On s'habitue à tout [English translation]

We get used to everything:

to the Colonnes de Buren, 1

to Duchamp’s fountain, 2

to Zidane’s headbutt 3

to auto-tuned voices,

to our cities choked with fumes,

to our horrible coughs.

We get used to everything:

to seeing our parents grow old,

to seeing tyrants elected,

to cajoling voices,

to being wary what we eat,

to distrusting the angel-faced,

to no longer distrusting anything.

We get used to everything,

but no longer saying I love you,

can we get back on our feet even so?

Can we get by without loving words?

We get used to everything,

but for love slipping away,

desperate lovers,

resort to voodoo once more.

Resort to voodoo once more.

We get used to everything:

to our Eldorado,

to lungs filled with water,

to ballot boxes filled with mud,

to the 21st april 4

to difficult awakenings,

and the awakening of the wolf.

We get used to everything:

to the noise of footsteps above,

to living a little disappointed,

to living on little money,

to playing the ostrich, 5,

Without going back to those troubles,

that make our pulse race.

We get used to it that’s all,

to doing our little dance,

the Javanaise of absence, 6

I'm going through hell - aren't you?

But we get used to anything.

We get used to everything,

but no longer saying I love you,

can we get back on our feet even so?

Can we get by without loving words?

We get used to everything,

but for love slipping away,

desperate lovers,

resort to voodoo once more.

resort to voodoo once more. (Repeat)

1. Les Deux Plateaux2. One of Duchamp’s ready mades3. Zidane famously headbuttted Marco Materazzi in the 2006 FIFA World Cup final4. The shockingly strong support for Len Pen’s National Front in April 20025. Burying our heads in the sand6. Makes refererence to Gainsbourg’s famous La Javanaise

• Artist:Renan Luce