Allô Lyrics in English Zaho

Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Allô by Zaho from French to English.
I should've tried it all
Failed at everything and ended up cuffed
I could've screwed up
Taken off with a backpack, OK
I could've become disillusioned
But luck knocked on my door
I left A.L.G
Guitar in hand, Bob Marley t-shirt, OK
State of emergency
I make noise like ambulances
And if I fade out in silence
I'd have been a shooting star
That's why I wait for nobody
I get things done on time before my hour strikes
Need to see the world in person
Do you hear my voice echo
Yeah-yeah-yo
Hello, hello
What if my dreams sank
Hello, who's this? It's Zaho
Exiled to the end of the world, solo
Hello, hello
What if my dreams sank
Hello, who's this? It's Zaho
I'm living my life solo
Wow-ooh-oh-wow wow-ooh-woh solo, ooh
Wow-ooh-oh-wow wow-ooh-woh
Solo, isolated
Welcome to the other side
My tears are salty
Who can console them
All these lights and skyscrapers
Saw me bloom then wither
I've told my story
But I'm not done, not done
Writing my epic, OK
State of emergency
I make noise like ambulances
And if I fade out in silence
I'd have been a shooting star
That's why I wait for nobody
I get things done on time before my hour strikes
Need to talk to you in person
I'm at the end of the line and it rings
Yeah-yeah-yo
Hello, hello
What if my dreams sank
Hello, who's this? It's Zaho
Exiled to the end of the world, solo
Hello, hello
What if my dreams sank
Hello, who's this? It's Zaho
I'm living my life solo
The moon pulls me like the waves
My land calls me and I crack
Yeah, I rave, I ramble
High tide, low tide
Oooh
So I run and I speed off
Leaving a few tracks behind
My fate flips heads or tails
High tide and low tide
Yeah-yeah-yeah-yo
Hello, hello
What if my dreams sank
Hello, who's this? It's Zaho
Exiled to the end of the world, solo
Hello, hello
What if my dreams sank
Hello, who's this? It's Zaho
I'm living my life solo
Hello, hello
What if my dreams sank
Hello, who's this? It's Zaho
Exiled to the end of the world, solo
Hello, hello
What if my dreams sank
Hello, who's this? It's Zaho
I'm living my life solo
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SONG MEANING

Pick up the phone—‘Allô’! Zaho’s call rings out like an electric jolt, inviting us into the diary of a fearless dream-chaser. Guitar in hand and a Bob Marley T-shirt on her back, she bolts from Algiers toward the unknown, confessing that she could have failed, crashed, or even ended up “menottée” (in handcuffs). Instead, luck knocks and she answers with urgency, vowing to make noise “comme les ambulances” before her time runs out. Every “Allô?” is both a question and a rallying cry: Can you hear me while I chase the world in real time?

Beneath the upbeat rhythm lies the solitude of exile. Zaho’s new skyline of neon lights and skyscrapers watches her bloom, wilt, and bloom again. Tides rise and fall, doubts whisper, yet she keeps sprinting, accepting that her fate flips between heads and tails. Whether her dreams sink “à l’eau” or shoot across the sky like a comet, she owns the journey—en solo. The song is a vibrant mix of courage, homesickness, and relentless ambition that urges listeners to answer their own inner call and keep moving, no matter how far from home they roam.

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