Quand Je Serai Jeune Lyrics in English Kyo

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Quand Je Serai Jeune by Kyo from French to English.

When I'm young

I'll take the lions' share but

I won't mistake yeses for nos anymore and

Clinging to the hands of the clocks

I'll do everything to pull time back

When I'm young

I'll leave the subs' benches

I'll be captain of the soccer team and

I'll teach the big ones that you don't grow up

By stepping on someone smaller than you and

When I'm young I'll hold you in my arms

I'll try to laugh instead of laughing at you and

I'll train for hours in the cage

To smash hazing's face in

It'll be better before

The end of the beginning

It'll be better before

The end of the beginning

When I'm young I won't play for time

I'll be less scared to meet people

I'll quit reading the last pages

To spare myself the end of trips

When I'm young I'll take your share of shadow

To turn it into world music and

I'll slice up pieces of night

To make you origami dresses and

When I'm young I'll redo plenty of mistakes to

Blacken pages and toughen my heart and

I'll tell you to keep our baby

So I can keep you with me longer

It'll be better before

The end of the beginning

It'll be better before

The end of the beginning

When I'm young I'll take the tangent

Forever perpendicular to the slope

I'll drop the fights lost in advance

I'll give luck less room and

When I'm young I'll ruffle some feathers

I'll grab my star and my patch of asphalt

I'll stop you from taking the wheel

On a third of December with three grams in your blood

It'll be better before

The end of the beginning

It'll be better before

The end of the beginning

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SONG MEANING

Kyo flips time on its head in Quand Je Serai Jeune (“When I’m Young”). Instead of dreaming about the future, the singer imagines rewinding life so he can reclaim the fearless energy of childhood. He pictures himself grabbing life “like the lions’ share,” standing up to bullies, becoming the football captain, and loving without sarcasm. Every wish begins with When I’m young, a playful paradox that reveals both nostalgia for lost spontaneity and a determination to live more boldly right now.

The chorus — Ce sera mieux avant (“It will be better before”) — hammers home the irony: the remedy for regret is not racing ahead, but rediscovering the courage, curiosity, and kindness we once had. By promising to trade shadows for music, stitch night into origami dresses, and steer a loved one away from reckless choices, the narrator shows that rewinding time is really about rewiring the heart. The song is a vibrant call to unlearn cynicism, protect our inner kid, and make today feel as bright as “before.”

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Kyo Quand Je Serai Jeune Lyrics