Les Séquoias Lyrics in English Pomme

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Les Séquoias by Pomme from French to English.
When I walked
In the redwood avenue
I breathed
Fully for once
And sent
Two thousand prayers to the wind
To save us
From all the pains before
Before the dried-up river
Before
Everything was swept away
I wanna go back to the avenue
Hear
The redwoods sing
Tame
The silence, the weaknesses of my voice
And live in
My own body for the first time
I've kept
All the wind's secrets
Intertwined
Thick sap and my blood
Before the murdered trees
Before
Everything was swept away
I wanna go back to the avenue
Hear the redwoods cry
When I walked
In the redwood avenue
I breathed
Fully for once
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Lyrics © ENCORE MERCI, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Albin De La Simone, Claire Pommet
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SONG MEANING

Imagine stepping into a majestic tunnel of ancient redwoods, taking the first truly deep breath of your life, and feeling every worry fall away. That is where Pomme begins "Les Séquoias." In this gentle folk-pop meditation, the French singer walks among towering sequoias and sends "two thousand prayers" into the wind, hoping to free herself and the world from past sorrows. The forest becomes a sacred refuge: its rustling leaves sing, its thick sap mingles symbolically with her own blood, and its silence helps her tame the tremble in her voice.

Yet the song is not only about personal healing. Pomme hints at ecological fragility—dry rivers, "assassinated" trees, the fear that everything could be swept away. Her wish to "return to the path" is both a longing for inner peace and a plea to protect the natural sanctuary that made that peace possible. "Les Séquoias" invites listeners to breathe, listen, and remember that saving nature can also mean saving ourselves.

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