Respire Lyrics in English Mickey 3D

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Respire by Mickey 3D from French to English.

Come closer, kid, listen up

I'm gonna tell you the story of humankind

At first there was nothing, at first it was fine

Nature kept moving, there were no paths

Then man showed up with his big boots

Kicks in the face to get respect

He started drawing one-way roads

Arrows across the plain multiplied

And every element ended up mastered

In no time flat the story was wrapped up

We sure won't backtrack anytime soon

We even started polluting the desert

You gotta breathe

And that's no small thing to say

You're not gonna die laughing

And that says a lot

In a few years we'll have gobbled up the leaf

And your grandkids will only have one eye left

Right in the middle of their forehead they'll ask you

Why you have two, you'll look like a dumb*ss

They'll ask how you could let that happen

You can try to defend yourself, explain it softly

It's not my fault, it's the elders' fault

But there'll be nobody left to wash your hands

You'll tell them about the time when you could

Eat fruit on the grass, lying in the meadows

There were animals everywhere in the forest

At the start of spring the birds came back

You gotta breathe

And that's no small thing to say

You're not gonna die laughing

And that says a lot

You gotta breathe

Tomorrow everything gets worse

You're not gonna die laughing

And that says a lot

The worst in this story is we're slaves

Somewhere killers, here totally helpless

To look at the trees without feeling guilty

Half stripped, one hundred percent miserable

So there you have it, kid, the story of humankind

It's not pretty at all, and I don't know the end

You weren't born in a cabbage but rather in a hole

That we fill every day like a manure pit

You gotta breathe

And that's no small thing to say

You're not gonna die laughing

And that says a lot

You gotta breathe

Tomorrow everything gets worse

You're not gonna die laughing

That's no small thing to say

Outro

You gotta breathe

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SONG MEANING

"Respire" by Mickey 3D is a cheeky, no-nonsense bedtime story that quickly turns into an environmental horror tale. A narrator speaks to a young child, recalling a time when nature roamed free and humans had not yet stamped concrete paths across every meadow. As soon as “l’homme” arrives with his “gros souliers,” progress races ahead: one-way roads carve the land, arrows multiply, deserts get polluted, and the very act of breathing becomes endangered. The chorus keeps repeating Il faut que tu respires – a playful reminder that the most basic act of life is now under threat.

Under its catchy pop-rock beat, the song delivers a sharp ecological warning wrapped in dark humor. Fast-forward a few generations and kids might be born with a single eye, wondering why their ancestors ever needed two. Fruit-picking picnics, birdsong, and guilt-free strolls beneath trees are painted as nostalgic fairy tales from a world we are busy erasing. By ending with “je connais pas la fin,” the singer leaves the final chapter unwritten, handing the pen to us. Will we keep filling the “trou” or finally pause to breathe and rewrite the story?

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