10 – Ne te perds pas

Phénix V — Album Track 10
Album: Ce qu’il reste de moi
Official release: October 21, 2026


Don’t Lose Yourself

Why is it sometimes so easy to tell other people what they should do, while finding it so difficult to follow that same advice ourselves?

I’ve always been someone who likes to analyse situations. When other people are dealing with problems, I can often see quite quickly what their options are and what might help them.

But when I find myself in the middle of a difficult situation, it suddenly becomes a completely different story.

Sometimes my mind knows perfectly well what the sensible thing to do would be, while my emotions keep pulling me in another direction.

After everything I had been through, I started asking myself a simple question.

What if my daughter ever faced the same difficult choices? What advice would I want to give her?

The answer was surprisingly clear.

I would tell her that she can love others, help them, give generously and care for them. But that she must never forget that her own feelings and needs are just as important.

That she isn’t responsible for everyone’s happiness. And that love should never mean having to sacrifice yourself completely.

And then something struck me.

Why could I tell her all of this so naturally, while struggling so much to put it into practice myself?

Ne te perds pas is about that contradiction.

About the lessons life teaches us, the advice we want to pass on to someone we love, and the challenge of learning to live by that same advice ourselves.

I know exactly what I would advise my daughter to do.

Now I just have to learn to listen to my own advice.



Song Lyrics

The original French lyrics and their English translation appear here.

Je t’ai vue grandir
Avec ce cœur qui ressent tout

I’ve watched you grow up
With a heart that feels everything

Toujours attentive
À ce que vivent les autres autour de toi

Always paying attention
To what the people around you are going through

Tu donnes facilement
Tu comprends avant qu’on explique

You give so easily
You understand before anyone explains

Et parfois je me reconnais
Un peu trop
Dans cette façon d’aimer

And sometimes I recognize myself
A little too much
In the way you love


Alors s’il y a une chose
Que je voudrais te laisser

So if there’s one thing
I’d like to leave you with

Ce n’est pas une réponse
C’est juste ça

It’s not an answer
It’s simply this


Ne te perds pas
Pour garder quelqu’un près de toi

Don’t lose yourself
Just to keep someone close to you

Ne te perds pas
Pour que les autres se sentent bien

Don’t lose yourself
Just to make others feel good

Aime fort
Donne beaucoup

Love deeply
Give generously

Mais garde toujours
Une place pour toi

But always save
A place for yourself

Tu peux penser aux autres
Sans t’oublier

You can care about others
Without forgetting yourself

Ne te perds pas

Don’t lose yourself


Tu n’as pas besoin
D’être parfaite pour être aimée

You don’t need
To be perfect to be loved

Ni de réparer
Tout ce qui se casse autour de toi

Or to fix
Everything that breaks around you

Tu peux dire non
Tu peux changer d’avis

You can say no
You can change your mind

Tu peux choisir ton chemin
Même si quelqu’un ne le comprend pas

You can choose your own path
Even if someone doesn’t understand it

Et tu n’as pas à porter
Le bonheur de tout le monde

And you don’t have to carry
Everyone else’s happiness


Être douce
Ne veut pas dire

Being gentle
Doesn’t mean

Toujours passer
Après les autres

Always putting yourself
After everyone else


Ne te perds pas
Pour garder quelqu’un près de toi

Don’t lose yourself
Just to keep someone close to you

Ne te perds pas
Pour que les autres se sentent bien

Don’t lose yourself
Just to make others feel good

Aime fort
Donne beaucoup

Love deeply
Give generously

Mais garde toujours
Une place pour toi

But always save
A place for yourself

Tu peux penser aux autres
Sans t’oublier

You can care about others
Without forgetting yourself

Ne te perds pas

Don’t lose yourself


Pendant longtemps
J’ai cru que l’amour

For a long time
I believed that love

C’était donner davantage
Quand quelque chose faisait mal

Meant giving even more
When something hurt

J’ai cru qu’être fort
C’était ne jamais demander

I believed being strong
Meant never asking for help

J’ai cru qu’être utile
C’était presque la même chose
Qu’être aimé

I believed being useful
Was almost the same thing
As being loved

Je ne veux pas
Que tu apprennes ça trop tard

I don’t want you
To learn that too late

Comme moi

Like I did


Sois toi

Be yourself

Même quand quelqu’un préfère
Une autre version de toi

Even when someone prefers
A different version of you

Sois toi

Be yourself

Quand aimer devient compliqué

When loving becomes complicated

Quand tu doutes
Quand tu tombes
Quand tu ne sais plus

When you doubt
When you fall
When you no longer know what to do

Reviens toujours

Always come back

Vers celle que tu es

To who you truly are

Pas celle qu’on attend

Not who others expect you to be


Et si un jour tu te demandes
Qui choisir

And if one day you wonder
Who you should choose

N’oublie jamais

Never forget

Que toi aussi
Tu fais partie des personnes
Que tu dois aimer

That you, too
Are one of the people
You need to love


Ne te perds pas
Même quand ton cœur voudrait tout donner

Don’t lose yourself
Even when your heart wants to give everything

Ne te perds pas
Même quand partir fait peur

Don’t lose yourself
Even when leaving feels frightening

Aime fort
Reste tendre

Love deeply
Stay gentle

Mais ne donne jamais
Les clés de qui tu es

But never give away
The keys to who you are

Tu peux être là pour quelqu’un
Sans quitter ta propre vie

You can be there for someone
Without leaving your own life behind

Tu peux aimer le monde
Et te choisir aussi

You can love the world
And choose yourself, too

Ne te perds pas

Don’t lose yourself


Je ne peux pas choisir
Ta vie à ta place

I can’t choose
Your life for you

Et je ne le veux pas

And I don’t want to

Je veux seulement
Qu’au milieu de tout ce que tu deviendras

I only want
That amid everything you’ll become

Tu reconnaisses toujours
La personne dans le miroir

You’ll always recognize
The person in the mirror

Et que tu puisses lui dire

And that you’ll be able to tell her

Je suis encore moi

I’m still me


Listen to Ne te perds pas

Ne te perds pas is the tenth track on Phénix V’s album Ce qu’il reste de moi.

The full album will be released on October 21, 2026, across streaming platforms.

Would you like to listen to the album as soon as it’s released? You can already pre-save it on Spotify.

Ce qu’il reste de moi — Spotify Pre-Save

From October 21, 2026, direct listening links to Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music and other streaming platforms will be added here.

Phénix V — Ne te perds pas
Album: Ce qu’il reste de moi
Release date: October 21, 2026

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