Je T'aime Moi Non Plus
Serge Gainsbourg feat. Jane Birkin Lyrics
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Oh oui, je t'aime
Moi non plus
Oh, mon amour
Comme la vague irrésolue
Je vais, je vais et je viens
Entre tes reins
Je vais et je viens
Et je me retiens
Je t'aime, je t'aime
Oh oui, je t'aime
Moi non plus
Oh, mon amour
Tu es la vague, moi l'île nue
Tu vas, tu vas et tu viens
Entre mes reins
Tu vas et tu viens
Entre mes reins
Et je te rejoins
Je t'aime, je t'aime
Oh oui, je t'aime
Moi non plus
Oh, mon amour
Comme la vague irrésolue
Je vais, je vais et je viens
Entre tes reins
Je vais et je viens
Entre tes reins
Et je me retiens
Tu vas, tu vas et tu viens
Entre mes reins
Tu vas et tu viens
Entre mes reins
Et je te rejoins
Je t'aime, je t'aime
Oh oui, je t'aime
Moi non plus
Oh, mon amour
L'amour physique est sans issue
Je vais, je vais et je viens
Entre tes reins
Je vais et je viens
Je me retiens
Non, maintenant
Viens
Je t'aime Moi non plus is a song by Serge Gainsbourg, a French singer and songwriter, and Jane Birkin, an actress and singer. The lyrics are a conversation between two lovers expressing their love and desire for each other, with the underlying theme of the physical limitations of their love.
The opening lines of the song, "Je t'aime, je t'aime" (I love you, I love you) and "Moi non plus" (Me neither), set the tone for the contradictory nature of their love. The lovers express their passion for each other in a way that is both intense and restrained, with the repetition of "je vais et je viens" (I come and I go) representing the ebb and flow of their emotions.
The chorus, "Tu es la vague, moi l'île nue" (You are the wave, I am the naked island), highlights their difference in roles within the relationship. The lover who is the wave has the power and control, while the naked island must surrender and submit to their desires. Yet, they come together in moments of intimacy, as represented by the line "Je te rejoins" (I join you).
Overall, the lyrics of Je t'aime Moi non plus capture the complexities of love and desire, and the tensions that arise when two people love each other but are unable to fully satisfy their physical desires.
Line by Line Meaning
Je t'aime, je t'aime
I love you, I love you
Oh oui, je t'aime
Oh yes, I love you
Moi non plus
But me neither
Oh, mon amour
Oh, my love
Comme la vague irrésolue
Like the uncertain wave
Je vais, je vais et je viens
I go, I go and come back
Entre tes reins
Between your loins
Je vais et je viens
I go and come back
Entre tes reins
Between your loins
Et je me retiens
And I hold back
Tu es la vague, moi l'île nue
You are the wave, I am the bare island
Tu vas, tu vas et tu viens
You go, you go and come back
Entre mes reins
Between my loins
Tu vas et tu viens
You go and come back
Entre mes reins
Between my loins
Et je te rejoins
And I join you
Comme la vague irrésolue
Like the uncertain wave
Je vais, je vais et je viens
I go, I go and come back
Entre tes reins
Between your loins
Je vais et je viens
I go and come back
Entre tes reins
Between your loins
Et je me retiens
And I hold back
Tu vas, tu vas et tu viens
You go, you go and come back
Entre mes reins
Between my loins
Tu vas et tu viens
You go and come back
Entre mes reins
Between my loins
Et je te rejoins
And I join you
L'amour physique est sans issue
Physical love is without an outcome
Tu vas, tu vas et tu viens
You go, you go and come back
Entre tes reins
Between your loins
Je vais et je viens
I go and come back
Je me retiens
I hold back
Non, maintenant
No, now
Viens
Come
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Written by: Serge Gainsbourg
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@steffanhoffmann
@@Lad-Saurin The song is purely and simply, about bringing a woman to orgasm.
However you communists wouldn't know about that. Sex was taboo in ussr 😂
Even though Jane is shouting her pleasure throughout this recording, comments here are about romantic love.
No no no.
It's 1969. The end of the decade of the sexual revolution. That's what it's about.
Regarded as one of the most important figures in French pop, he was renowned for often provocative and scandalous releases which caused uproar in France, dividing public opinion.
His artistic output ranged from his early work in jazz, chanson, and yé-yé to later efforts in rock, zouk, funk, reggae, and electronica. Gainsbourg's varied musical style and individuality, make him difficult to categorise, although his legacy has been firmly established, and he is often regarded, as one of the world's most influential popular musicians
Lucien Ginsburg was born in Paris on 2 April 1928. He was the son of Jewish emigrants of Turkish, Russian and Ukrainian origin, Joseph and Olga Ginsburg, who fled to Paris via Istanbul after the 1917 Russian Revolution and the MURDERING COMMUNISTS.
Joseph Ginsburg was a classically trained musician whose profession was playing the piano in cabarets and casinos; he taught his children—Gainsbourg and his twin sister Liliane—to play the piano.
Gainsbourg's childhood was profoundly affected by the occupation of France by Germany during World War II.
The identifying yellow star that Jews were required to wear haunted Gainsbourg; in later years he was able to transmute this memory into creative inspiration.
The world detested this
Communism
Fascism
Both evil ideologies were destroyed.
There's a new thing to destroy nowadays; Putinism.
The little moth will be destroyed; just like Hitler.
@dorpets
In 1971 at a party, I asked a girl to dance with me to this song and she said yes. Now... she's my wife!
@Nirsterkur
Congratulations!
@theboredchannel3062
I love this song.
@noraisabel6557
@Samuel How is Paris these days, apart from the quarantine?
@LOveERDos
Samuel same here ROME AND LA DOLCE VITA ROME and the shit life
@christiandesayes4718
lucky man! thanks serge!
@georgeclancy1755
The Frenchest thing that ever Frenched.
@feuquegougueul1592
One of the best things!
@jadecostello3325
And pommed.
@marguskiis7711
Johann Bach