Une Seule Vie Lyrics in English Trois Cafés Gourmands

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Une Seule Vie by Trois Cafés Gourmands from French to English.

One life isn't enough, we'd need at least ten

What do we do with a life if we start it at the end

A single life isn't enough, we'd need thousands

A single life isn't enough if we live it halfway

There'll be so many things to do and then to live

So much pain to erase to rebuild

We'll go discover forgotten flavors

See other moons and make other summers blush

There'll be so many romances, hopes by the fireside

So many fleeting, languid one-night pleasures

So much knowledge to voice to look bigger

So many silly things to do to stay kids

One life isn't enough, we'd need at least ten

What do we do with a life if we start it at the end

A single life isn't enough, we'd need thousands

A single life isn't enough if we live it halfway

There'll be so many other values to learn

So many words, words flung out to defend ourselves

So many poems to repeat in front of the mirror

So many notebooks to scribble in at the back of class

There'll be so many bursts of tears, and then of laughter

So much after your fate, ma'am, I'm going to run

So many love letters written to confide

So many walls to dust off to move ahead

One life isn't enough, we'd need at least ten

What do we do with a life if we start it at the end

A single life isn't enough, we'd need thousands

A single life isn't enough if we live it halfway

While there's still time, let's seize every moment

Let's live now, every glimmer of every spring

Let's wear our bodies out on segments all different

Let's surrender our hearts, even a few hours, to the rush of wind

One life isn't enough, we'd need at least ten

What do we do with a life if we start it at the end

A single life isn't enough, we'd need thousands

A single life isn't enough if we live it halfway

One life isn't enough, we'd need at least ten

What do we do with a life if we start it at the end

A single life isn't enough, we'd need thousands

A single life isn't enough if we live it halfway

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Ever wished you had ten lifetimes to squeeze in every dream? In “Une Seule Vie” the French group Trois Cafés Gourmands turns that fantasy into a bubbly anthem. The lyrics reel off a carnival of possibilities - tasting forgotten flavors, chasing fresh summers, scribbling poems in class, wiping away tears, laughing until it hurts - all while reminding us that one life just isn’t enough if we only live it halfway.

But there’s a cheerful secret in the chorus: because we really do have just one shot, the song urges us to savor every second. Tear down dusty walls of routine, fill the hours with discovery, love, learning, and playful mischief, and let your heart race with each new adventure. It is a sparkling invitation to practice carpe diem with a French café spirit, guitar in hand and a smile as wide as ten lifetimes.

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Trois Cafés Gourmands Une Seule Vie Lyrics