Fondamental [English translation]

We all have a Souchon song that sticks with us,

An old polo-neck that annoys us

A back-to-school, a smell of a pencil case

In our memories, we all have

All these things that last and stay

An old Saint-Etienne poster

Words that destroyed us,

Some "I think we're better off as just friends"

All these stones which we pull ourselves up on to

And which make a building out of us

We all have, at the back of our minds

All these fundamental things

All these stones sown in the past

Which push us and make us grow

Hidden there, at the back of our minds

They are the fundamental things

We all have a good smell of apple tart

A great song in autumn

An old corridor that scares us

In our memories, we all have

A girlfriend in secondary school

First names that suddenly come back

Looking at old school photos

What lifted us up raises us

All these stones which we pull ourselves up on to

And which make a building out of us

We all have, at the back of our minds

All these fundamental things

All these stones sown in the past

Which push us and make us grow

Hidden there, at the back of our minds

They are the fundamental things

If one day I get in an argument

Or I get lost, disoriented

I'll sound out that string (guitar)

The note on which I grew

All these stones which we pull ourselves up on to

And which make a building out of us

We all have, at the back of our minds

All these fundamental things

All these stones sown in the past

Which push us and make us grow

Hidden there, at the back of our minds

They are the fundamental things

We all have these fundamental things