Claire Pommet, known professionally as Pomme, is a French singer, songwrite… Read Full Bio ↴Claire Pommet, known professionally as Pomme, is a French singer, songwriter, and musician. Born and raised near Lyon, she learned to play several instruments at a young age. Her debut studio album, À peu près (2017), received critical acclaim for its mixture of pop and folk music and entered the French album charts at number 91. Pomme followed with her second studio album, Les failles (2019), which became her first project to reach the top 10 in her home country. The record was later reissued as Les failles cachées (2020) and re-entered record charts in two countries. Her third studio album, Consolation, was released on 26 August 2022.

Adieu mon homme
POMME Lyrics

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Adieu mon homme
Où tu vas, je n'irai pas
Où tu vas ne va personne
Où tu vas, il fait trop froid

Adieu mon homme
Je t'embrasse une dernière fois
Souviens-toi de mon goût de pomme

De cerise et de lilas

Adieu mon homme
Je dois vivre sans tes bras
Et dans les bras d'autres hommes
La nuit, c'est toi que je vois

Adieu mon homme
Tu vois je t'oublie déjà
J'oublie ta voix qui résonne
Tu vois? Non, tu ne vois pas

Adieu mon homme
Promis on se reverra
J'attends juste que le glas sonne
Juste qu'il sonne pour moi

Adieu mon homme
C'est la vie et c'est tout moi
J'accepte ce qu'elle me donne
Et je prends ce qu'elle ne me donne pas

Adieu mon homme
Où tu vas je n'irai pas

Où tu vas ne va personne
Où tu vas, il fait trop froid

Overall Meaning

The song "Adieu mon homme" by French singer-songwriter Pomme is a somber and emotional breakup anthem that tells the story of a woman saying goodbye to her lover and accepting the reality of moving on with her life. From the opening lines, "Adieu mon homme, où tu vas, je n'irai pas" ("Goodbye my man, where you go, I won't follow"), the singer declares her independence and refusal to follow her former lover. She acknowledges that "où tu vas ne va personne" ("where you go, no one goes") and that his path may be too cold and bleak for her to continue on with him.

As the song progresses, Pomme reflects on the memories and moments she shared with her ex-lover, from the taste of apples and cherries they shared to the sound of his voice ringing in her ears. But despite these moments, she realizes that she must move on and embrace new experiences, even if they may not be with him. She accepts that "je dois vivre sans tes bras" ("I have to live without your arms") and that she may find comfort in the arms of other men, even if he still haunts her thoughts at night.

Line by Line Meaning

Adieu mon homme
Goodbye, my man

Où tu vas, je n'irai pas
Where you go, I won't follow

Où tu vas ne va personne
Where you go, no one goes

Où tu vas, il fait trop froid
Where you go, it's too cold

Je t'embrasse une dernière fois
I kiss you one last time

Souviens-toi de mon goût de pomme
Remember my apple taste

De cerise et de lilas
Of cherry and lilac

Je dois vivre sans tes bras
I have to live without your arms

Et dans les bras d'autres hommes
And in the arms of other men

La nuit, c'est toi que je vois
At night, it's you that I see

Tu vois je t'oublie déjà
You see, I'm already forgetting you