Sur la peau
Nilda Fernández Lyrics
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Mais elle me voit comme si j'etais le plus beau
si j'etais le plus...
Elle a sur les levres les traces de plusieurs bouches
Mais quand je la touche je sent qu'elle a la fievre
je sent qu'elle a la...
Elle a dans son lit tellement d'autres voyages
Mais elle ne partage que ma geographie que ma geographie...
Mais je ne suis pas sur qu'elle en ai la douleur
en ai la douleur...
Elle a sur ma vie les droits d'une princesse
Mais elle ne me laisse que sa photographie
que sa photographie...
Elle a Sur La Peau les traces de plusieurs hommes
Mais elle me voit comme si j'etais le plus beau
si j'etais le plus...
The lyrics to Nilda Fernandez's song "Sur la peau" speak of a woman who bears the physical and emotional scars of past lovers, yet chooses to see the beauty in the present. The first verse describes how she carries the marks of several men on her skin, but when she looks at the singer, she sees him as the most handsome. The second verse continues with the idea that she has the taste of others on her lips, but when he touches her, he can feel the heat of her fever, and in the third verse, we learn that there have been other "trips" in her bed, but he is the only one she shares her geography with.
The fourth verse acknowledges that the woman has other wounds on her heart, but the singer is unsure if she feels the pain from them. Finally, in the last verse, the singer declares that while the woman bears the marks of several men, she has given him the rights of a prince in her life, even if all he has is a photograph of her.
Overall, the lyrics to "Sur la peau" describe a woman who has a past, but who chooses to focus on the present with the singer. It speaks to the idea that sometimes, no matter how wounded or scarred a person may be, they can still choose to see the beauty in others and hold onto hope for a better future.
Line by Line Meaning
elle a Sur La Peau les traces de plusieurs hommes
She bears on her skin the marks of several men
Mais elle me voit comme si j'etais le plus beau
But she sees me as if I were the most handsome
si j'etais le plus...
If I were the most...
Elle a sur les levres les traces de plusieurs bouches
She has on her lips the traces of several mouths
Mais quand je la touche je sent qu'elle a la fievre
But when I touch her, I feel she has a fever
je sent qu'elle a la...
I feel she has it...
Elle a dans son lit tellement d'autres voyages
She has so many other journeys in her bed
Mais elle ne partage que ma geographie que ma geographie...
But she only shares my geography, my geography...
Elle a sur le coeur d'autres egratinures
She has other scratches on her heart
Mais je ne suis pas sur qu'elle en ai la douleur
But I'm not sure she feels the pain of them
en ai la douleur...
Feels the pain...
Elle a sur ma vie les droits d'une princesse
She has the rights of a princess in my life
Mais elle ne me laisse que sa photographie
But she only leaves me her photograph
que sa photographie...
Only her photograph...
Elle a Sur La Peau les traces de plusieurs hommes
She bears on her skin the marks of several men
Mais elle me voit comme si j'etais le plus beau
But she sees me as if I were the most handsome
si j'etais le plus...
If I were the most...
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