Bilitis
Maissiat Lyrics


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Oh ma vacance
Oh mon supplice
Un parfum de soufre et d'éther
Souffle le long
Des appendices
Du haras joli des rivières
Le jour se lève
Ou tu te glisses
Le fleuve gelé te libère
Ton odeur un bouquet d'épices
Que tu m'accroches aux boutonnières
Et tout tourne autour
Oh mon délit
Oh ma complice
C'est ton parfum que je préfère
A condition des artifices
Ton ignorance tes travers
La soir éclaire

L'ombre tapisse
À contre champs
Avant arrière
Là dans les champs de bilitis
Je cours
Et tu me cours derrière

Nos langues fourchent
Attrape cou
Épaules poignets et paupières
Nos ébats sentent la réglisse
La dévotion le piment vert
Morsure de côte
Et pot caprice
Deux filles qui gémissent et qui jouent
T sur ta joue




Ta joue si lisse
Le crime est parfait

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of "Bilitis" by Maissiat depict a complex relationship between two women. The song's opening lines describe the singer's feelings of both vacation and agony, with a scent of sulfur and ether blowing through the air. The imagery of appendages in the stables and the river's icy liberation complements the sensual description of the other woman's spicy scent. There is a sense of forbidden love as the singer describes this person as her crime and accomplice, their play and intimacy as the shadows and the light dance around them in the fields of Bilitis.


The verse's emotion is only heightened by the chorus's simple but circular melody and repetitive phrasing that twists around the singer's lovesick emotions. The chorus culminates in an affirmation of the other woman's scent being cherished above all else, even her flaws and lack of knowledge. The final verse reveals a playful and almost childlike image of the two women's lovemaking, but with a hint of danger and desire. A biting of the rib, a pot full of spicy desires, and the singer's approval of the other woman's smooth cheek despite the "perfect crime."


Overall, the song speaks to the bittersweet and complex nature of queer relationships that often have to exist in the shadows and can ignite a passion that feels both thrilling and dangerous.


Line by Line Meaning

Oh ma vacance
Oh my vacation


Oh mon supplice
Oh my torment


Un parfum de soufre et d'éther
A perfume of sulfur and ether


Souffle le long
Breathes along


Des appendices
Of appendages


Du haras joli des rivières
Of the pretty horse farm by the rivers


Le jour se lève
The day rises


Ou tu te glisses
Where you slip


Le fleuve gelé te libère
The frozen river releases you


Ton odeur un bouquet d'épices
Your scent a bouquet of spices


Que tu m'accroches aux boutonnières
That you pin to my lapels


Et tout tourne autour
And everything revolves


Oh mon délit
Oh my crime


Oh ma complice
Oh my accomplice


C'est ton parfum que je préfère
It's your perfume that I prefer


A condition des artifices
With the condition of artifices


Ton ignorance tes travers
Your ignorance, your faults


La soir éclaire
The night illuminates


L'ombre tapisse
The shadow lines


À contre champs
Against the field


Avant arrière
Back and forth


Là dans les champs de bilitis
There in the fields of Bilitis


Je cours
I run


Et tu me cours derrière
And you run behind me


Nos langues fourchent
Our tongues fork


Attrape cou
Grab neck


Épaules poignets et paupières
Shoulders, wrists, and eyelids


Nos ébats sentent la réglisse
Our lovemaking smells of licorice


La dévotion le piment vert
Devotion and green chili


Morsure de côte
A bite on the ribs


Et pot caprice
And sudden desire


Deux filles qui gémissent et qui jouent
Two girls who moan and play


T sur ta joue
On your cheek


Ta joue si lisse
Your cheek so smooth


Le crime est parfait
The crime is perfect




Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: AMANDINE MAISSIAT

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Comments from YouTube:

@EvelyneArramyEgalite

Une voix à savourer comme un bonbon qui fond lentement dans la bouche pour la garder plus longtemps sur une vidéo exquise et une musique splendide ! Merci très fort pour ce cadeau et amitiés

@georgelouridas

Τhe people who disliked this video have no sense of art and poetry!!

@ShadMukalenga

Sentir le manque de ce qu'on n'a jamais possédé : quelle horreur, quel abîme. <3 🌀❄

@angelicusenkephallus4438

Unbelievable album!!

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Que de souvenirs..............................

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magnifique !!!!!

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Très beau😘😘😘

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un.grand.bravo

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<3

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