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 rose, singular

A nap against you

Leaning on the bark

With my slim ten fingers

I drew on your strength

In the shadows and the nights

The storms and the snow

Under torrents of rain

When the heat lays siege

Whatever the colors

The seasons, the outlines

From sap to your flowers

You press on straight

And you stay

You link up like a circle

From your woods, earth to sky

And you give the moon

The air of a chapel

You've seen what lasts

What's here, what passes

The creaks, the cracks

Life under the surface

Where shelters light up

Silent in autumn

And the silvery web of the night mycelium

The long ballets of jays

Under the dancing leaves

All the way up toward the tops

The swaying of the branches

And you stay

Amused, I watch

The acorns that dance

And may people

Smile at the evidence

Because time's hourglass

Running backward from our cities

With you, to find again

The path of the hands

And you stay

Standing

And you stay

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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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