J'ai Laissé Lyrics in English Christophe Maé

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song J'ai Laissé by Christophe Maé from French to English.

I confess

It's not happiness

I used to live on love

And today my soul isn't sure anymore

I listen to my pain

And the silence is heavy

Seconds are hours

I imagine what you say

What you do

What you think

I guess what you go through by his side when I'm gone

I left

The garden flowers wither

I left

Your scent on the pillow

I left

The shutters closed all summer

So I don't see the day break anymore

I confess

It's not happiness

I used to dream of love

Today I don't have the heart for it anymore

I taste and graze

Our forever ‘I love yous’

That slowly die

I imagine what he told you

What he does to you

What he thinks about it

I guess what you go through by his side when I'm gone

I left

The garden flowers wilt

I left

Your scent on the pillow

I left

The shutters closed all summer

So I don't see the day break anymore

And at night I hear your voice

And I see your body

But at night I hear in your voice

That you won't come back

I left

The garden flowers wilt

I left

Your scent on the pillow

I left

The shutters closed all summer

So I don't see the day break anymore

I left, I leave

I let the flowers wilt

I left, I leave

I left your scent on the pillow

I left, I leave

I left the shutters closed

I left, I leave

I let the flowers wilt

I left

The garden flowers wilt

Your scent on the pillow

The shutters closed all summer

So I won't see anymore

The day break

So I won't believe in fairy tales anymore

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SONG MEANING

Christophe Maé invites us into the quiet aftermath of a breakup, where every room still smells like her and even the garden seems to mourn. "J'ai Laissé" paints the picture of a man who has pressed the pause button on life: shutters stay closed, flowers wilt, and time stretches painfully long. Instead of moving on, he imagines his former lover’s new life, replaying what she might be saying, thinking, and feeling while he listens to the heavy silence at home.

The repeated line J'ai laissé — I left — becomes a catalogue of abandoned joys and frozen memories. By letting everything around him decay, the narrator shows how heartbreak can turn everyday objects into emotional landmines. It is a tender, melancholic confession that clings to the hope of fairy-tale endings, only to realize that they may never come true. The song captures that universal moment when love ends but the world refuses to start spinning again.

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Christophe Maé J'ai Laissé Lyrics