In "Le Bonheur", French singer-songwriter Joyce Jonathan opens a window onto the small, tender rituals that fill her days: ironing yesterday’s shirts, leafing through childhood drawings, and mentally rewinding today before sleep. These seemingly ordinary snapshots reveal a deeper unease; she senses time slipping away and does not want to “laisser passer ma vie.”
Her solution is simple yet profound. The chorus repeats that happiness is not the end goal but the way itself; it is not the fall but the walk. For Joyce, that path is made of shared pillows and quiet intimacy with the one she loves. By choosing to savor the present instead of obsessing over past and future, she reminds us that true contentment is found in everyday moments and in the people who turn them into memories.