In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
J'étais parti tête baissée
A coeur ouvert et sans penser
Qu'un jour il me faudrait apprendre
Que la flamme engendre ma cendre
Je ne veux plus parler d'amour
D'amour
Je ne veux plus parler d'amour
Au faux-jour de tes sentiments
J'ai cru dans mon aveuglement
Qu'on vivait plus qu'une aventure
Mais j'étais dans le clair-obscur
Je ne veux plus parler d'amour
D'amour
Je ne veux plus parler d'amour
Je ne veux plus dire ou entendre
Ce que nos voix se disaient en écho
Tantôt fous, tantôt tendres
Je veux les désapprendre
Car ce n'était pour toi que des mots
Que des mots
Je ne les avais pas appris
Sur mes lèvres ils avaient fleuri
Au soleil chaud de ma tendresse
Comme au printemps les roses naissent
Je ne veux plus parler d'amour
D'amour
Je ne veux plus parler d'amour
Je suis au fil de mes pensées
Un voyageur désorienté
Dans la forêt de tes mensonges
Qui a perdu la clef des songes
Je ne veux plus parler d'amour
D'amour
Je ne veux plus parler d'amour
Je ne ferai plus la folie
De croire à ces phrases qui sonnent faux
Je n'en ai plus envie
Elles n'ont dans ma vie
Perfidement laissé que des maux
Que des maux
Mon coeur a compris la leçon
Quand il a payé sa rançon
Au prix fort il me faut l'admettre
Pour le peu qu'il a cru connaître
Je ne veux plus parler d'amour
D'amour
Je ne veux plus parler d'amour
A coeur ouvert et sans penser
Qu'un jour il me faudrait apprendre
Que la flamme engendre ma cendre
Je ne veux plus parler d'amour
D'amour
Je ne veux plus parler d'amour
Au faux-jour de tes sentiments
J'ai cru dans mon aveuglement
Qu'on vivait plus qu'une aventure
Mais j'étais dans le clair-obscur
Je ne veux plus parler d'amour
D'amour
Je ne veux plus parler d'amour
Je ne veux plus dire ou entendre
Ce que nos voix se disaient en écho
Tantôt fous, tantôt tendres
Je veux les désapprendre
Car ce n'était pour toi que des mots
Que des mots
Je ne les avais pas appris
Sur mes lèvres ils avaient fleuri
Au soleil chaud de ma tendresse
Comme au printemps les roses naissent
Je ne veux plus parler d'amour
D'amour
Je ne veux plus parler d'amour
Je suis au fil de mes pensées
Un voyageur désorienté
Dans la forêt de tes mensonges
Qui a perdu la clef des songes
Je ne veux plus parler d'amour
D'amour
Je ne veux plus parler d'amour
Je ne ferai plus la folie
De croire à ces phrases qui sonnent faux
Je n'en ai plus envie
Elles n'ont dans ma vie
Perfidement laissé que des maux
Que des maux
Mon coeur a compris la leçon
Quand il a payé sa rançon
Au prix fort il me faut l'admettre
Pour le peu qu'il a cru connaître
Je ne veux plus parler d'amour
D'amour
Je ne veux plus parler d'amour
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
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