INTRODUCTION
Julien Clerc Lyrics


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J'écris de cette encre séchée
Et je chante pour toi
Cette chanson composée
De soie tramée dan les passé

Quelques jonques provisoires
Se balancent sur l'été
Et je sais maintenant
Combien je t'aimais
Je t'aimais


Des avions inutiles
Flottent dans l'automne




Et tu sais maintenant
Qui je n'aime plus personne

Overall Meaning

The song "Introduction" by Julien Clerc is a poignant ballad that speaks about a love that has passed, but the singer still yearns for. The first verse talks about writing with dried ink and singing a song to someone. The song is composed of silk woven into the past. The singer is reflecting on a love that once existed, but now only remains in the past. The second verse talks about transience and how just like the temporary junks that rock in the summer, the love that was once strong has now faded away with time. The singer realizes how much he loved the person, and the depth of his love that he failed to acknowledge back then.


The final verse speaks directly to the person who was once the recipient of the singer's love. It talks about how useless airplanes float in the season of autumn, and how the singer knows now that he no longer loves anyone else but the person he is addressing. The song speaks of a love that was once unacknowledged and undervalued, but now it is treasured and aching to be rekindled. It is a song of regret and nostalgia, and it leaves the listener with a feeling of melancholy and longing.


Line by Line Meaning

J'écris de cette encre séchée
I am writing with this dry ink


Et je chante pour toi
And I sing for you


Cette chanson composée
This song composed


De soie tramée dan les passé
Of silk woven in the past


Quelques jonques provisoires
Some temporary junks


Se balancent sur l'été
Swinging on the summer


Et je sais maintenant
And now I know


Combien je t'aimais
How much I loved you


Je t'aimais
I loved you


Des avions inutiles
Useless airplanes


Flottent dans l'automne
Floating in the autumn


Et tu sais maintenant
And now you know


Qui je n'aime plus personne
That I don't love anyone anymore




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