La maison où j'ai grandi

The lyrics describe someone looking back on childhood with tenderness and sadness. The speaker remembers a home, a garden, and friends, then recalls leaving for a wider world. Later, the speaker returns, only to find that the familiar place has disappeared. The emotional movement is from warm memories, through the pain of departure, to a deeper sense of loss and uncertainty.

The old house and roses represent more than buildings and flowers: they stand for the speaker’s childhood and the things once held dear. The transformed landscape, where a city now stands, makes time’s changes visible. The “first train of memory” suggests an imagined journey back to the past—not necessarily a real trip, but a wish to recover a former life. The speaker’s friends seem carefree, while the speaker leaves “with my heart” left behind, expressing strong attachment.

The repeated question, “Where is my home?”, may mean the speaker cannot find the physical house, but it may also express a broader feeling of not belonging. The return does not restore the past: other people and houses have taken its place. Yet the ending does not explain whether home is truly lost or survives only in memory. The song leaves that question open, suggesting that remembering can preserve a place emotionally even when it no longer exists.