S'en Aller Lyrics in English M. Pokora

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song S'en Aller by M. Pokora from French to English.
What do you want me to tell you
That we promised each other, swore
By the time we realize
The years have passed
It's just postponed
To meet again one day
It's written on the walls
Of the high school corridors
We silence the obvious
We may try to avoid each other
But nothing has really changed
We love each other, we think about it
What's the point of holding on
The heart speaks for us, you know it
The memories are far away
That can bring us closer
No matter how much we lie to ourselves
A past day catches up with us
The memories are far away
That can bring us closer
No matter how much we lie to ourselves
A past day catches up with us
I think we said it too much
We cursed each other so much
We have to go, go, go
I think we said it too much
We cursed each other so much
We have to go, go, go
This promise weighs on me
It's time to lay it all out
And I thought I was too tough
That I could just throw it all away
I'm not the best
But when I'm with you, I'm real
Without us, I'm nothing, I'm crazy
I'm trying to sail away
I struggle to come back
Without you, I'm a soul in distress
Without you, nothing works
Like adrift
Our wishes are all I have left
The memories are far away
That can bring us closer
No matter how much we lie to ourselves
A past day catches up with us
The memories are far away
That can bring us closer
No matter how much we lie to ourselves
A past day catches up with us
I think we said it too much
We cursed each other so much
We have to go, go, go
I think we said it too much
We cursed each other so much
We have to go, go, go
We have to go
We have to go
We have to go
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Freddy Marche, Samuel Taieb, Daniel Koueloukouenda
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SONG MEANING

S'en Aller – which means to go away – spins a story of two old flames who keep colliding with their past. M. Pokora walks us through school corridors filled with scribbled promises and memories that refuse to fade. Time has raced ahead, yet the feelings have not; each attempt to avoid one another only proves that the heart still speaks louder than reason.

The catchy refrain “Faut s'en aller” (We have to leave) is a bittersweet rallying cry. They have exchanged too many words, even curses, and now believe that distance might be the only cure. Still, every step forward is tugged back by nostalgia, showing how love can be both anchor and burden. In short, the song captures that tug-of-war between the need to move on and the ache of letting go of a shared history.

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