La Derniére Minute Lyrics in English Carla Bruni

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song La Derniére Minute by Carla Bruni from French to English.

When I've understood it all, lived it all down here

When I'm so old I won't want myself anymore

When the skin of my life is carved like a road

With marks and sorrows and laughs and doubts

Then I'll ask for just one more minute

When there's nothing left that tips over and hurts

And when even heartaches look like a caress

When I see my death right at the foot of my bed

When I see her smiling at my tiny little life

I'll tell her, 'listen, give me just one minute'

Just one more minute, just one more minute

To freshen up or for a cigarette

Just one more minute, just one more minute

For one last thrill or one last gesture

Just one more minute, just one more minute

To pack the memories away before the long winter

Just one more minute

With no motive and no aim

Since my life's nothing, I want all of it

Whole, totally, in all its failures

Since my life's nothing, I want more

I want them to add some more

Sixty tiny seconds for my last minute

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SONG MEANING

Carla Bruni’s “La Dernière Minute” is a tender conversation with Time itself. In a velvet-soft voice, she imagines standing at the very edge of life, face-to-face with death, yet cheekily bargaining for “just one more minute.” That tiny slice of time becomes priceless: a chance to light one last cigarette, tidy up scattered memories, feel a final shiver of excitement or strike one last glamorous pose. By picturing wrinkles as roads and heartbreaks as gentle caresses, Bruni reminds us that every scar and giggle is proof we have truly lived.

The song sparkles with a playful paradox: if life is nothing, then she wants it all. Instead of dreading the end, she turns it into a romantic plea to squeeze the pulp from every remaining second. “La Dernière Minute” nudges listeners to savor ordinary moments, because sixty little seconds can still hold infinite beauty, mischief and wonder.

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Carla Bruni La Derniére Minute Lyrics