Ce Jeu Lyrics

Lyric discussion by VinnyxVespertine 

Cover art for Ce Jeu lyrics by Yelle

I interpreted this song as a song merely about how a majority of relationships work these days, and how the mess and chaos is what makes the relationship so thrilling, but yet can grow tiresome.

After being with him for a while, she knew that ignoring him would get him to come to her, crying for her attention. And at the same time, he's got her spellbound by his little 'traps' that are so easy for her to fall for.

She (like a majority of people, including myself), doesn't want a relationship to be perfect; she doesn't want everything to add up to some kind of perfect equation. She loves this 'game' that they play with each other, but even too much mess becomes more tiresome than fun.

Also, she turns around and says during the 'break', "I turn my back to leave. You know that I won't hurt you.", that's such a perfect way to put how we may feel in relationships; we get driven to the point to leave, or we deliberately make it seem like we want to leave so that way there's a little more of a mess, but in the end, there is no malice intended towards the love-interest.

My Interpretation