Notes Pour Plus Tard Lyrics in English Barbara Pravi

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Notes Pour Plus Tard by Barbara Pravi from French to English.
I was your age
There's still a few pages
The leap into adulthood
Is thrilling around the bend
Becoming a woman
There's no internship
No do-overs
I know you didn't choose it
But you carry that heritage
So learn to deal with it
Nothing's really guaranteed
But don't forget to be a woman
Before being a mom
Think of your great-grandmother
Who couldn't decide
Not even get divorced
Barely breathe
Don't act like a spoiled kid
Nothing's ever won
Listen
I took a few notes
Kid
You feel different
You don't walk inside the lines
Maybe it's you who
Is right and the others who are crazy
After all, who makes
The codes and the taboos
Who said that those
Who didn't fit the frame
Would become nobody
Often future geniuses
Are bad at school
And often it's the shyest
Who turn into idols
So in class
If the teacher tears you down
Says you're good for nothing
Don't run your mouth too much
Or else open it wide
Don't worry if you're small
Don't worry if you're big
The popular kids in middle school
Are the first to become losers
Don't look at others
Their dumb-*ss advice
Listen to what your heart says
It's often right
Learn to love yourself
You're someone special
Special is enough
No need to play original
The little joys of life
Are often the coolest
Belting Céline Dion
You'll see, it lets off steam
Surround yourself well
With people who love you
Only look
At those who give to you
And not those who take from you
Kid, you've got time, kid
Kid, build momentum
Life's a long-distance race
You need training
You'll launch projects
That will fall flat
But get back up
Find a ladder
And climb the walls
You wanna be the boss
Then become the boss
Don't let anyone tell you
That you're not good enough
It's never the ones who do nothing
Who reach the top
Don't compare yourself to others
That's a ticket to depression
You know, there's no limit
Not even time
The only limits are the regrets
You'll have for saying
Not now
For having said not now
Don't listen to gossip
Don't get mixed up in drama
Truth is, things
Will never be
All black or white
Truth is, too, that life
Won't always be rosy
It's the same kind of person
You'll fall in love with
You know
The kind of person
Who'll make you unhappy
If he slaps you
You'll have to bail
If he touches you when you don't want
Don't think that's normal
Love and violence
Don't mix well
Above all, let nothing slide
So you don't fall into the spiral
There are no exceptions
No excuses
It's all bullsh*t
Once, twice, three times
Don't wait for the one too many
Don't be scared to talk about it
Don't be scared to say it
Trust me, by talking
We start to heal
And it's not just actions
That'll do damage
Words will be like bullets
That stay stuck inside you
Let nobody think
That it's your fault
That you deserved the violence
Cut off the influence
Whatever form, from toxic people
Who'll move around you
You're too strong, you're too beautiful
Too important
You're too strong, you're too beautiful
Too important
So
Don't be ashamed anymore
You need to know enough
About all the wounds
We hide
And all the screams
We keep inside
All this hurt
We do to ourselves for love
Goodbye badlove
Badlove
Memory of the blows
We take for caresses
Goodbye badlove
Badlove
It's a blind love
And deaf that hurts
Goodbye badlove
Badlove
Memory of the blows
We take for caresses
Goodbye badlove
Badlove
It's a blind love
And deaf that hurts
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SONG MEANING

Barbara Pravi’s Notes Pour Plus Tard feels like a handwritten letter slipped into a diary, addressed to every young girl standing on the edge of adulthood. The French singer turns life’s toughest lessons into tender, rhythmic advice: become a woman before you become a mother, trust your heart over the crowd, love the skin you are in, and remember that even geniuses can be terrible at school. By revisiting her own doubts and dreams, she offers a roadmap peppered with humor (belting Céline Dion at the top of your lungs), realism (projects will fail, get back up), and fierce encouragement to chase ambition fearlessly.

The song then shifts into a powerful warning about toxic love. Pravi draws a clear line between passion and violence, insisting that “malamour” – love that hurts – must be named, resisted, and left behind. She urges listeners to speak out, reject shame, and surround themselves with people who give rather than take. In just a few minutes, Notes Pour Plus Tard celebrates self-worth, resilience, and sisterhood, turning every chorus into a promise that the future can be brighter if we dare to write our own notes for later.

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