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jach ernest

by JACH ERNEST

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1.
You wish you were one of them Those undertakers who carry your granny away You like the one that’s standing on the left But you can’t stand his well fitted suit No one knows, you’re having forbidden thoughts That may kill or drive one insane You leave this place Not quite light-hearted And for once, you think you’re just like everyone Walking through the grave yard You fear you might find what you left Watching out for the storm Dreading the first rumbling Rushing down the last row You’re close to the iron gate Trying to forget Your naughty thoughts And for once, you think you’re an ordinary boy And for once, you think you’re an ordinary boy
2.
What's left 02:55
How many times must I go to this place? Where I sit on velvet as I remember those darker days How many times must I go to this place? Where I sit on velvet as I remember those darker days What’s left of this place where I’m going? Seeing again these shadows that seem to haunt me Oh I sink into the desire to make things beautiful All the looks that turn their back on us What could I lose if I let go my phoney cheerfulness From the tightrope, I’d fall into the net How many times must I go to this place? Where I sit on velvet as I remember those darker days How many times must I go to this place? Where I sit on velvet as I remember those darker days How long do I have to speak the truth? Before this happy face will be destroyed. How many times must I go to this place? Where I sit on velvet as I remember those darker days How many times must I go to this place? Where I sit on velvet as I remember those darker days
3.
Last night 02:34
Tonight I took her to her place She had been drinking again And couldn't walk home alone Did I really mean to help I hate my loneliness It's the other's that makes me generous Did I refuse to face my own cowardice One hand grabbing her The other on her bike Trying to keep her from drowning, As she staggered, heading to nothingness My heart ends up giving in to her smile I 'm caught up by the beauty of her thoughts Her beauty of the worst, the way she smiles The last night I get worried The last night for remorse Whatever happens now, The last night I get worried The last night for remorse Whatever happens now, The last night I get worried The last night for remorse Whatever happens now, No matter how you hurt yourself, I know now I'm not to be blamed
4.
I want to die in your arms I’ve got a new home Which has moved to you I hope I die in your arms Even if nature says it can’t be We created this family It’s only made of you and me Mother father Comforting childhood home The room down the hall All forgotten
5.
Birds' nests 02:43
Wake up Doing nothing shortens life You always say you’ve got ten years to catch up with Stop making plans for the past There’s no use complaining Tomorrow’s already too late to think about today Death is no beginning Thinking it might be, Estranges you from life Heaven or hell, did we once believe in it? The swell eats away the cliff you’re standing on The edge is getting closer Till a wave drags you down Birds’ nests pass by And you recover just as you touch the rock
6.
She’s walking across the street, holding my arm, talking to herself She's chatting under the bombs, dropping from heaven Now she can get away From human misery So she won’t have to bear The humiliation the enemy Brought on her family Too hard to believe in gods With planes following your trail And killing people around you New friends and innocents Difference being their only crime Some planes have dropped their bombs Now engraved on her soul She’s walking across the street Going back to this heaven of hers Now she can get away From human misery So she won’t have to bear The humiliation the enemy Brought on her family
7.
In autumn 02:29
Yellow vine leaves behind the crash barriers Slowly passing by at sunrise I’m driving on straight down this wet road Raindrops on the glass, a scratch on my windscreen No time to eat, no time to drink My patience crumbles to the rhythm of your messages Morbid pictures and killing words A fierce kick at my insides We wanted everything over before Christmas So that autumn wouldn't swallow up all our dreams Now I’m giving up, I leave it all to you An improvised clash, a crack is bound to come There is no use trying to delay it Cause fall is over and nothing's changed We wanted everything over before Christmas So that autumn wouldn't swallow up all our dreams Now I’m giving up, I leave it all to you An improvised clash, a crack is bound to come There is no use trying to delay it Cause fall is over and nothing's changed
8.
You wish you were one of them Those undertakers who carry your granny away You like the one that’s standing on the left But you can’t stand his well fitted suit No one knows, you’re having forbidden thoughts That may kill or drive one insane You leave this place Not quite light-hearted And for once, you think you’re just like everyone Walking through the grave yard You fear you might find what you left Watching out for the storm Dreading the first rumbling Rushing down the last row You’re close to the iron gate Trying to forget Your naughty thoughts And for once, you think you’re an ordinary boy And for once, you think you’re an ordinary boy
9.
Tomorrow morning, I’ll wake up brand new Handsome or not, I don’t care I’ll hang around in my three-room apartment People may watch Still I’ll take the best of this very first light of the day No need to try and anticipate No need to talk Now I can enjoy the here and now Fix myself some breakfast and savour it Get up at the first ring A nice and clean shirt on I’ll walk through the streets Up and down the pavement Ready to deal with my desires Still I’ll take the best of this very first light of the day Still I’ll take the best of this very first light of the day But it’s not how it usually works For I’ll finally lose my balance And fall once again As any other morning, Back to the life I’m meant to live
10.
I picture myself pruning the vine And we’re finished with paying for the house Fifteen, twenty years to go I can’t remember Already the same day for the third time Every morning we go through Until the same day for the fourth time Every morning we go through Feed the hens White December grass Frozen water in the ditches Light a fire and drink wine Take a long walk Just because you want to The willows still have their leaves on The same fourth day is getting closer Every morning we’ll go through, Waiting for the fifth to come Every morning we’ll go through Just on time for a long walk Just on time to give willow branches to the birds Just on time for a long walk Just on time to give willow branches to the birds Let’s not forget, water, seeds and us Let’s not forget, water, seeds and us
11.
Grandfather 03:03
Monday in January I was kept in the warmth Mother came in, she wants me out For trouble’s getting clear One thing followed another so fast Between home and the hill Grandfather There was no hurry You went out to chop wood Grandfather A few logs were enough to make it happen Grandfather your heart broke on the winter’s cold Holding her hand Trying to comfort Just old enough to see them cry No time to go back to school Only to collapse into tears Lost in the darkroom And pacing the hallway Learning what death is at age 13 Old enough to understand Old enough to get hurt Thrown out of childhood A boy no more, not yet a man Sweet sense of eternity vanishes Too soon Learning what death is at age 13 Old enough to understand Old enough to get hurt Learning what death is at age 13 Old enough to let go of innocence

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released July 20, 2012

Musiques de Stéphane Jach
Textes de Stéphane Jach / Florence Besse / Francoise O'Grady
Enregistré et mixé par Loïc Lachaize et Stéphane Gillet à Agen et Bordeaux entre Juillet 2011 et Mars 2012
Masterisé par Stéphane Teynié (A/D Mastering – Bordeaux)
Artwork par Stéphane Jach et Frédéric Gauthier (l'hybride création)

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«Autant vous prévenir d'emblée, l'écoute de cet album (Black Water Dogs) est un choc d'optimisme mélancolique. Il est à conseiller à tout le monde, pas seulement fans de musique pop -tout mélomane succombera à ces chansons douces amères. Tel spleen rappelle les artisans du genre que sont The Notwist, Grandaddy ou Flotation Toy Warning.»
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