Nouveau Départ Lyrics in English by Stéphane

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We could've

Told each other at least a thousand times

Goodbye, too late

We'd have looked

Into each other's eyes

While telling

What bound the two of us

Say thanks to

All those crazy things

That broke us a bit

Around us

Are people jealous

We'd almost go insane

And by talking

By listening, getting mad

Cracking down, destroying each other

Forgetting ourselves, crushing ourselves

The future forced us

To leave each other

So I won't say no

To us breaking up

For a fresh start

So I won't say no

To us letting go

So we can find each other better

Giving ourselves time

A bit like before

Being far more often

I know it'll be hard

Even a bit cruel

To get our wings cut

And even if you think

It's my problem

You're in it

You're there anyway

And by resisting

Holding on, rising up

Going against, tearing each other apart

Oppressing ourselves

The future forced us

To leave each other

So I won't say no

To us breaking up

For a fresh start

So I won't say no

To us letting go

So we can find each other better

Giving ourselves time

A bit like before

Being far more often

I'm the one telling you

The story makes sense

But it starts right

Where it has to stop

People who'll make you believe

The opposite

Will be the same ones

Who'll betray you from behind

The same ones who push me

To sing and scream

But before writing my songs

I think of him who inspires me

I think of us when I breathe

I stop crying over the past

Finding excuses

For what's happening to us

For what happened

To stay on the straight path

Hand in hand

That's what I tell myself every morning

Always thinking the universe

Is against me

Pushing me into the void

Without you

So I won't say no

To us breaking up

For a fresh start

So I won't say no

To us letting go

So we can find each other better

Giving ourselves time

A bit like before

Being far more often

So I won't say no

To us breaking up

For a fresh start

So I won't say no

To us letting go

So we can find each other better

Giving ourselves time

A bit like before

Being far more often

So I won't say no

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néant — nothingness / void

Néant translates to "nothingness" or "void". It's a powerful and evocative word that carries a significant emotional weight, making it stand out from everyday vocabulary.

In the song, Stéphane uses néant to express a profound sense of loss and emptiness, singing, "Qu'il me pousse dans le néant sans toi" (That it pushes me into nothingness without you). This word perfectly captures the feeling of despair and the void left by a separation, making it both memorable and deeply resonant.

Ever stayed in a relationship so long that arguing becomes your daily cardio? In "Nouveau Départ" (New Beginning), French pop singer Stéphane takes a hard look at two people who have talked, yelled, and worn each other out until walking away is the only move left. Instead of wallowing in pure misery, the track feels like a deep exhale. The speaker admits they have reached the breaking point through an avalanche of verbs: "s'écouter, de s'énerver / De sévir, de se détruire / De s'oublier, de s'écraser" ("listening to each other, getting annoyed / coming down hard, destroying each other / forgetting oneself, crushing each other"). It is blunt and exhausting, but there is also a weird kind of affection in thanking each other for "toutes ces dingueries qui nous ont détruites un peu" ("all these crazy things that destroyed us a little"). In everyday French, dinguerie is great slang for wild, reckless, or completely unhinged behavior, which fits this chaotic spiral perfectly.

Yet the breakup does not feel like the end of the world here; it sounds like survival. The chorus repeats "Alors je dis pas non / À ce qu'on se sépare / Pour un nouveau départ" ("So I won't say no / To us breaking up / For a fresh start"), treating the split as space to breathe rather than an eternal goodbye. There is even hope that drifting apart gives them a chance "pour mieux se retrouver" ("to find each other again better"). While Stéphane acknowledges that having your wings clipped hurts ("se faire couper les ailes"), the choice to stop feeding old drama ("lamenter sur le passé") turns what could be a downer into an upbeat anthem about choosing yourself and moving forward.

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