Et Maintenant Lyrics in English Johnny Hallyday

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Et Maintenant by Johnny Hallyday from French to English.

And now what am I gonna do

With all this time, what's my life gonna be

With all these people I don't care about

Now that you're gone

All those nights, why, for who

And this morning that comes back for nothing

This heart that beats, for who, why

That beats too hard, too hard

And now what am I gonna do

Into what void will my life slide

You left me the whole world

But the world without you, without you it's so small

You, my friends, be kind

You know there's nothing we can do

Even Paris is dying of boredom

All its streets kill me

And now what am I gonna do

I'm gonna laugh so I won't cry anymore

I'm gonna burn whole nights

In the morning I'll hate you

And then one evening in my mirror

I'll clearly see the end of the road

Not a flower and not a tear

At the moment of goodbye

I've really got nothing left to do

I've really got nothing left

Nothing left

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SONG MEANING

What now? That haunting question pulses through Johnny Hallyday’s dramatic ballad "Et Maintenant", as the singer stares into the void left by a vanished love. Nights suddenly feel pointless, mornings arrive "for nothing", and even the buzzing streets of Paris seem to shrivel with boredom. With every line he weighs a life that has lost its gravity, wondering where his heart should beat, why time should keep moving, and how an entire planet can feel so tiny without one special person.

Yet beneath the sorrow flickers a rebellious spark. He swears he will laugh instead of cry, burn through whole nights of forced celebration, and even try hatred as a last-ditch anesthetic. But each echoing "plus rien" ("nothing more") strips that bravado away, revealing raw, existential despair. The song transforms a personal breakup into a cinematic meditation on emptiness, showing learners how French lyrics can blend poetic imagery with rock-tinged intensity to capture both the grand sweep of heartbreak and the quiet resignation that follows.

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Johnny Hallyday Et Maintenant Lyrics