Déjà
Flow Lyrics


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Tu rentre avec ce sourire la
Celui que je n'aime pas
Celui qui dit confiance
Tu pose ce drôle de regard là
Et tout autour de toi
S'habille de silence
Tu te tais tu t'assois
Porte à la bouche tes doigts
Tic nerveux de l'enfance
Et moi, moi j'ai peur de toi
Autant que je t'aimais
Il y a longtemps déja
Tu laisse arriver la nuit
Arriver l'ennui
Et tout te dégoute
Tu me laisse coucher les petits
Mai bientôt le bruit
Les reveillera sans doute
Tu dirais que t'es maudit
Que tu gâche ta vie
Que personne ne t'écoute
Et moi, j'aurais mal pour toi
Autant que je t'aimais
Il y a longtemps déja
Tu trouve ce pretexte la
Ce petit nimporte quoi
Et tu ouvre la danse
Tu cogne avec ces deux mains là
Et hurle a pleine voix
Que tu n'a pas de chance
Tu jouis au bout de ce combat
Que je perds pour toi
A notre déchéance
Et moi, moi je m'oublie, moi




Autant que je t'aimais
Il y a longtemps déja

Overall Meaning

The song Déjà by Flow is a melancholic reflection on a relationship that has lost its spark. The singer describes how their partner comes home with a smile that they don't like, one that exudes confidence. As the partner sits down and becomes quiet, the world around them becomes silent. The singer fears the person they once loved and the sense of unease that has permeated their interactions.


The partner then lets the night descend and everything becomes tedious for them. They ask the singer to put their children to bed and soon after, their groans wake the children. The partner then reveals that they feel cursed and that their life is meaningless. They start a fight and the singer gives in to please them. The singer reflects on how much they used to love this person, but that love has now been replaced with pain and a feeling of being forgotten.


The song speaks volumes about how relationships can change over time, and how two people can drift apart. The singer still feels the love they once had for their partner, but that love has been replaced by pain and disappointment. The song's lyrics are hauntingly poignant and are accompanied by a beat that is both slow and captivating.


Line by Line Meaning

Tu rentre avec ce sourire la
You come in with that smile on your face, the one that I dislike, the one that shows confidence.


Celui que je n'aime pas
The smile that I don't like.


Celui qui dit confiance
The smile that conveys confidence.


Tu pose ce drôle de regard là
You give me that strange look, and everything around you becomes silent.


Et tout autour de toi S'habille de silence
Silence envelops everything around you.


Tu te tais tu t'assois
You remain silent, sitting down.


Porte à la bouche tes doigts
You bite your nails nervously, like a child.


Tic nerveux de l'enfance
A nervous tic from childhood.


Et moi, moi j'ai peur de toi
And I am afraid of you, as much as I used to love you a long time ago.


Il y a longtemps déja
It's been a long time already.


Tu laisse arriver la nuit
You let the night arrive.


Arriver l'ennui
With boredom setting in.


Et tout te dégoute
Everything disgusts you.


Tu me laisse coucher les petits
You leave me to put the kids to bed.


Mai bientôt le bruit Les reveillera sans doute
But soon, noise will wake them up, for sure.


Tu dirais que t'es maudit Que tu gâche ta vie Que personne ne t'écoute
You'll say that you're cursed, that you're ruining your life, that no one listens to you.


Et moi, j'aurais mal pour toi
And I will feel pain for you, as much as I used to love you a long time ago.


Tu trouve ce pretexte la Ce petit nimporte quoi Et tu ouvre la danse
You find that little excuse, that trivial thing, and you start the dance.


Tu cogne avec ces deux mains là Et hurle a pleine voix Que tu n'a pas de chance
You hit with both hands and scream at the top of your lungs that you have no luck.


Tu jouis au bout de ce combat Que je perds pour toi A notre déchéance
You enjoy the end of this fight, which I lost for you, in our joint downfall.


Et moi, moi je m'oublie, moi Autant que je t'aimais Il y a longtemps déja
And I forget myself, as much as I used to love you a long time ago.




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