Mauvais Rêve Lyrics in English Hoshi

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Mauvais Rêve by Hoshi from French to English.

My name's Mathilde and today's my birth

I'm premature, it'll be my only time being early

I don't know what to expect, is my life gonna be gentle

Come on, I'm falling asleep for my first dream

Life seems easy, I've just turned four

I got in the wrong line, I wanted to be with the big kids

I hid under the table, someone stole my schoolbag

No, I must've had a bad dream

I changed my style, I've just turned seven

Am I a boy or a girl, why does nobody understand me

And as soon as the bell rings for recess, I get insulted

No, I must've had a bad dream

I keep growing, today I'm nine

What are they gonna give me, how many people will be there

But on my party night, there was actually no party

No, I must've had a bad dream

Here I am, sixth grade, I'm finally eleven

I don't fit their system, I learn way too easily

I'm bored in every class, they're already mapping out my path

No, I must've had a bad dream

I look at the girls a bit, I'm now fourteen

My eyes shine, should I tell my parents

They smashed my head in the snow in front of the whole school

No, I must've had a bad dream

At last it's high school, I'm almost sixteen

I like kissing her, I don't give a damn what people think

Why did she leave me when I loved her so much

No, I must've had a bad dream

I'm afraid to go home, yet I'm eighteen

I just failed my BAC, how do I tell mom

I won't go to college and my résumé will be blank

No, I must've had a bad dream

I sing in the street, I'm celebrating nineteen

I feel I'm evolving, why do they put me down all the time

Everybody thinks I'm screwed, I wonder if I'm lying to myself

No, I just wanted to live my dream

I hit a techno party, it's cool, I'm twenty

I do drugs a bit too much, I'm living in the moment

F*ck, everything overwhelms me, the panic attacks start

No, I must've had a bad dream

I sing 'Ta Marinière', I'm better, I'm twenty-one

At the end of the concerts, the crowd waits for me

But when I ride home in a cab, where are my old friends

I must've had a bad dream

I own who I am, I've just turned twenty-three

I want love in my country, I want people to really see me

I kiss a woman at the Victoires, after that it's a nightmare

No, I must've had a bad dream

They attack my looks, I'm barely twenty-four

I make music, there's nothing scary about that

Meanness is free but effort will get paid

I must've had a bad dream

Life tackles me hard at twenty-five

My illness wears a cape and gnaws at my eardrums

I won't be Hoshi forever, I'll have to live without your screams

Nah, I must've had a bad dream

And it keeps going, I'm still twenty-five

My grandpa leaves one night and leaves behind a big void

I didn't get life, now I'll have to get death

I must've had a bad dream

My name's Mathilde and today I'm twenty-six

My heart's an umbrella, my body's full of feelings

I'm putting out a new album, will it reach people

I hope so, I just wanna live my dream

I must've had a bad dream

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SONG MEANING

From a premature birth to the spotlight of sold-out concerts, “Mauvais Rêve” feels like an emotional time-lapse of Hoshi’s life. Each verse is a birthday candle marking another year, yet every wish seems to be followed by a nightmare. Bullying at school, heartbreak, failed exams, anxiety, illness, and the loss of loved ones all make Mathilde (Hoshi’s real name) wonder, “Did I just have a bad dream?” The repeated line « non, j'ai dû faire un mauvais rêve » becomes her way of pinching herself, hoping the pain will fade as quickly as dreams do.

Yet beneath the litany of setbacks shines an unbreakable love for music. Whenever reality hits hardest, she pulls herself back up with a song: playing guitar in the street at 19, singing her breakout hit “Ta Marinière” at 21, and defiantly kissing her partner on live TV at 23 to demand “love in my country.” The track is both a confessional diary and a victory lap, showing that even if life feels like one long bad dream, Hoshi is wide awake and still chasing, protecting, and living her dream.

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