Origami Lyrics in English Patrick Bruel , Ycare

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Origami by Patrick Bruel from French to English.
I fold paper
To have a swan's grace
What should one look like
To be worthy of you
Adult love, I'm sure of it
Like fishing with a line
The siren will wear me out
She's as clever as you
My most precious company
I look for other stars in the night
Without your precious company
I'm searching
I want to enjoy my twenties
Till at least 120
Brown hair
Gray hair
White hair
Love till it f*cks up my heart
Until I love my body
And then fall asleep at dawn
I want to enjoy my twenties
Till at least 120
Brown hair
Gray hair
White hair
Once the pain is wrung out
What color will my heart take
What color will my heart take
And seconds count as hours
Yet I know we're short on time
At what age are we less afraid
Tell me, mom
Should I laugh till my teeth are filed down
Scream till I fold in two
See a thousand friends, a thousand lovers
With a broken heart, make myself sick
My most precious company
I look for other stars in the night
Without your precious company
I'm searching
I want to enjoy my twenties
Till at least 120
Brown hair
Gray hair
White hair
Love till it f*cks up my heart
Until I love my body
And then fall asleep at dawn
I want to enjoy my twenties
Till at least 120
Brown hair
Gray hair
White hair
Once the pain is wrung out
What color will my heart take
What color will my heart take
I fold paper
I fold myself a thousand times, origami
Except the sheet is steel
And you want us to stay friends
X
I want to enjoy my twenties
Till at least 120
Brown hair
Gray hair
White hair
Love till it f*cks up my heart
Until I love my body
And then fall asleep at dawn
I want to enjoy my twenties
Till at least 120
Brown hair
Gray hair
White hair
Once the pain is wrung out
What color will my heart take
What color will my heart take
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SONG MEANING

Origami invites us into the mind of someone who is busy folding and refolding their own heart, trying to transform pain into beauty just like paper becomes a graceful swan. Patrick Bruel and Ycare play with the idea that love is a delicate art, yet the "paper" they are working with often feels as hard as steel. The singer searches the night for new stars, wonders when fear finally fades, and jokes about living their roaring twenties until 120 years old, through every shade of hair from brown to grey to white. In other words, the song is a humorous, bittersweet manifesto for living fully while our hearts keep getting crumpled, mended and folded again.

Wrapped in catchy pop-folk sounds, the lyrics juggle big questions: How many laughs, tears and broken hearts does it take to really feel alive? Can we love so fiercely that we end up loving our own imperfect bodies? By comparing himself to origami, the narrator shows how every crease of experience shapes a new version of who we are. Even if the person he loves only wants friendship, he keeps folding onward, determined to turn every hurt into art and every passing second into a moment worth savoring.

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