Arriver À Rêver Lyrics in English Tiken Jah Fakoly

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Arriver À Rêver by Tiken Jah Fakoly from French to English.
Should arrive, arrive
To dream, to dream
Arrive, yes arrive
To imagine the world after
Arrive, arrive
To dream, to dream
Arrive, yes arrive
To finally change the world
For real
The sun rises everywhere the same
We are promised worlds
And wonders
No time to think
No time to dream
Just time to go to work
The world is as we leave it
Deliver to wind and drought
Barely time to breathe
Everything only gets worse
Should arrive, arrive
To dream, to dream
Arrive, yes arrive
To imagine the world after
Arrive, arrive
To dream, to dream
Arrive, yes arrive
To finally change the world
For real
Our children count on us
But we mostly think about ourselves
The earth, there is only one
Let's not promise the moon
How to imagine what happens next
When moving forward, flee
How to make the world breathable
How to make life bearable
Should arrive, arrive
To dream, to dream
Arrive, yes arrive
To imagine the world after
Arrive, arrive
To dream, to dream
Arrive, yes arrive
To finally change the world
For real
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SONG MEANING

Arriver à rêver – literally “manage to dream” – is Tiken Jah Fakoly’s energetic reminder that every great change starts in our imagination. Over a sunny reggae beat, the French artist repeats his mantra to snap us out of the daily grind: we rush to work while politicians sell us “mondes et merveilles,” and the planet burns. He urges us to pause, breathe, and picture le monde d’après – a fairer, greener tomorrow.

The second verse raises the stakes. There is only one Earth, our children are counting on us, and running away from problems won’t cut it. Fakoly asks how we can make the world breathable again and life truly livable. The song becomes both wake-up call and pep talk: keep dreaming big, then roll up your sleeves and turn those dreams into reality.

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