Cavale Lyrics in English Coeur De Pirate

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Cavale by Coeur De Pirate from French to English.
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I often think back to moments past
Putting on glitter, getting myself noticed
By you and those in neon tights
Who yelled your name from far away
I spent hours on the commute
To love you, finally get to see you again
And spend even just a moment
In your parents' house
But as soon as you found out
That my heart had gone on the run
You grabbed the chance and headed for your layover
But where
Where will you go, where will you go
When regrets come back?
What'll you become, what'll you become
If you keep denying the end?
More than once, next to nothing
Your blue eyes, blunt-cut bangs
You seemed a mountain amid the tides
And you stayed icy in front of me
While my whole self melted before you
But as soon as you found out
That my heart had gone on the run
You grabbed the chance and headed for your layover
But where
Where will you go, where will you go
When regrets come back?
What'll you become, what'll you become
If you keep denying the end?
More than once, next to nothing
But who
Who will you be, who will you be
When memories come back?
How much shame, how much shame
For what we'd have become
If you'd wanted me?
And when I see you again
You come and take me in your arms
You tell me how well I seem to be doing
And I know you blame yourself
For letting that chance to kiss me slip by
But where
Where will you go, where will you go
When regrets come back?
What'll you become, what'll you become
If you keep denying the end?
More than once, next to nothing
But who
Who will you be, who will you be
When memories come back?
How much shame, how much shame
For what we'd have become
If you'd wanted me
If you'd wanted me
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SONG MEANING

Cavale feels like paging through a glitter-covered diary, where Béatrice Martin (the voice behind Cœur de Pirate) relives a teenage crush that once sparkled brighter than neon tights. The singer paints vivid scenes of long commutes just for a few stolen minutes in her lover’s parents’ house, of trying to stand out with “paillettes” while distant admirers shout his name. Every line drips with that mix of excitement and insecurity we experience when we love someone who might never fully love us back.

When she realizes her own heart is ready to “take off on the run,” the boy bolts for the nearest exit, leaving only unanswered questions: Where will you go when the regrets catch up? Who will you be when memories return? The chorus circles around those doubts, filling the song with bittersweet suspense. By the time they meet again, it is too late—he sees she is thriving, and the weight of missed chances hangs in the air. Cavale is ultimately a shimmering ode to youthful infatuation, the ache of unreciprocated feelings, and the haunting what-ifs that follow us when we let true connection slip away.

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