Yesterday When I Was Young (Hier Encore)

Willie Nelson

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Yesterday when I was young The taste of life was sweet as rain upon my tongue I teased at life as if it were a foolish game The way an evening breeze may tease a candle flame The thousand dreams I dreamed the splendid things I planned I always built to last on weak and shifting sand I lived by night and shunned the naked light of day And only now I see how the years have run away Yesterday when I was young So many happy songs were waiting to be sung So many wild pleasures lay in store for me And so much pain my dazzled eyes refused to see I ran so fast that time and youth at last ran out I never stopped to think what life was all about Every conversation that I can now recall Concerned itself with me and nothing else at all Yesterday the moon was blue And every crazy day brought something new to do I used my magic age as if it were a wand And never saw the waste and emptiness beyond The game of love I played with arrogance and pride And every flame I lit too quickly quickly died The friends I made all seemed somehow to drift away And only I am left on stage to end the play There are so many songs in me that won't be sung I feel the bitter taste of tears upon my tongue The time has come for me to pay for yesterday When I was young

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La chanson évoque la nostalgie des rêves perdus et des opportunités gâchées. Le narrateur se rappelle d'une époque où la vie lui semblait douce et pleine de promesses, mais il réalise maintenant qu'il n'a pas su apprécier les moments présents. Il a vécu dans l'insouciance de sa jeunesse, négligeant des vérités importantes et laissant des relations s'effacer. Le texte met en lumière le contraste entre ses espoirs d'autrefois et la réalité de son existence actuelle, marquée par le regret et la mélancolie. Ce morceau résonne avec le passage du temps et les réflexions que l'on peut avoir en avançant en âge, un thème universel qui touche chacun à un moment ou un autre de sa vie.

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