Protege Moi

Placebo

C'est le malaise do moment
L'épidémie qui s'étend,
La fête est finie, on descend
Les pensées qui glacent la raison

Paupières baissées, visages gris
Surgissent les fantômes de notre lit
On ouvre le loquet de la grille
Du taudis qu'on appelle maison

Protect me from what I want
Protect me from what I want
Protect me from what I want
Protect me, protect me

Protège-moi, protège-moi
Protège-moi, protège-moi
Protège-moi, protège-moi
Protège-moi, protège-moi

Sommes-nous les jouets du destin
Souviens-toi des moments divins
Planant, éclatés au matin
Et maintenant nous sommes tout seuls

Perdus les rêves de s'aimer
Le temps où on avait rien fait
Il nous reste toute une vie pour pleurer
Et maintenant nous sommes tout seuls

Protect me from what I want
Protect me from what I want
Protect me from what I want
Protect me, protect me

Protect me from what I want (protège-moi, protège-moi)
Protect me from what I want (protège-moi, protège-moi)
Protect me from what I want (protège-moi, protège-moi)
Protect me, protect me

Protège-moi, protège-moi
Protège-moi de mes désirs
Protège-moi, protège-moi

Protect me from what I want
Protect me from what I want
Protect me from what I want
Protect me, protect me

Protect me from what I want
Protect me from what I want
Protect me from what I want
Protect me, protect me

(Protect me) Protect me from what I want
(Protect me) Protect me from what I want
(Protect me) Protect me from what I want
Protect me, protect me

(Protect me) Protect me from what I want
(Protect me) Protect me from what I want
(Protect me) Protect me from what I want
Protect me, protect me

Protège-moi


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  • +3
    General Comment

    the translation.: It's the disease of the age, An epidemic that spreads, The party is over and we descend, The thoughts that freeze the mind.

    Lowered eyes and gray faces, The ghosts of our past awaken; We open the latch on the gate Of the slum that we call home.

    Are we the playthings of fate Remember those divine moments We'd laugh and party until dawn** And now we are all alone.

    Dreams of happiness lost, The time we have done nothing (Dreams of innocence gone) We're left with a lifetime to cry, And now we are all alone.

    dutch_angel_moion May 25, 2005   Link
  • +2
    General Comment

    This is the french verison of "Protect me from what I want." (Obviously)

    Anrahon May 21, 2004   Link
  • +2
    General Comment

    I prefer this song to Protect Me From What I Want. This version seems more ... raw. But I don't know why.

    roia_cloverleafon January 04, 2005   Link
  • +2
    General Comment

    just a note--"La fete est finie" means the party is dead, not the party is finished (which is "la fete a finie")

    catcrazygirl2002on May 05, 2005   Link
  • +2
    General Comment

    I love when he whispers 'Protege Moi', very emotional.

    FalseSmileson January 26, 2006   Link
  • +2
    General Comment

    I think it's about coming home after a wild night and realize you're alone and you're totally wasting your life with drugs, alcohol, casual sex, etc. and you regret it, but the next day you're back on it. All of us been there once, right? Or, at least I was.

    Leiah_Girlon December 04, 2006   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    i agree. this is much better than the english version.

    empty.lightnesson February 13, 2005   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    This song is beautiful. Brian singing in French is just amazing. His voice sounds so haunting in this song, so sad.

    mrsdanifilth73on May 13, 2005   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    I love this song. It's so mournful and sad, yet I cannot stop listening to it. I find the French version to be much more emotionally accute then the English verison. Does anyone know where I can find the video?

    SkyeSkullfaceon January 02, 2007   Link
  • +1
    Memory

    Every time when I end up in the psych ward because of another overdose, I play this track on repeat. It’s me talking to me - protect me from what I want

    Jacko0752on November 22, 2023   Link

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