Caractère Lyrics in English Joyce Jonathan

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Caractère by Joyce Jonathan from French to English.
It all started a long time ago
Depressed in grade school, that's quite a feat
It all started on the couch
Sorting out my stuff, talking about my dad
It took me light-years
To track down the source of my hell
I dream, I lock myself away
I know deep inside me
Thousands of fights
Flare up then lie low
Everything I went through
Forged my f*cked-up character
We only remember the screw-ups
Old stories, old grudges
They make our joys look trivial
Dark days, souls without armor
I had to stay down-to-earth
To love life and never turn bitter
I dream, I lock myself away
I know deep inside me
Thousands of fights
Flare up then lie low
Everything I went through
Forged my f*cked-up character
I want us tonight to remember
Our best moments, our childhood dreams
It took me light-years
To find the source of my hell
I dream, I lock myself away
I know deep inside me
Thousands of fights
Flare up then lie low
Everything I went through
Forged my f*cked-up character
I dream, I lock myself away
I know deep inside me
Thousands of fights
Flare up then lie low
Everything I went through
Forged my f*cked-up character
Character
Character
Character
Character
Character
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SONG MEANING

Caractère is Joyce Jonathan’s melodic deep-dive into the scrapbook of her life, where childhood gloom, couch-therapy sessions, and buried grudges all splash their colors onto the canvas of her personality. With a catchy pop pulse, she admits that even in primary school she was already battling the blues, dissecting family issues, and searching light-years back for the root of her private hell. Each verse replays those inner "fights" that flare up and hide away, reminding us that scars, joys, and disappointments mix together to build our oh-so-stubborn character.

Yet the song is anything but heavy. Joyce flips the narrative, inviting us to celebrate the good moments, cherish kid-like dreams, and finally love life without bitterness. Caractère is a frank, relatable anthem about owning every messy chapter of your story, because in the end every trial forges the strong, unique, sometimes "damned" personality that makes you… you.

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