Cette Route-là Lyrics in English Noé Preszow

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Cette Route-là by Noé Preszow from French to English.

When through too much lucidity

And opposing feelings

I'll end up turning away

From my secondary lives

When through too much loyalty

To the uprootings that shaped me

I'll manage to detach myself

From everything that undoes me

When I no longer find the strength

To say yes to mean no

To tamper with my shell

To say sorry

When I go change scenery

Face other rains

It won't be a deathly silence

It'll only be life

We don't choose that road

But you can't smother a flame like that

We don't choose that feeling

Of having a departure deep inside

Because a father because a mother

Because every hand brushed

Will return to dust

Before anything has begun

Because not made for studies

Because not made for families

And not made for habits

That lighten the mind

Because there's surely a place

To gather all my brains

I'm that woman and that man

There are thousands in my skin

The further I go the less I know

The more I find the less I've found

But the more I forget the more I remember

That losing also belongs to us

We don't choose that road

But you can't smother a flame like that

We don't choose that feeling

Of having a departure deep inside

To be at the heart and on the side

Ahead of time and outdated

To have a world to meet

A trust to recover

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Feeling a restless spark inside you that just refuses to die? “Cette Route-là” captures exactly that sensation. Noé Preszow sings about an unplanned road that seems to choose us rather than the other way around: the road of shaking off expectations, dodging routine, and chasing a burning need for authenticity. He lists all the reasons society gives us to stay put—family ties, studies, habits that “lighten the mind”—only to admit that none of them can smother the stubborn flame urging him forward. The song becomes a rallying cry for anyone who feels simultaneously at the center and on the sidelines, searching for a place where every fractured part of themselves can finally gather.

Beneath the lively rhythm, the lyrics reveal an emotional tug-of-war: fear of losing what we know versus the excitement of discovering who we might become. Preszow reminds us that forgetting, losing, and starting over are not failures; they are vital steps in reclaiming trust in ourselves. In short, “Cette Route-là” is both confession and invitation—an anthem for all those carrying a secret departure deep in their chest, ready to trade worn-out scenery for pure, unfiltered life.

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Noé Preszow Cette Route-là Lyrics