De l'autre côté de toi
Francis Cabrel Lyrics
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Au bout de l'autoroute
J'pourrais pas me tromper
C'est allumé la nuit.
S'il te reste un instant
Faudra que tu m'écoutes
Faudra que tu m'attendes
Faut pas que tu m'oublies
Je suis presque sûr qu'il n'y a plus rien
De l'autre côté de toi
Le désert commence où finit ta main
Toute l'eau qui ruisselle
Au fil de tes cheveux
J'ai encore besoin d'elle
Pour rafraîchir mes yeux
Est-ce qu'au moins tu m'entends
Quand j'appelle au secours ?
Je suis jaloux des colliers
De diamants qui t'entourent
De l'autre côté de toi
Je suis presque sûr qu'il n'y a plus rien
De l'autre côté de toi
Le désert commence où finit ta main
Laisse-moi t'endormir
Une nuit boréale
Sur un lit de pétales
Aux reflets de saphir
Laisse-moi me blottir
Sur ta peau quatre étoiles
Dans ton corps cathédrale
Et ne plus revenir
Je suis presque sûr qu'il n'y a plus rien
Et le désert commence où finit ta main
Je sais que tu vis là-bas
Au bout de l'autoroute
Que tu vis là-bas
Au bout de l'autoroute
Je sais que tu vis là-bas
Au bout de l'autoroute
Que tu vis là-bas
Au bout de l'autoroute
Je sais que tu vis là-bas
Au bout de l'autoroute
Que tu vis là-bas
Au bout de l'autoroute
In "De l'autre côté de toi," Francis Cabrel expresses his longing for someone who he believes lives on the other side of a highway. He recognizes the place, and he even knows that the lights stay on at night, but he has not physically been there. He begs this person to listen to him and not to forget him, even though he is separated from her by an unknown distance.
Cabrel imagines that on the other side of this person is a desert that begins where she ends. He remembers the sensation of the water that flowed through her hair and into his own eyes, and he wonders if she even hears him calling for her or if she is too distracted by the diamonds that adorn her neck. In the end, Cabrel pleads to sleep with her, to hold her close to him while resting on a bed of petals and surrounded by stars.
The song is a tender expression of love and longing, even if it is not clear if the person on the other side of the highway is real or symbolic. The songwriter speaks of the desire to connect with another person and to be held close, while acknowledging that there may be a vast emptiness that could make that impossible.
Line by Line Meaning
Je sais que tu vis là-bas
The singer knows that the person they are addressing lives somewhere far away.
Au bout de l'autoroute
The person lives at the end of a highway.
J'pourrais pas me tromper
The singer is certain they know the correct location of where the person lives.
C'est allumé la nuit.
The person's residence is lit up at night.
S'il te reste un instant
If the person has a moment to spare,
Faudra que tu m'écoutes
the singer would like them to listen to what they have to say.
Faudra que tu m'attendes
The singer needs the person to wait for them.
Faut pas que tu m'oublies
The artist does not want to be forgotten.
De l'autre côté de toi
The artist is on the other side of where the person is.
Je suis presque sûr qu'il n'y a plus rien
The artist believes that there is nothing left on their side.
Le désert commence où finit ta main
The place where the person lives is so far away that the surroundings are riddled with a barren environment.
Toute l'eau qui ruisselle
All the water that flows
Au fil de tes cheveux
along the person's hair
J'ai encore besoin d'elle
The singer still needs to see the person's hair
Pour rafraîchir mes yeux
because it refreshes their vision.
Est-ce qu'au moins tu m'entends
The artist asks if the person can hear them.
Quand j'appelle au secours ?
When they are crying out for help.
Je suis jaloux des colliers
The singer is jealous of the diamond necklaces
De diamants qui t'entourent
that the person wears.
Laisse-moi t'endormir
The artist asks the person to let them put them to sleep.
Une nuit boréale
During a northern night
Sur un lit de pétales
on a bed of petals
Aux reflets de saphir
that reflect like sapphires.
Laisse-moi me blottir
The artist wants to cuddle up to the person.
Sur ta peau quatre étoiles
to curl up on their skin decorated with four stars.
Dans ton corps cathédrale
Inside their cathedral-like body.
Et ne plus revenir
And never return.
Je sais que tu vis là-bas
The artist knows that the person they are addressing lives somewhere far away.
Que tu vis là-bas
That the person lives there.
Au bout de l'autoroute
At the end of a highway.
Je sais que tu vis là-bas
The singer knows that the person they are addressing lives somewhere far away.
Que tu vis là-bas
That the person lives there.
Au bout de l'autoroute
At the end of a highway.
Je sais que tu vis là-bas
The artist knows that the person they are addressing lives somewhere far away.
Que tu vis là-bas
That the person lives there.
Au bout de l'autoroute
At the end of a highway.
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: Francis Cabrel
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