Téléphone
Marie-Eve Roy Lyrics


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Les apparences qui détonnent
Sur mon visage ne mentent plus à personne
Quand l'ecchymose sur mon corps se pose
Que les caresses ne sont plus welcome

Quand il n'y a personne
Pour me retenir quand je tombe
Je prends mon téléphone
Quitte son empire sans make-up ni couronne

Les souvenirs se déforment
Mon avenir comme un feu qui frisonne
Plus un sourire plus un son ne résonne

Quand il n'y a personne
Pour me retenir quand je tombe
Je prends mon téléphone
Quitte son empire sans make-up ni couronne

Quand ses bras sur moi
Quand ses bras sur moi
Se referment
Quand ses bras sur moi
M'entourent d'un effroi
Qui m'enferme

Je prends mon téléphone
Quitte son emprise sans rien dire

Quand il n'y a personne
Pour me retenir quand je tombe




Je prends mon téléphone
Quitte son empire sans make-up ni couronne

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Marie-Eve Roy's song Téléphone express a sense of vulnerability and the need for independence in a toxic relationship. The opening line, "Les apparences qui détonnent" ("The contrasting appearances"), suggests that the singer's demeanor has changed, indicating that she is no longer trying to hide the physical and emotional scars of the relationship. This is further emphasized in the following lines, "Sur mon visage ne mentent plus à personne/Quand l'ecchymose sur mon corps se pose/Que les caresses ne sont plus welcome" ("On my face, they don't lie to anyone/When bruises appear on my body/When caresses are no longer welcome").


The chorus, "Quand il n'y a personne/Pour me retenir quand je tombe/Je prends mon téléphone/Quitte son empire sans make-up ni couronne" ("When there's no one to hold me when I fall/I grab my phone/And leave his empire without makeup or a crown"), illustrates that the singer has become self-aware and knows that she needs to leave this relationship. The use of the word "empire" suggests that the relationship is controlling and overpowering, while the phrase "without makeup or a crown" symbolizes her desire to shed the façade she has been presenting to the world and regain her freedom.


The second verse continues this theme of breaking free, with the lines "Les souvenirs se déforment/Mon avenir comme un feu qui frisonne/Plus un sourire plus un son ne résonne" ("Memories distort/My future like a flickering fire/No smile, no sound resonates"). This sense of uncertainty and instability is further echoed in the final verse, where the singer describes the suffocating feeling of being held in her partner's arms, prompting her to once again reach for her phone and leave without a word.


Overall, Téléphone is a powerful message of self-empowerment and taking ownership of one's life, even when it means leaving behind a toxic relationship.


Line by Line Meaning

Les apparences qui détonnent
The contrasting appearances on my face are easily noticeable.


Sur mon visage ne mentent plus à personne
My facial expressions no longer hide the truth from anyone.


Quand l'ecchymose sur mon corps se pose
When bruises appear on my body.


Que les caresses ne sont plus welcome
When I no longer welcome his touches.


Les souvenirs se déforment
Memories become distorted.


Mon avenir comme un feu qui frisonne
My future is uncertain and unstable.


Plus un sourire plus un son ne résonne
No more laughter or sounds echo around me.


Quand ses bras sur moi se referment
When his arms wrap around me.


Quand ses bras sur moi m'entourent d'un effroi qui m'enferme
When his embrace makes me feel scared and trapped.


Je prends mon téléphone
I take my phone.


Quitte son empire sans make-up ni couronne
I leave his control without bothering with makeup or a crown.


Quand il n'y a personne pour me retenir quand je tombe
When there is no one to catch me when I fall.


Quitte son emprise sans rien dire
I break free from his hold without saying a word.




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