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[flint dust]

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[ember hemlock]

je ai -> j'ai
je y -> j'y
je y ai -> j'y ai

y is a preposition that, simply put, is used in place of a préposition + lieu

[lavish cargo]

I don’t understand. What is it replacing?

[ember hemlock]

imo, the meaning of his existance

[lavish cargo]

Could you translate the sentence then? I don’t understand it with the laissé mon innocence

[ember hemlock]

I have searched a meaning to my existance
I have left there my innocence

[lavish cargo]

Oh ok ty

[ember hemlock]

https://wiwibloggs.com/2016/02/29/jai-cherche-lyrics-amir-france-2016/129444/ I found this, maybe that helps if (if you are just looking for the meaning of the song)

poetry is a bit more complicated so not the best source to learn directly from line by line (imo)

[pseudo marsh]

I understood as like « C'est là que j'ai laissé mon innocence » as if he's abandoning it or leaving it somewhere else in the pursuit of looking for the meaning of his life