Héroïne
Pierrick Lilliu Lyrics
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Peu à peu mais tous les jours
Tu décides, moi je dispose
Comme un esclave en amour
C′est de toi que je m'injecte
Jamais assez, toujours trop peu
Comme enrôlé dans une secte
Dont tu serais l′unique Dieu
Je te désire, je te hais
Tu me déchires et après
{Refrain:}
Mon héroïne, je suis infirme
Mon héroïne, pourtant tu es
Celle qui viendra pour me sauver
De mes abîmes
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Mon héroïne
Passer sa main dans le feu
Et se brûler de moins en moins
Combattre le mal par le mieux
L'immunité contre un vaccin
Passer dans le camp adverse
De l'autre côté de la ligne
Une flèche qui me transperce
Ton regard qui me devine
Je te désire, je te hais
Tu me déchires et après
{Au Refrain, x2}
The lyrics of Pierrick Lilliu's song Héroine depict a complex and somewhat destructive love relationship, where the singer feels like he is slowly being poisoned by the object of his desire. The metaphorical reference to drugs, with lines such as "Du poison à faible dose" (low dose poison) and "C′est de toi que je m'injecte" (It's you that I inject myself with), underline the addictive and all-consuming nature of the passion the song talks about. The singer is locked in a power dynamic where he is at the mercy of his lover's whims and decisions, feeling like a love slave ("Comme un esclave en amour").
Despite the pain and the turmoil caused by this intense love story, the singer cannot help but crave it and long for it. He describes a sense of duality in his feelings ("Je te désire, je te hais / Tu me déchires et après"), oscillating between love and hate, pleasure and agony. In the end, he sees his lover as his "heroine", despite the fact that she has left him "infirme" (disabled) and struggling with his own demons ("De mes abîmes").
Overall, the lyrics of Héroine paint a vivid portrait of the complex and often self-destructive nature of love, where passion and addiction often blur the lines between pleasure and pain, salvation and destruction.
Line by Line Meaning
Du poison à faible dose
Slowly and gradually, you are poisoning me
Peu à peu mais tous les jours
Little by little, every single day
Tu décides, moi je dispose
You make the decisions, and I have no say
Comme un esclave en amour
I am like a slave to our love
C'est de toi que je m'injecte
I am injecting myself with you
Jamais assez, toujours trop peu
Never enough, always too little
Comme enrôlé dans une secte
I am like a member of a cult
Dont tu serais l'unique Dieu
And you would be the only God of that cult
Je te désire, je te hais
I desire you and I hate you
Tu me déchires et après
You tear me apart and then leave
Mon héroïne, je suis infirme
You are my heroine, and I am disabled because of you
Mon héroïne, pourtant tu es
But despite that, you are the one who will come and save me
Celle qui viendra pour me sauver
You are the one who will come to save me
De mes abîmes
From the depths of my despair
Passer sa main dans le feu
Putting your hand in the fire
Et se brûler de moins en moins
And getting burnt less and less each time
Combattre le mal par le mieux
Fighting evil with good
L'immunité contre un vaccin
Building immunity against a vaccine
Passer dans le camp adverse
Going to the other side of the field
De l'autre côté de la ligne
On the other side of the line
Une flèche qui me transperce
An arrow that pierces through me
Ton regard qui me devine
Your gaze that sees through me
Writer(s): c. belaisch, macque
Contributed by Alyssa J. Suggest a correction in the comments below.