Comme si j'y croyais [English translation]

As if I believed in it, I boarded that train

to somewhere else and to tomorrow

I kissed two or three girls,

a few boys, then I told them no.

I go where the wind takes me,

I always somehow get on with

that great journey.

A guitar and a few words,

every night I start over again

my great challenge

as if I believed in it.

As if I believed in it, I live lives

free from any sorrow.

My days resemble nights,

other nights that resemble nothing.

A few blows and some caresses,

I break my strings and chew off my leashes

and I escape.

To grow up is to disappoint somehow.

You must be devoted if you wish to waste your own life.

As if I believed in it.

As if I believed in it.

As if I believed in it.

For believing so much, I am done living in the dark

With only light and the wind by my side,

I am breathless.

Without worrying about days to come,

I flee across the plaines and this time,

No more false starts, no more doubt,

No more black cats on my road

Because I believe in it,

Because I believed in it.

As if I believed in it.

As if I believed in it.

It is night time, I am boarding this train,

the wind is carrying me for a great voyage,

the great voyage.

I am fleeing across the plaines

and I am running, I am breathless.

As if I believed in it