Toxique Lyrics English Translation by Élise de Lune
We talk to defend ourselves
Without trying to understand
You count all my mistakes
I protect my pain
We turn our silences
Into proof of our offenses
Each one keeps their own truth
Like a door to lock
You say it’s my fault
I say it’s yours
Trying so hard to be right
We forget where the hurt comes from
Toxic
We hurt each other without meaning to
Toxic
Each one locked inside their own story
Toxic
We want to win, we lose the meaning
Toxic
And the silence starts again
…
The same phrases come back
And wake up the old fears
We answer before listening
We accuse before understanding
Maybe deep down inside us
No one knows everything
Two truths can cross paths
Without ever looking at each other
You carry your wounds
I carry mine too
We wait for the other
To finally understand our pain
Toxic
We hurt each other without meaning to
Toxic
Each one locked inside their own story
Toxic
We want to win, we lose the meaning
Toxic
And the silence starts again