Je te vois venir [tu pars] [English translation]

They were late coming as it is

Really late these happy years

Really late these punches in the cupboard

The tree with the arrow in the heart

I see clearly that you’re becoming distant

And that you don’t even dare to say it

Go on, you’re leaving, I see you coming 1

Here it is already, the fall

I need a pick me up

All the same I’m not good on the slopes

This will be my last argument

But the equipment is in place

The little bird is going to pop out

Go on, you’re leaving, I see you coming

It doesn’t even seem like a battlefield

Each one behind their fan

It doesn’t even seem like the end of a story

And yet, I see you coming, you’re leaving

I can see myself clearly close to the station

Waving my straw hat

Because everything is conspiring

Conspiring to twist our railroads apart

When I get back my voice

In this interlaced metalwork 2

I’ll say I can’t get over it, that you’re leaving!

It doesn’t even seem like a battlefield

Each one behind their fan

It doesn’t even seem like the end of a story

And yet, I see you coming, you’re leaving

In these cases you know

Friends don’t make a big deal out of it

At least you’re sure of one thing

That’s that you can count on nobody

Just a hand stretched out

Pointing into the darkness

No, it’s the moon that illuminates

The diving board steps

I’m going to go home, it’s wisest

I’m going to act like I’ve not seen anything

Lower the curtain, tidy up the window display

And everything that be of us seen from the road

Leave me just a last image

For my little boutique of memories

Go on, you’re leaving

I see you coming!

1. This is idiomatic, "Je te vois venir" - I see you coming, I see what you are about to do/say... 2. The rails, the metal shell of the railway station...

• Artist:Francis Cabrel
• Album:Les beaux dégâts