Le dernier veau
Chanson Plus Bifluorée Lyrics

The lyrics of the Chanson Plus Bifluorée's song Le dernier veau ("The Last Calf") express the sadness and concern for the state of the modern animal farming industry. The chorus of the song, which repeats three times throughout, asks the question "what if tonight we ate the last calf?" This line is followed by two additional lines in each chorus to further highlight the problems the band members see with the industry.

The first chorus mentions cows going mad and sheep being false, which are understood to reference the mad cow disease outbreaks of the late 1990s and early 2000s, as well as concerns about the use of hormones in meat production at that time. The second chorus references changes in the feeding of cows, and how they are now fed with poisoned flour - a possible reference to the use of animal protein in cow feed, which was banned after outbreaks of that same mad cow disease in Europe. Lastly, the third chorus mentions how cooking meat differently from before is also a sign of how much the industry has changed.

Throughout the song, the lead singer suggests that perhaps it would be better to become vegetarians and abstain from eating meat altogether. However, the chorus repeats the same refrain regardless of the verses, implying that the fundamental issue isn't so much what kind of meat we are eating, but that our system of feeding and processing animals for mass consumption is unhealthy and unsustainable.