Kate released the English version, 'The Infant Kiss', on her 1980 'Never fo… Read Full Bio ↴Kate released the English version, 'The Infant Kiss', on her 1980 'Never for Ever' album with the implicit underage sex theme being rather controversial. As part of her efforts to break internationally - and prior to a European tour - she re-recorded a number of songs in French, including 'Un Baiser D'enfant'.

Un baiser d'enfant
Kate Bush Lyrics

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Je dis bonne nuit-nuit.
Je le borde dans le lit.
Mais ca ne va pas.

Qu'est-ce que c'est? Un baiser.
Ca me fait fremir.

Je n'ai jamais avant

Aimee un enfant
Sans controle.

Il n'est qu'un jeune, et a l'ecole.
Chez nous ils n'aimeront pas.
Sa petite main joue dans mon coeur,
Juste la ou ca fait mal.
Toc-toc. Qui est dans ce bebe?
Tu sais bien y faire.

Toutes les barrieres tombent.
Ca va se voir.
Ca se voit. Ca se voit. Ce se voit.

Je ne peux laisser faire
Je le regretterais.
Ouh, il m'effraie!.

Il y a un homme la dans les yeux.
Je le vois en me penchant.

Ouh, il me fait peur
Quand ils chuchotent entre eux.
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Le vent souffle.

Sur leurs levres des caresses
Qui parlent de l'amour.

Je veux frapper, je me retiens.
Je veux juste toucher.

Je dois rester et arreter
Tout ca avant qu'il soit trop tard!

Toutes les barrieres tombent.
Ca va ce voir.

Ca se voit. Ca se voit. Ca se voit,
L'amour.

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Kate Bush's "Un baiser d'enfant" are in French and tell the story of a woman who is tucking a child into bed, but becomes increasingly alarmed by her feelings for him. The lyrics express both her fear and her attraction towards this little boy. The woman reflects that she has never before loved a child so deeply and without control, and yet she knows that her feelings are inappropriate. Despite this, she finds herself drawn to him, and it becomes increasingly difficult for her to resist. The possibility of their love being discovered, however, causes her to feel a mounting sense of anxiety and fear, and she ultimately decides that she must stop before it is too late.

This song has highly ambiguous content and is interpreted by the audience in many different ways. However, it is thought to be about pedophilia and the struggle of the adult to control their feelings for children. It is a dark and unsettling song with haunting and disturbing melodies that capture the taboo of this difficult topic. This song's paradoxical lyrics project both intense emotion and detachment, making it a complicated and wrenching composition.

Line by Line Meaning

Je dis bonne nuit-nuit.
I say goodnight-night.

Je le borde dans le lit.
I tuck him into bed.

Mais ca ne va pas.
But something's not right.

Qu'est-ce que c'est? Un baiser.
What's this? A kiss.

Ca me fait fremir.
It makes me shiver.

Je n'ai jamais avant
I've never before

Aimee un enfant
Loved a child

Sans controle.
Without control.

Il n'est qu'un jeune, et a l'ecole.
He's just a young boy, still in school.

Chez nous ils n'aimeront pas.
They wouldn't approve at home.

Sa petite main joue dans mon coeur,
His small hand plays in my heart,