No comments here? I'm not much of a Celine Dion fan but this song really touched me when I heard it. Both the lyrics and her voice are so strong, but so hurt. In general I hate how so much music (pop and non-pop) is just about "love" and other silly ideas, but this song would be an exception for me. Of course, it is, in a way, an anti-love song, though I suppose it all really depends on how you take it.
Someone with a more natural understanding of French should comment on it, they may get nuances that I don't hear (I've never studied).
@daimyodefunk I don't speak the language fluently but I understand French well enough to interpret the song, especially having lived through it myself.
@daimyodefunk I don't speak the language fluently but I understand French well enough to interpret the song, especially having lived through it myself.
Love is supposed to be the most powerful force in the world. But sometimes, loving each other is just not enough to make a relationship work, because people have faults that keep them from being a good match for each other. She wishes that it was enough. That someone could tell her what she lacks, so she could go back and change something about herself so that he would have wanted her, or that she could have...
Love is supposed to be the most powerful force in the world. But sometimes, loving each other is just not enough to make a relationship work, because people have faults that keep them from being a good match for each other. She wishes that it was enough. That someone could tell her what she lacks, so she could go back and change something about herself so that he would have wanted her, or that she could have stayed with him. So that she wouldn't have to look at everyone else who's in a happy relationship and feel sad about it.
How did they make their relationships work? Why couldn't I have done the same thing? Why did I have to screw up and them succeed?
It's an utterly devastating emotional state to be in, and not something I wish on anyone.
No comments here? I'm not much of a Celine Dion fan but this song really touched me when I heard it. Both the lyrics and her voice are so strong, but so hurt. In general I hate how so much music (pop and non-pop) is just about "love" and other silly ideas, but this song would be an exception for me. Of course, it is, in a way, an anti-love song, though I suppose it all really depends on how you take it.
Someone with a more natural understanding of French should comment on it, they may get nuances that I don't hear (I've never studied).
@daimyodefunk I don't speak the language fluently but I understand French well enough to interpret the song, especially having lived through it myself.
@daimyodefunk I don't speak the language fluently but I understand French well enough to interpret the song, especially having lived through it myself.
Love is supposed to be the most powerful force in the world. But sometimes, loving each other is just not enough to make a relationship work, because people have faults that keep them from being a good match for each other. She wishes that it was enough. That someone could tell her what she lacks, so she could go back and change something about herself so that he would have wanted her, or that she could have...
Love is supposed to be the most powerful force in the world. But sometimes, loving each other is just not enough to make a relationship work, because people have faults that keep them from being a good match for each other. She wishes that it was enough. That someone could tell her what she lacks, so she could go back and change something about herself so that he would have wanted her, or that she could have stayed with him. So that she wouldn't have to look at everyone else who's in a happy relationship and feel sad about it.
How did they make their relationships work? Why couldn't I have done the same thing? Why did I have to screw up and them succeed?
It's an utterly devastating emotional state to be in, and not something I wish on anyone.