Octobre [English translation]

All four burners of the gas stove

of my ambitions are lit nonstop.

By dint of surpassing myself

I'm losing myself in the horizon.

Worrying about anything and nothing

Elbowing around to maintain my rank

Living only for tomorrow,

I'm just glancing over my footsteps.

Now October just flashed past.

Yet another year when I didn't take time

to watch Autumn quietly shed its leaves.

There is no rest for those

who can never be satisfied.

Those who always want some more

often reap nothing but regrets.

Some days I wonder if

I might be skipping my life.

I wave at it from afar,

never crossing its path.

Now October just flashed past.

Yet another year when I didn't take time

to watch Autumn quietly shed its leaves.

Faster and faster, being in the race,

existing on the run,

grabbed by the rush.

What am I running after, in the end?

We all would like to stop,

but we're sucked in like idiots

into this crazy world,

and so we don't pay attention to seasons anymore.

Now October just flashed past.

Yet another year when I didn't take time

to watch Autumn quietly shed its leaves.

Now October just flashed past.

Yet another year when I didn't take time

to watch Autumn quietly shed its leaves.

• Artist:Les Cowboys fringants
• Album:Octobre (2015)