Je L'Appelle De Mes Voeux
Tété Lyrics


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Est-ce la mode
Est-ce l'usage,
A Montréal?

Affaires de codes
Ou traits de l'âge?
Je l'ignore
Qu'est ce là?
La méthode, l'ouvrage,
L'idéal
D'un roseau déguisé en chêne?
Qu'à cela ne tienne,
Ces lois que j'appelais miennes.

Laissons là les entre-deux
Je l'appelle de mes vœux
Je l'appelle de mes vœux

Pas d'esclandre
Pas de scandale
A Montréal

On se met en scène
Oh le contraire serait obscène

Peur de se
Faire mal au jeu
On n'étale
Rien
On refrène tant
Qu'à force de sous entendus
Des non-dits, je ne sais plus

Laissons là les entre-deux
Je l'appelle de mes vœux
Je l'appelle de mes vœux

Laissons là les entre-deux
Je l'appelle de mes vœux
Je l'appelle de mes vœux





La chose est chère à mes yeux

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Tété's song Je L'Appelle De Mes Voeux talk of the uncertainties and the unsaid things that exist within the rules and customs of Montreal. The lyrics open with the question, "Est-ce la mode, Est-ce l'usage, A Montréal?" which translates to "Is it the trend, is it the custom, in Montreal?". The singer is unsure of what is acceptable and what is not in the way of codes and behavior. He goes on to express his confusion about what he has learned, whether it is the right thing or not.


The singer then talks of methods and ideals that he does not fully understand, which he compares to a reed disguised as an oak tree, indicating the fragility of what passes as strength. He then goes on to say that despite this, he still holds on to these same laws that he questions. In the second stanza, the subject shifts to the people of Montreal and the way they present themselves, with emphasis on the importance of putting up a good image. They are constantly conscious of their actions, scared to get hurt in a game, always holding back and not speaking their minds.


The singer concludes by expressing his desire to call out the things that he wants, despite the inhibitions placed by the between-the-lines rules of Montreal. The lyrics paint a picture of people bound by the conventions of society, unable to fully unleash their true emotions, all against a background of uncertainty and unresolved issues.


Line by Line Meaning

Est-ce la mode
Is it fashionable or trendy?


Est-ce l'usage,
Is it customary or common?


A Montréal?
In Montreal?


Affaires de codes
Concerns of rules or standards


Ou traits de l'âge?
Or traits of age?


Je l'ignore
I don't know


Qu'est ce là?
What is this?


La méthode, l'ouvrage,
The method, the work,


L'idéal
The ideal


D'un roseau déguisé en chêne?
Of a reed disguised as an oak tree?


Qu'à cela ne tienne,
Be that as it may,


Ces lois que j'appelais miennes.
These laws that I used to call my own.


Laissons là les entre-deux
Let's leave the in-between


Je l'appelle de mes vœux
I call for it with all my wishes


Je l'appelle de mes vœux
I call for it with all my wishes


Pas d'esclandre
No scandal,


Pas de scandale
No scandal,


A Montréal
In Montreal


On se met en scène
We put ourselves on display


Oh le contraire serait obscène
Oh, the opposite would be obscene.


Peur de se
Afraid of


Faire mal au jeu
Getting hurt in the game


On n'étale
We don't flaunt


Rien
Anything


On refrène tant
We hold back so much


Qu'à force de sous entendus
That from the constant implications


Des non-dits, je ne sais plus
Of unspoken words, I no longer know


La chose est chère à mes yeux
The thing is dear to my heart


Laissons là les entre-deux
Let's leave the in-between


Je l'appelle de mes vœux
I call for it with all my wishes


Je l'appelle de mes vœux
I call for it with all my wishes


Laissons là les entre-deux
Let's leave the in-between


Je l'appelle de mes vœux
I call for it with all my wishes


Je l'appelle de mes vœux
I call for it with all my wishes




Lyrics © SM PUBLISHING FRANCE, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: NIANG

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