02/10/2026
Some voices make us miss years we never lived through. Charles Aznavour’s voice is one of them…
October 1 marked eight years since his death. He died in 2018, aged 94, leaving songs that still remind us of our own lives.
In this video, he sings “La Bohème,” a memory of youth from 1965. It tells the story of two people living in a small room in Montmartre. They paint, sometimes go hungry, but hold on to each other and their art. Years later, those streets no longer hold the signs of the life they shared.
That is the sadness of the song. You can return to a street. But you cannot return to the age you were, the person you loved, or the dreams you had.
Even if you have never been to Paris, you know this feeling. You too have a street that has changed, someone you miss, or a time you wish you could return to.
Do we miss a person most, or who we were when we were with them?
