Le Veil Amant

i wish i knew how to understand french.... =(

I -think- the title means "The Old Lover" :P

she's singing about a man who played with her heart. she has such a sweet voice, the lyrics are actually really simple and easy to understand, and i'm not all that great at french anyway.

she's singing about a man who played with her heart. she has such a sweet voice, the lyrics are actually really simple and easy to understand, and i'm not all that great at french anyway.

and yeah the title does mean the old lover literally. but i don't think she actually means the old lover, more like the lover from a long time ago.

Roughly translated, it starts like this:

My love I thought with naivety That one sprig of lily of the valley could bring you back So I found One or two old sonnets To remind you To call you back (here the french word is the same for the two meanings) To me my love Through this beautiful day Of spring I let Close to your feet fall A lone sprig of lily of the valley But it withered Waiting for this kiss That will never come

The month of may Played me This year I let flow too many feelings This time the month of may Laughed at me This year etc etc

Excuse my poor english... I don't want to spam, so I won't put the whole translation, but basically it talks about a past love that was never fulfilled and is now a bitter but cherished memory. The Old Lover could be the one she loved, but from the whole song, I got the feeling (that could be just me though) that the one singing the song is actually the old lover, who talks about a woman he loved when he was young, and who has now withered just like the sprig of lily of the valley and lives on his memories. A woman singing in first person about a man is not unheard of.