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.
We'd need to get there, get there
To dream, to dream
Get there, yeah get there
To imagine the world after
Get there, get there
To dream, to dream
Get there, yeah get there
To finally change the world
For real
The sun rises the same everywhere
They promise us worlds
And wonders
No time to think
No time to dream
Just time to go to work
The world's just how we leave it
Left to wind and drought
Barely time to breathe
Everything only keeps getting worse
We'd need to get there, get there
To dream, to dream
Get there, yeah get there
To imagine the world after
Get there, get there
To dream, to dream
Get there, yeah get there
To finally change the world
For real
Our kids are really counting on us
But we're mostly thinking of ourselves
There's only one Earth
Let's not promise the moon
How can we picture what's next
Moving forward while running away
How to make the world breathable
How to make life bearable
We'd need to get there, get there
To dream, to dream
Get there, yeah get there
To imagine the world after
Get there, get there
To dream, to dream
Get there, yeah get there
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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