Si Seulement Je Pouvais Lui Manquer Lyrics in English Carla

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Si Seulement Je Pouvais Lui Manquer by Carla from French to English.
It'd only take
For him to call me
For him to call me
Where my life surely comes from
Not from the sky
To tell him about my childhood
His absence
Every day
How to break the silence
That surrounds him
As surely as I talk to him from afar
I'm learning on my own to arm myself
As surely as I can't stop thinking about it
If only he could miss me
Is he gonna send me a sign
Lacking a father isn't a crime
I've got just one prayer for him
If only
He could miss me
I'd just tell you
That besides that
Everything's fine
Apart from a father I lack
Nothing
I live in another world
I hang on
Every day
I'll break the silence
That surrounds me
As surely as I talk to him from afar
I'm learning on my own to arm myself
As surely as I can't stop thinking about it
If only he could miss me
Is he gonna send me a sign
Lacking a father isn't a crime
I've got just one prayer for him
If only he could miss me
Is he gonna send me a sign
Lacking a father isn't a crime
I've got just one prayer for him
If only he could miss me
Is he gonna send me a sign
Lacking a father isn't a crime
I've got just one prayer for him
If only
He could miss me
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SONG MEANING

Carla’s heartfelt ballad Si Seulement Je Pouvais Lui Manquer is like reading a secret letter slipped into a bottle and tossed toward a distant shore. In every line she daydreams about a simple phone call that could bridge years of silence, revealing how deeply she misses the father she never really knew. The repeated plea “Si seulement je pouvais lui manquer” (If only he could miss me) turns the song into a gentle echo of hope, blending soft nostalgia with the ache of unanswered questions.

Yet beneath the melancholy melody there is a spark of quiet courage. Carla admits that growing up without a dad is painful, but she also shows relentless determination to write her own story: she learns to stand tall, breaks the “silence that surrounds” her, and reminds us that lacking a parent “n’est pas un crime.” The result is an intimate anthem of longing and self-empowerment that invites listeners to hold on to hope while forging their own path.

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