​Vianney (b. Vianney Bureau 1991) is a relative newcomer to the French music scene who released his debut album “Idées blanches” in 2014. This was quickly followed by a roster of awards between 2015 and 2017, including in 2015 the “Prix talents W9” award, the SACEM Lemarque Award, RFM award, a nomination for the Victoires de la Musique “(VdM) “Revelation album of the year” and an award in 2016 as the VdM “Male artist of the year.” Vianney and Pagny worked as colleagues on the French talent show “The Voice.”

In this song, examples of context-dependent words include “encore” in the title, the expression “vouloir bien” and the use of “que” to begin a sentence. These three words and expressions are present in virtually all lines of this song. They all have multiple possible meanings that depend on the overall context of the situation. Understanding that context is necessary for accurate interpretation. See the notes below for more explanation.

The title of the song “T’aimer encore” enjoys the same ambiguities with the word “encore” as did Charles Aznavour’s song “Hier encore” and Céline Dion’s song “Pour que tu m’aimes encore,” and others in the “chanson” canon. In all of them, the word “encore” can mean various things: “still,” “again,” “more” or even “yet” in English. Lara Fabian’s song “Je t’aime encore,” for example, clearly means “still.” In Pagny’s song, “encore” cannot mean “again” since that would imply that loving had stopped and “more” would suggest that it was not enough. Perish that thought. The context of the song in Pagny’s life (after surviving 3 years of cancer treatment) and of the words in the song itself suggest he is looking forward to additional years of continued love for his already well-loved wife.
 
In France, the title “T’aimer encore” acquires an English translation as “Still Loving You.” As explained in Florent Pagny’s profile on this website, Pagny’s songs have two recurrent characteristics. First, song titles use verb infinitives as nouns (which English calls “gerunds” when adding “ing” to the root of a verb). The translation of the title “T’aimer encore” as “Still Loving You” fits squarely in this pattern, along with the titles of his other songs “Savoir aimer” and “Chanter.” Second, Pagny songs show “generous repetition of specific turns of phrase” in the lyrics. In this song, the phrase “Je veux” appears 23 times while the longer phrase “Je veux t'aimer encore” appears 13 times. Hats off to Vianney in nailing these aspects of Pagny’s style.

​​The song’s structure is Verse/Pre-Chorus/Chorus/Verse/Pre-Chorus/Chorus/Bridge/Outro.
There is appropriate rhyming throughout.

NB:
Vouloir bien: is an expression that indicates willing acceptance but can reveal a lack of enthusiasm or passive acceptance depending on the context. In the context of this song, it is reasonable to understand that Pagny accepts (but without relish) such things as: “larmes,” “douleurs,” “doutes,” “laideur,” “l’oubli,” “trembler,” “ne plus pouvoir chanter.”
Qu'elle attende, la mort: “que” at the beginning of a non-interrogative sentence, as here and elsewhere in the song (e.g. “que le diable m’ignore”), can be viewed as an “exclamatory imperative” where the specific meaning (e.g. “may,” “let,” “how,” or “so much”) depends on the context. In such cases, it is followed by subjunctive verbs. In other cases, beginning a sentence with “que” may express amazement or surprise.
En espagnole: Pagny and his family live at least half the year in Argentina.