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.
No time to watch my life go by
Nor to fully understand where my twenty years have gone
Didn't have time to say goodbye to a friend
Did not have time
Didn't have time to properly prepare my luggage
To be ready to look on my face
All the marks that time leaves in its passage
Did not have time
He's too cowardly, he goes too fast, time passes and rushes me
Make a man I'm not ready to recognize yet
He's too cowardly, he goes too fast, time passes and rushes me
Make a man that I don't mean just him
Maybe it's me
Didn't have time to learn how to love
Remembering all the skin I've touched
Nor to know if there are hearts that I have broken
Did not have time
Didn't have time to go around my neighborhood
It was always further than I wanted to go
Didn't have time to see what I might have missed
Did not have time
He's too cowardly, he goes too fast, time passes and rushes me
Make a man I'm not ready to recognize yet
He's too cowardly, he goes too fast, time passes and rushes me
Make a man that I don't mean just him
Maybe it's me
With time we never go back
We can only regret what we should have done
I would do it all again if I had to do it again
Yes everything, if I had to do it again
He gives you and he takes away every second of his time
To be able to live a minute you will have to give back the one from before
He gives you and he takes away every second of his time
To be able to live a minute you will have to give back the one from before
But time passes
But the more it passes, the more I love it
This time that plays and takes me away
Day after day in a dance
Where every step is an opportunity
But the more it passes, the more I love it
This time that plays and carries me away
Towards the one I wanted to be
With these dreams in my head
Outro
He's too cowardly, he goes too fast, time passes and rushes me
Make a man I'm not ready to recognize yet
He gives you and he takes away every second of his time
To be able to live a minute you will have to give back the one from 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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