Une Seconde, Ou La Vie Entière Lyrics in English Gaëtan Roussel

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Une Seconde, Ou La Vie Entière by Gaëtan Roussel from French to English.
Nothing fades
Everything finds its place
The silences
The boomerangs or the sea
Take all the time they need
Everything comes together
Everything's just back and forth
Everything flies off into the distance
Look, the conifers
Take all the time they need
If you need to, look back
Or far ahead, toward the mystery
One second, or a whole life
It's so beautiful when things
Take all the time
Yesterday, you you said we look alike
We're made to live together
Today, mystery
Yesterday, you said we come together
We're made to run away together
Today, mystery
Everything's just a whirlwind
A spark, a flash or a butterfly
For the fleeting, you know what's missing?
It's taking all the time it needs
If need be
If necessary, look back
Or far ahead, toward the mystery
One second, or a whole life
It's so beautiful when things
Take all the time
Yesterday, you you said we look alike
We're made to live together
Today, mystery
Yesterday, you said we come together
We're made to run away together
Today, mystery
Yesterday, you you said we look alike
We're made to live together
Today, mystery
Yesterday, you said we come together
We're made to run away together
Today, mystery
Yesterday, you you said we look alike
We're made to live together
Today, mystery
Yesterday, you said we come together
We're made to run away together
Today, mystery
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SONG MEANING

Gaëtan Roussel invites us on a poetic time-travel where one second can hold an entire lifetime. Throughout the song, waves, boomerangs, and even whispering conifers remind us that nothing truly disappears; everything circles back when it is ready. Relationships spin in this same cosmic carousel: yesterday we swore we were meant to live together, yet today everything is shrouded in mystère. The French singer paints life as a dance of comings and goings, suggesting that beauty blooms only when we give feelings and events all the time they need.

By repeating questions of the past and future, the lyrics nudge us to pause, look back, or gaze ahead, but never rush. Roussel’s message is both comforting and playful: whether you have a fleeting spark or a lifelong love, savor it at the pace of nature itself. Let the song be your gentle reminder to breathe, observe, and allow time to weave its quiet magic.

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