Et Tu Restes Lyrics in English Tim Dup

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Et Tu Restes by Tim Dup from French to English.

I walked on the moss

At your bare feet, my brother

I felt the tremors

They were rising, singular

A nap against you

Leaning against the bark

With my meager ten fingers

I drew from your strength

In the shadows and the nights

The storms and the snow

Under the downpours

When the heat takes hold

Regardless of the colors

The seasons, the outlines

From the sap to your flowers

You continue without hesitation

And you remain

You read like a circle

From your earth to sky woods

And you give the moon

The appearance of a chapel

You have seen what lasts

What is, what passes

The creaks, the cracks

Life beneath the surface

Where shelters are illuminated

Silent in the autumn

And the silvered canvas of the mycelium night

The long jays' ballet

Under the dancing leaves

High up towards the summits

The swaying of the branches

And you remain

Amused, I contemplate

The dancing balloons

And as long as people

Smile at the evidence

Because the hourglass time

Counterclockwise to our cities

With you rediscover

The path of the needles

And you remain

Standing

And you remain

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SONG MEANING

Imagine resting against an ancient tree, feeling the moss underfoot and the steady heartbeat of nature pulsing through the bark; that is exactly where Tim Dup places us in Et Tu Restes. The song is a tender conversation with a majestic tree that has seen storms, snow, blazing heat and the passing of countless seasons. Through vivid images of dancing leaves, silver-threaded mycelium and acorn ballets, the singer celebrates the tree’s unwavering presence while humans rush about in fragile, hurried cities.

Et Tu Restes invites us to slow down, breathe in the forest air and recognize the quiet strength that endures all around us. Tim Dup paints the tree as a guardian of memories and a living metronome that calmly measures time as “the hourglass” of modern life spins in reverse. By the end of the song, the message is clear: when everything else shifts, nature—rooted, resilient and generous—simply stays. Let the branches remind us to stay grounded, smile at the obvious beauty and draw strength from the silent giants that keep standing tall.

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