Will you still be there? That simple question sits at the heart of Michel Berger’s classic Seras-tu Là ?. Sung as a tender conversation with an unseen lover, the song imagines the future when today’s passions have faded into memories, secrets have lost their shine, and life’s less-glamorous companions—regret, loneliness, routine—begin to take center stage. Over a gentle piano line, Berger lists the coming challenges one by one and pleads for reassurance: he wants to know that, even when “our regrets come to dance around us” and the passing years test their bond, the other person will not walk away.
The lyrics paint love as an ongoing promise rather than a fleeting feeling. Being present through “the worst,” “the time that passes,” and “our enemies” matters more than sharing only the highs. By repeating the haunting refrain Seras-tu là (“Will you be there”), Berger turns the song into an anthem of loyalty, inviting listeners to reflect on their own relationships and to cherish the people who stay when life gets complicated.