S'en Aller Lyrics in English M. Pokora

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song S'en Aller by M. Pokora from French to English.
What d'you want me to say
We promised it, swore it
By the time we realize
The years have gone by
It's just postponed
For us to meet again someday
It's written on the walls
In the high-school hallways
We hush what's obvious
We may try to run from each other
But nothing's really changed
We love each other, we think about it
What's the point of holding on
The heart speaks for us, you know it
Memories are far away
That could bring us closer
We may lie to ourselves
A past day comes back to catch us
Memories are far away
That could bring us closer
We may lie to ourselves
A past day comes back to catch us
I think we've said it too much
We cursed each other so much
We gotta leave, leave, leave
I think we've said it too much
We cursed each other so much
We gotta leave, leave, leave
This promise weighs on me
It's time to spill it all
And I thought I was so tough
That I could toss it all away
I'm not the best
But when I'm with you I'm real
Without us I'm nothing, I'm crazy
I'm setting sail again
I struggle to come back
Without you I'm a soul in distress
Without you nothing works
Like I'm adrift
Our wishes are all I've got left
Memories are far away
That could bring us closer
We may lie to ourselves
A past day comes back to catch us
Memories are far away
That could bring us closer
We may lie to ourselves
A past day comes back to catch us
I think we've said it too much
We cursed each other so much
We gotta leave, leave, leave
I think we've said it too much
We cursed each other so much
We gotta leave, leave, leave
We gotta leave
We gotta leave
We gotta leave
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Freddy Marche, Samuel Taieb, Daniel Koueloukouenda
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SONG MEANING

S'en Aller – which means to go away – spins a story of two old flames who keep colliding with their past. M. Pokora walks us through school corridors filled with scribbled promises and memories that refuse to fade. Time has raced ahead, yet the feelings have not; each attempt to avoid one another only proves that the heart still speaks louder than reason.

The catchy refrain “Faut s'en aller” (We have to leave) is a bittersweet rallying cry. They have exchanged too many words, even curses, and now believe that distance might be the only cure. Still, every step forward is tugged back by nostalgia, showing how love can be both anchor and burden. In short, the song captures that tug-of-war between the need to move on and the ache of letting go of a shared history.

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