Pas Eu Le Temps Lyrics in English Patrick Bruel

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Pas Eu Le Temps by Patrick Bruel from French to English.
Didn't have time to watch my life go by
Or to really get where my twenty years went
Didn't have time to say goodbye to a friend
No time
Didn't have time to pack my bags right
To be ready to look at my face
At all the marks time leaves as it goes
No time
It's too cowardly, it moves too fast, time flies and shoves me
To shape a man I'm not ready to recognize yet
It's too cowardly, it moves too fast, time flies and shoves me
To shape a man I don't wanna say is him
Maybe it's me
Didn't have time to truly learn how to love
To remember every skin I've touched
Or to know if there are hearts I've broken
No time
Didn't have time to make the rounds of my neighborhood
I always wanted to go farther
Didn't have time to see what I may've missed
No time
It's too cowardly, it moves too fast, time flies and shoves me
To shape a man I'm not ready to recognize yet
It's too cowardly, it moves too fast, time flies and shoves me
To shape a man I don't wanna say is him
Maybe it's me
With time you never go back
You can only regret what you should've done
I'd redo everything if I could do it again
Yeah, everything, if I could do it again
It gives you, then takes back, each second of its time
To live one minute you'll have to give back the one before
It gives you, then takes back, each second of its time
To live one minute you'll have to give back the one before
But time goes by
And the more it goes, the more I love it
This time that plays and carries me away
Day after day in a dance
Where every step is a chance
And the more it goes, the more I love it
This time that plays and pulls me along
Toward the one I wanted to be
With these dreams filling my head
Outro
It's too cowardly, it moves too fast, time flies and shoves me
To shape a man I'm not ready to recognize yet
It gives you, then takes back, each second of its time
To live one minute you'll have to give back the one before
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SONG MEANING

Pas Eu Le Temps (“Didn’t Have the Time”) is Patrick Bruel’s heartfelt confession that life can rush past before we know it. With a mix of nostalgia and gentle self-reproach, he ticks off everything he has not done: savoring his twenties, saying a proper goodbye to friends, exploring his own neighborhood, even learning how to love without leaving broken hearts behind. The relentless tick-tock becomes a character of its own, “too cowardly, too fast,” pushing him toward a version of adulthood he barely recognizes. Regret hangs in the air, yet the lyrics are never bitter; they simply spotlight how easily we exchange one second for the next without noticing.

The second half of the song flips the mood from wistful to warmly philosophical. Bruel admits we can never rewind the clock, but he discovers a paradoxical affection for time itself. Each passing minute is both a thief and a generous teacher, guiding him “day after day in a dance where every step is a chance.” By the final chorus, the singer embraces the flow rather than fighting it, trusting that the whirlwind is steering him toward the person he always hoped to become. The message is clear and encouraging: appreciate the present, learn from missed moments, and keep dancing forward with your head full of dreams.

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