Plus rien [English translation]

I have only a few minutes to live

At best a few hours, I can feel myself getting weaker

My brother died yesterday in the middle of the desert

I am now the last man on earth

I was told in the past, when I was a child

What the world was like a very very long time ago

When the parents of my great grand-father lived

When it still snowed in winter

In those times one lived by the rhythm of the seasons

When the end of summer brought about the harvest

Pure & clear water ran in the streams

Where deer & mooses came to drink

But I have only seen a desolate planet

Lunar landscapes & stiffling heat

And all my friends die from thirst or hunger

Falling like flies

Until there wasn't any more

No more...

No more...

I have only a few minutes to live

At best a few hours, I feel that I am getting weaker

My brother died yesterday in the desert

I am now the last man on earth

All this began many years ago

Back when my ancestors were obsessed

With bits of paper they called money

That made certain men truely rich & powerful

And these new gods didn't take a backward step to anything

They were ready to do anything to achieve their goals

In order to get even richer they razed the land

Polluted the air and dried up the rivers

But about 100 years ago, people woke up

And warned them that they had to stop

But they didn't understand this wise prophecy

These men spoke only in terms of profits

Years later they saw the folly of their ways

In a panic they declared a state of emergency

When the oceans swallowed up the islands

And floods struck the big cities

And for the next decade

There were hurracanes & then fires

Earthquakes and droughts

Everywhere one saw the distress on people's faces

People had to fight against pandemics/plagues

Decimated by horrendous diseases

And others died of thirst or hunger

Falling like flies

Until there wasn't anymore

No more...

No more...

My brother died yesterday in the middle of the desert

I am now the last man on earth

All the vast inelligence we were given

Was nothing more than a poisoned chalice

For I have only a few minutes to live

At best a few hours, I feel I am getting weaker

I can't walk anymore, I can barely breath

Farewell mankind...

Farewell mankind...

• Artist:Les Cowboys fringants
• Album:La Grand-Messe (2004)