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