À la vitesse du cœur
Emotional cinematic electro-pop / intimate modern ballad. Slow tempo 68–72 BPM. Deep warm bass, airy pads, subtle piano with spaced notes, gentle strings as soft texture (no melodrama). Vocals: single female vocal ONLY. Soft, warm, intimate voice. Bilingual French / English lyrics. Emotion contained, mature, grounded. No spoken parts, no male voice, no choir. Mood: emotional safety, respect of rhythm, trust, calm presence, conscious love, body-grounded. No drama, no tension, no chase. Production: wide warm reverb, natural dynamics, audible breathing, silence respected. No over-singing, no theatrical delivery, no radio build-up. Overall feeling: a quiet testimony of love that knows trauma, respects boundaries, and lets the other come at their own pace. A song that doesn’t ask or explain — it simply is.
À la vitesse du cœur
Emotional cinematic electro-pop / intimate modern ballad. Slow tempo 68–72 BPM. Deep warm bass, airy pads, subtle piano with spaced notes, gentle strings as soft texture (no melodrama). Vocals: single female vocal ONLY. Soft, warm, intimate voice. Bilingual French / English lyrics. Emotion contained, mature, grounded. No spoken parts, no male voice, no choir. Mood: emotional safety, respect of rhythm, trust, calm presence, conscious love, body-grounded. No drama, no tension, no chase. Production: wide warm reverb, natural dynamics, audible breathing, silence respected. No over-singing, no theatrical delivery, no radio build-up. Overall feeling: a quiet testimony of love that knows trauma, respects boundaries, and lets the other come at their own pace. A song that doesn’t ask or explain — it simply is.
Lyrics
J’ai aimé un homme
Qui n’avait jamais appris
À recevoir la douceur
Sans trembler dans la nuit
Pas d’amour dans l’enfance
Pas de lieu sûr avant
Alors le corps se ferme
Même quand le cœur attend
I loved a man
Who never learned to stay
When tenderness arrived
His body pulled away
No safety in his past
No arms to rest within
So even love felt dangerous
When it came too close to skin
Je n’ai jamais forcé la porte
Je n’ai rien exigé de lui
J’ai laissé l’espace ouvert
Sans attente, sans bruit
I never pushed the timing
Never crossed his line
I stayed without demanding
Let safety grow with time
Je l’ai laissé venir
À son rythme, à son pas
Sans le prendre, sans l’envahir
Juste être là
Je savais ne pas toucher
Quand le corps disait non
Et sans bruit, sans promesse
Il a choisi mes bras comme maison
I let him come closer
At his pace, not mine
No taking, no invasion
Just steady time
I knew when not to touch
When silence meant “not yet”
And slowly, without fear
His body learned to rest
Je lisais ses silences
Mieux que ses paroles
Les gestes retenus
Quand l’émotion frôle
Je savais d’où venait sa peur
Sans qu’il ait à raconter
Le corps parle toujours
Quand l’âme a trop porté
I read the language of his body
More than what he said
Trauma speaks in movement
Long before the head
I didn’t need his story
To know where it began
Some wounds explain themselves
Without a single plan
Je n’ai pas cherché à guérir
Je n’ai rien voulu sauver
J’ai tenu l’espace stable
Où il pouvait respirer
I didn’t try to fix him
I didn’t play the guide
I stayed a steady presence
Where fear could slowly hide
Je n’ai pas réparé
Je n’ai rien forcé
J’ai simplement respecté
Ce qui demandait du temps pour aimer
Et quand l’amour est venu
Je ne l’ai jamais pressé
Je connaissais le tempo
Des cœurs qui n’avaient jamais été
I didn’t heal
I didn’t save
I honored time
And let love behave
I knew the rhythm
Of hearts afraid to stay
Because I’ve walked that path
And learned to love that way
Ce qui a été vu s’est relâché
Ce qui a été cru s’est défait
Je n’ai rien combattu
Je suis restée là
Et le cœur a su
What is seen no longer rules
What is allowed can rest
No fight, no shadow chased
Just truth expressed
À la vitesse du cœur
Tout s’est posé
At the speed of the heart
Everything found its place