A Nos Actes Manqués Lyrics in English M. Pokora

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song A Nos Actes Manqués by M. Pokora from French to English.
To all my screw-ups, my failures, my true suns
All the paths that passed me by
To all my missed boats
My restless nights
To all those I didn't become
To misunderstandings, to lies
To our silences
To all those moments I thought we'd shared
To the words we say too fast
And without meaning them
To those I didn't dare
To our missed chances
Ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok
To the lost years spent trying to fit in
To all the walls I couldn't break
To all I didn't see so close, right next to me
Everything I'd have been better off ignoring
To the world, to its pains that don't touch me anymore
To the notes, the solos I didn't invent
All those words others made rhyme that kill me
Like so many children never carried
To our missed chances
To our missed chances
To our missed chances
Ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok
To loves that failed from loving too much
Faces and lace crossed, barely grazed
To betrayals I haven't really regretted
To the living who should've been killed
To everything that finally happens to us, but too late
To all the masks we had to wear
To our weaknesses, to our lapses, our despair
To fears impossible to share
To our missed chances
Ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok
Ok ok ok ok ok ok ok ok
To our missed chances
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Lyrics © JRG MUSICALES
Jean-Jacques Goldman
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SONG MEANING

“A Nos Actes Manqués” is a joyful shout-out to all the little slips, stumbles, and missed chances that make us human. In the lyrics, M. Pokora flips the usual idea of regret on its head: he toasts the plans that fell through, the words left unsaid, the sleepless nights, and the daring dreams that never quite took off. Every line is a playful inventory of life’s almost moments, from relationships that fizzled to creative sparks that never caught fire. Instead of brooding, the singer raises an imaginary glass to these imperfections, recognizing that they shaped his journey just as much as the victories did.

Behind the upbeat rhythm and catchy “ok ok ok” refrain, the song carries a liberating message: celebrate your flaws, forgive your past, and keep dancing forward. By turning nostalgia into a party, M. Pokora invites listeners to laugh at their own “acts missed” and see them as colorful threads in the larger tapestry of life. The result is an energetic feel-good anthem that teaches us English learners a universal lesson in resilience—embrace the missteps, because they help us grow.

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