ô Toi" any pleasure during this ordeal and make him or her suffer instead.
The next stanza is even more obscure, as it depicts underwater scenes and strange creatures. The singer evokes the image of red curtains dripping with honey and small octopuses crawling on a smooth throat. He warns that "Ô Toi" will only get a taste of what he or she craves and questions whether he or she can resist it. The final lines form a surreal, almost nonsensical sequence, mentioning sulfur smells, a butterfly in a spiral, a crunching spine, a swarm of locusts, and some mysterious hashish.
Line by Line Meaning
Ô toi, comment pourrais-je te dire?
Addressing a person in question, the singer wonders how they could possibly convey their message.
Ô toi, imagine toi le pire
Encouraging the listener to imagine the worst-case scenario.
Inquisiteur, je frappe à l'aube
The singer, acting as an inquisitor, declares they will strike at dawn.
Te faire l'amour à la gouge
The artist threatens to make violent love to the listener with a gouge tool.
Voir si sous ta peau ça bouge
They want to see if there is any reaction under the listener's skin.
Ô toi, tu n'auras pas de plaisir
The singer promises to deny pleasure to the listener.
Ô toi, je te laisserai souffrir
The singer will let the listener suffer.
Plonger en apnée sous les tripes
Describing a visceral reaction to something.
S' agripper aux tentures rouges dégoulinantes de miel
The artist imagines the listener holding onto red tent curtains dripping with honey.
Grouillent petits poulpes sur la gorge lisse
There are squirming baby octopuses on a smooth throat.
Tu n'auras qu'un avant goût
The listener will only have a taste of what's to come.
Ô toi, sauras-tu te retenir?
The artist asks if the listener can hold back.
Ô toi, je te laisserai languir
The singer promises to let the listener languish and suffer.
L'odeur du souffre s'étend sur la crique
The smell of sulfur spreads across the cove.
Ô toi, papillon dans la spirale
The listener is compared to a butterfly in a spiral.
Crisse l'échine infernale
The infernal spine screams.
Grignoté par des nuées de sauterelles
The artist describes feeling consumed by swarms of locusts.
Mais où va donc ce hachisch?
The singer ponders the destination of some hashish.
Si tu n'avales pas tu triches
The listener is accused of cheating if they don't swallow.
La tulipe swingue
A tulip swings (perhaps a metaphor for something else).
C'est du vent dans les cheveux
Something is compared to wind through hair.
Tu n'auras qu'un avant goût
Once again, the listener is promised only a taste.
Ô toi, comment pourrais-je te dire?..
The singer repeats the opening line, still wondering how they could express themselves to the listener.
Contributed by Lauren J. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@maestroubriaco
"No love, no friendship, nothing else just the money that goes into the pocket" This Song is more actual then ever
@Robin-jz2dj
Unfortunately.
@joseph-martinsellers9054
*current, not actual
@KiraLovesMichael
Absolutely 💯
@user-lp1fs2vq1w
This always has been actual
@MrCresc
Un minuto di silenzio per quelli che l'hanno scoperta solo grazie ai Boombadash, capolavoro intramontabile ❤️
@luigirinaldi6751
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣ma che ne sanno i 2000
@chiaraciriolo7696
Grazie alla loro versione in molti hanno scoperto l'originale, non vedo cosa ci sia di male, è un grande omaggio a questo pezzo bellissimo. Non tutto ciò che è moderno nuoce! Parla una 2004🥰
@simonespitoni3959
Che si sono persi nel 2000...
@cirodinunzio3354
@Chiara Ciriolo onore a te.... Cmq io avevo la tua età quando ascoltavo questo pezzo...... E allora mi emozionava tantissimo come adesso. Quando si fa'una cover nn so. È come un piatto di pasta riscaldata il Giorno dopo. Non ha il sapore originale