What's the point?

• 1. Throughout the text, the singer uses the idiomatic phrase "ça m'avance à quoi ?" which literally means "where does it (all) get me to?" or "where does it (all) lead me to?" but which can be translated as "what's the point?" or "what good does it do me?" The specific choice comes down to rhythm and meter, since this translation takes both into account.
• 2. lit. "Yes, I do dream of it / since I am dying / from being (staying) without you"
• 3. lit. "Everything is empty without you"
• 4. lit. "These butts that I crush." the term "mégots" identifies these butts as cigarette butts
• 5. lit. "that smokes me" in the sense of "that clouds my vision, that clouds me"
• 6. lit. "Yeah, what does it change?" understood as "what change does it really make?"
• 7. in the sense of "it doesn't help me see you more often"
• 8. lit. "The day breaks / And I'm dying / from being (staying) without you"