Pierre Garand, better known as Garou, is a Quebec singer born on June 26, 1… Read Full Bio ↴Pierre Garand, better known as Garou, is a Quebec singer born on June 26, 1972 in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.

Discovered by Luc Plamondon singing American blues tunes in small Sherbrooke bars, he was drafted by Plamondon to play the role of Quasimodo in his musical Notre-Dame de Paris, making him a star. After the musical, he managed to launch a successful international pop music career in Quebec, France, and many other European countries. His looks and hoarse voice, as well as the virility that he combines with a boyish niceness, brought many to see him as a major modern day sex symbol.

Ne me parlez plus d'elle
Garou Lyrics

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Ne me parlez plus d'elle
J'ai besoin d'oublier
Tout ce qui me rappelle
Qu'un jour elle a été

Ne me parlez plus d'elle
On se rend malheureux
A prendre une étincelle

Pour le plus beau des feux

Ne me parlez plus d'elle
Je préfère son absence
A sa beauté cruelle

Accordez moi silence
Loin de son existence

Ne me parlez plus d'elle
Je ne veux pas savoir
Près de qui chaque soir
Elle ouvre grand ses ailes

Ne me parlez plus d'elle
Je ne veux pas savoir
Près de qui chaque soir

Ne me parlez plus d'elle
Je voudrais m'endormir
Comme une sentinelle
Qui ne voit rien venir

Ne me parlez plus d'elle
Je préfère l'ignorance
Aux mauvaises nouvelles

Accordez moi silence
Loin de son existence

Ne me parlez plus d'elle
Je ne veux pas savoir
Près de qui chaque soir
Elle ouvre grand ses ailes

Ne me parlez plus d'elle
Je ne veux pas savoir
Près de qui chaque soir

Elle me reprend
Elle me reprend le ciel

Ne me parlez plus d'elle
Non ne m'en parlez pas
Mais parlez lui de moi

Accordez moi silence
Loin de son existence

Donnez moi une chance
D'oublier que j'y pense

Ne me parlez plus d'elle
Je ne veux pas savoir
Près de qui chaque soir
Elle ouvre grand ses ailes

Ne me parlez plus d'elle
Je ne veux pas savoir
Près de qui chaque soir

Elle me reprend
Elle me reprend le ciel

Overall Meaning

Garou's song "Ne me parlez plus d'elle" is a passionate plea to be left alone, to forget and move on from a former love. The lyrics emphasize the pain and sorrow that come with being constantly reminded of someone who used to be an important part of one's life. The song lyrics emphasize that even a small spark of memory can turn into the most intense and painful fire, leading to misery and despair. Hence, the singer-songwriter asks people to leave him alone, to grant him silence and distance from his ex-love's life, so he can embrace ignorance and forgetfulness rather than being devastated by details of her each day.

The lyrics repeat the line "Ne me parlez plus d'elle" ("Don't talk to me about her anymore") to serve as a reminder to the listener that the singer is resolute in his decision to move forward, and he does not want to hear about his ex-love anymore. The song's verses show the singer's anguish and sadness, while the chorus contains his conviction not to care anymore, and he aims to reach a place where he sleeps like a sentinel, who sees nothing coming. The final lines of the song are the most poignant, as the singer acknowledges that he still feels his former lover's hold on him as she takes his sky, which suggests that he is willing to give up the heavens for her.

Line by Line Meaning

Ne me parlez plus d'elle
Stop talking to me about her

J'ai besoin d'oublier
I need to forget

Tout ce qui me rappelle
Everything that reminds me

Qu'un jour elle a été
That she was once here

On se rend malheureux
We make ourselves unhappy

A prendre une étincelle
By taking a spark

Pour le plus beau des feux
For the most beautiful fire

Je préfère son absence
I prefer her absence

A sa beauté cruelle
To her cruel beauty

Accordez moi silence
Grant me silence

Loin de son existence
Away from her existence