Echoes of Mine Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Fulg 

Cover art for Echoes of Mine lyrics by M83

Here is a real translation by a human (me!), that doesn't lose the meaning of the original text:

"It is late. I am looking for my other home, taking an unfamiliar path: a small trail near the factories and the city, cutting through the forest. I can barely see nature when suddenly, night falls. I am engulfed by a world of silence, yet I am not afraid. I fall asleep for a few minutes at the most, and when I wake up, the sun is there and the forest is shining with a bright light.

I recognize this forest. It is not an ordinary forest, it is a forest of memories. My memories. The white and noisy river, my adolescence. The tall trees, the men I have loved. The birds in flight, and in the distance, my lost father.

My memories aren't memories anymore. They are there, with me, dancing and embracing, singing and smiling at me.

I look at my hands. I caress my face, and I am 20 years old. And I love like I have never loved before."

Thank you very much. To me it sounds like it's the moment of death. Seeing your life, preparing to part from the world you live in to go to your "new home".
Falling asleep for a second and waking up covered in light. How wonderful it would be to have such nice thoughts/memories in your last moments.

Thank you.