that fellow Anthony is reeeeeeaaaally talented in this kind of thing, you should read his others if anybody gets a chance.

i will when i improve my french and can handle it alone ;)

Garco, did you translate French into French?

What are you talking about Atra? Lol it's in English, just the lyrics are still in French ;)

well iguess we have the lyrics translated somewhere else.

Well, here's a link to one translation of the actual lyrics:
http://www.mf-international.com/viewtopic.php?t=48

God! I liked the song a lot before, just understanding it musically. (I knew the Spanish part) This song just gets elevated to a whole other level, having an understanding of the meaning of the lyrics. How can anyone see Alizée/Mylène's music as frivolous with lyrics like this. This is a great song! Even more so I think the way she sings it and with Laurent's up-beat music. They try to talk about things that can be very emotionally charged and have a darkness, but try to keep it light so that we don't get taken too far down that road. I think I'll have to add this to my list of favorite songs from Alizée which just keeps getting longer.

to all those who have not read this analysis before pleeeeaaase read it when you get a moment :) Anthony is extremely talented at this kind of thing and his understandings help a lot in understanding the song. Like said I will translate all his 10 analyses for you and write stickies so that all can see his hard work :)

wow!
 

Knocked my socks off! I would NEVER have pulled all the alegory together, not speaking French even slightly. Thanks again to GarconCanadien for the translations - think its been said before, but this takes the song to a whole new level!

Ed:)

I agree that these analyses by Anthony are all very insightful and I enjoy them very much. However I remain cautious as to accepting them as the final word on the subject. I like to think of them as one possible interpretation, a very well thought out interpretation, but just one possible intepretation nonetheless.

I wonder if Mylène writes such ambiguous lyrics in order to cover up her true meaning and thus only the truly insightful are rewarded with uncovering it; or if her purpose is to allow individual listeners the freedom to find their own meanings within the text regardless of what it may have originally meant for herself. Personnaly, I lean towards the latter. I'm sure she has a clear idea of what her texts mean to herself; but as a lyrical artist, I feel she would want people to construct their own personnal meanings and significance in her work.

I guess why I'm writing this is to say: Anthony may well be right and may have uncovered the hidden meanings behind Mylène/Alizée's songs; but don't let that stop you from finding your own significance in the texts. I'm speculating a bit with this next part here, but I think Mylène would have prefered it that way.