Le Bonheur Lyrics in English Joyce Jonathan

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Le Bonheur by Joyce Jonathan from French to English.
I spend most of my time just killing time
Ironing the shirts I wore the day before
I spend most of my nights rethinking life
Running through my today one last time
So I tell myself
Maybe I'm getting older
I don't wanna let my life slip by
Happiness ain't the goal but the way
Happiness ain't the fall but the path
My happiness is you
My happiness, you know it
It's you and me on the pillow
I comb the back of my closets
The notebooks, the drawings I kept from kindergarten
I spend my time thinking of before and after
Okay, it's settled, I wanna enjoy my present
So I tell myself
Maybe I'm getting older
I don't wanna let my life slip by
Happiness ain't the goal but the way
Happiness ain't the fall but the path
My happiness is you
My happiness, you know it
It's you and me, it's you and me, it's you and me on the pillow
I let the seasons pass
Without rhyme or reason
I've gone around the question
So I tell myself that even if I'm getting older
I don't wanna let my life slip by
Happiness ain't the goal but the way
Happiness ain't the fall but the path
My happiness is you
My happiness, you know it
It's you and me on the pillow
Happiness ain't the goal but the way
Happiness ain't the fall but the path
My happiness is you
My happiness, you know it
It's you and me, it's you and me on the pillow
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SONG MEANING

In "Le Bonheur", French singer-songwriter Joyce Jonathan opens a window onto the small, tender rituals that fill her days: ironing yesterday’s shirts, leafing through childhood drawings, and mentally rewinding today before sleep. These seemingly ordinary snapshots reveal a deeper unease; she senses time slipping away and does not want to “laisser passer ma vie.”

Her solution is simple yet profound. The chorus repeats that happiness is not the end goal but the way itself; it is not the fall but the walk. For Joyce, that path is made of shared pillows and quiet intimacy with the one she loves. By choosing to savor the present instead of obsessing over past and future, she reminds us that true contentment is found in everyday moments and in the people who turn them into memories.

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