Dans le vague
Eiffel Lyrics

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Je te regardais
Traverser les ombres molles
D'un bar sur Neptune
Où j'avais pris trop d'alcool
Aux cent soucis
Je claque ma vie
Du moins je me laisse

Perdre le fil des idées
Dans les terrains vagues
Je laisse leurs lignes se briser
Claquer contre les vagues
A trop rire, à trop chialer
Filer en zigzag
Daignons avouer très cher
Nous sommes dans le vague

Bien moins définis
Que les charmes salutaires
D'une Grace Kelly
Ou bien d'une Romy Schneider
Aux cent soucis
C'est où, c'est qui ?
C'est peut-être bien moi
Qui me laisse

Perdre le fil des idées
Dans les terrains vagues
Je laisse leurs lignes se briser
Claquer contre les vagues
A trop rire, à trop chialer
Filer en zigzag
Daignons avouer très cher
Nous sommes dans le vague

On n'sait, comme qui dirait, rien du tout
Pas d'point c'est tout

Perdre le fil des idées
Dans les terrains vagues
Je laisse leurs lignes se briser
Clquer contre les vagues
A trop rire, à trop chialer
Filer en zigzag

Daignons avouer très cher
Nous sommes dans le vague

Overall Meaning

In "Dans le vague," Eiffel paints a vivid picture of feeling lost and unsure. The singer watches someone else - perhaps a lover - walk through soft shadows at a bar on Neptune (which may be a metaphor for a dreamlike, otherworldly state or a far-off place). The singer has imbibed too much alcohol and is feeling the weight of 100 worries. They feel like they're losing the thread of their thoughts and their grip on their life, though they're not actively trying to hold on. Rather, they're letting their lines break, where "lines" might be read as meaning "plans," "goals," "relationships," or "thoughts." The poem suggests that the singer is in crisis, maybe existentially or emotionally, and that they don't quite know who they are or what to do.

The second verse offers some comparisons that suggest what the singer feels he or she lacks. They're less defined - perhaps less charismatic or less successful - than movie stars like Grace Kelly and Romy Schneider. They're still stuck in the same place they were before, plagued by the same worries, and it's unclear where they're going or what they're supposed to do. The final verse circles back to the idea that the singer is lost, and adds the notion that nobody knows anything, really. They're uncertain how to navigate the "terrains vagues" - literally, "waste lands" - that they find themselves in. The song ends with a repetition of the chorus, suggesting that the singer has little hope of getting out of their current state. They're destined to stumble or zigzag, lacking any coherent sense of direction.

Line by Line Meaning

Je te regardais Traverser les ombres molles D'un bar sur Neptune Où j'avais pris trop d'alcool Aux cent soucis Je claque ma vie Du moins je me laisse
I watched you pass through the soft shadows Of a bar on Neptune Where I had drunk too much alcohol With a hundred worries I snap my life Or at least I let myself

Perdre le fil des idées Dans les terrains vagues Je laisse leurs lignes se briser Claquer contre les vagues A trop rire, à trop chialer Filer en zigzag Daignons avouer très cher Nous sommes dans le vague
Losing the thread of ideas In the vague terrains I let their lines break Slamming against the waves Laughing too much, crying too much Going in zigzag Let's admit it, my dear We are lost in the vague

Bien moins définis Que les charmes salutaires D'une Grace Kelly Ou bien d'une Romy Schneider Aux cent soucis C'est où, c'est qui ? C'est peut-être bien moi Qui me laisse
Far less defined Than the healing charms Of Grace Kelly Or even Romy Schneider With a hundred worries Where is it, who is it? Maybe it's me Letting myself go

On n'sait, comme qui dirait, rien du tout Pas d'point c'est tout
We don't know, as they say, anything at all No point, that's all

Contributed by Sophie G. Suggest a correction in the comments below.

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