PAROLES

CAMES (EP, Octobre 2020)

1/ Déjà Vu

A cold night out in Prague
An empty bed full of regrets
Are all that’s left from you
And I crave a thicker shell

Humiliating the way they danced around
But if that means being close to you
Then frustration’s my best pal
His shadow still standing next to you

Two years are gone
Your friend just put me down
My tears will dry out
It wasn’t worth trying for so long

So tired to be an eternal coward
I wonder how it is to love and to be loved
Mister narrator will you conclude this tale?
Will the Beauty love the Beast at last?

Too many pages were scrapped, as I’m not used to write love songs
I got carried away, the hunter finally shot me down
And your memory will probably fade
And we’ll probably never meet again

Two years are gone
Your friend just put me down
My tears will dry out
It wasn’t worth trying for so long

I’ve seen this already
I’ll feel that once again
It’s déjà vu and it hurts
It’s déjà vu and it will sting again

Two years are gone
Your friend just put me down
My tears will dry out
Next time I won’t fall for love again

2/ Snap It

It’s four in the afternoon
& everybody’s laying down (choeurs: down down down)
Late night’s harsh on our faces
But suddenly there’s him, he’s snapping

Out of pace that’s for sure
Loud, cheerful & simple
Out of space, that’s for sure
Grimness is gone & so is my mind

Snap It, when you’re about to give up on life
Snap It, when the birds are whistlin’
And if your fingers keep on slippin’
Give in to the beat & clap your hands
Just snap, snap, snap, snap, snap, it’s his magic trick.

When clouds are casting shadows
from yesterdays & you’re dealing blows
He’s sitting there snapping.

Nothing seems to animate him
Except that imperfect noise
What is it all about after all?

Out of pace that’s for sure
Loud, cheerful & simple
Out of space, that’s for sure
Grimness is gone & so is my mind

Snap It, when you’re about to give up on life
Snap It, when the birds are whistlin’
And if your fingers keep on slippin’
Give in to the beat & clap your hands
Just snap, snap, snap, snap, snap, it’s his magic trick.

3/ 2 Dads

If parenthood was a road
Some begetters should not be licensed at all
If tactfulness was a song
Some warmongers should sing more in tune

If they’re a big tech firm’s CEO
Then it’s cool cause cause money’s raining on you
It they’re holding hands at the park
Then it’s the devil’s work

2 Dads are not the best thing a child can get
It can have two mothers as well
Harassing has become a full-time job
Maybe happiness should decide what’s good for all

Love is a chaotic science most of us fail to feel because
it’s not meant to be understood
If you struggle as much as I do to figure out the equation
Then you must know there are as many ways as individuals

Since many families break on their own, no need to mind their choices
and shatter their hard-earned dreams
Life always finds a way
Doesn’t mean there’s only one
Doesn’t mean we’re always right

2 Dads are not the best thing a child can get
It can have two mothers as well
Harassing has become a full-time job
Maybe happiness should decide what’s good for all

As much as you want
They don’t mean no harm to you
As much as they hope
Will you side with them my friends

2 Dads are not the best thing a child can get
It can have two mothers as well
Harassing has become a full-time job
Maybe happiness should decide what’s good for all

4/ Sad Gurus

How can we change the world if we no longer try to inspire?
Sadness is a hell of a bestseller for those who fear future
Politicians are mere bad gurus. This song’s not really ‘bout them.
Musicians, not the brightest minds, why should we put a ban on happy lyrics?

I don’t know, that’s the way I was taught
Please respect my traditions
These guys must know what they moan about, judging by all the cameras all around them
And they don’t know, that’s the way I will teach. Please respect my disrespect.
If I can’t grasp, maybe I should learn before getting these big cameras all around me.

Sad gurus are just a bad dynamic
A quick hangover the world never remembers
These blue speakers always hold the best assets in communication
Why not make a propre use of them & help spread joy a bit

I was judge and jury during my entire youth
Now humbled & lucid, I plead guilty at my (very own) public trial
Sing my friends, laugh my friends

The last advocate of sorrow just fell in front of you, so pray, sleep, kiss, run now it’s all up to you

I don’t know, that’s the way I was taught
Please respect my traditions
These guys must know what they moan about, judging by all the cameras all around them
And they don’t know, that’s the way I will teach. Please respect my disrespect.
If I can’t grasp, maybe I should learn before getting these big cameras all around me.

Sad gurus are just a bad dynamic
A quick hangover the world never remembers
These blue speakers always hold the best assets in communication
Why not make a propre use of them & help spread joy a bit

5/ Chemin Noir

Je ne veux plus de ces chemins noirs
Où il est impossible de croire
Là où le boss final se nomme miroir
Crois que pour vivre il faut un avoir
Toujours assis à s’mater le nombril
Tout ça pour finir aveugle
En quelques années, perdre le fil
Ne plus savoir contre qui on beugle

Ca faisait mal d’être sa propre douleur
L’esclave de ses humeurs
J’ai plus mal depuis que j’suis mon meilleur pote et plus un despote, victimaire, amer
Les autres ont pris un nouveau sens
Le feu ne s’allume plus à l’essence

Je ne veux plus de ces chemins noirs
Où il est impossible de croire
Là où le boss final se nomme miroir
Crois que pour vivre il faut un avoir
Toujours assis à s’mater le nombril
Tout ça pour finir aveugle
En quelques années, perdre le fil
Ne plus savoir contre qui on beugle

Le seum comblait bien l’ennui
Mais il ne faut pas qu’il remplace l’envie
Doré, l’ami seul
Dompte son âme au diapason
Y’ a plus de râle, notre jeu se fige, Narcisse se fane enfin
T’as plus mal depuis que je suis ton meilleur pote et plus un despote victimaire amer
Les autres ont pris un nouveau sens
Mon feu ne t’allume plus à l’essence

Je ne veux plus de ces chemins noirs
Où il est impossible de croire
Là où le boss final se nomme miroir
Crois que pour vivre il faut un avoir
Toujours assis à s’mater le nombril
Tout ça pour finir aveugle
En quelques années, perdre le fil
Ne plus savoir contre qui on beugle

SINGLES (depuis 2021)

Alain Delong (feat. Malakrane)

Landed in a dense, humid weather
How to find a decent cab driver?

My flat overlooked the Bund and insomnia
Awakened by a Giant Panda
Trapped in his paws I folded like a bamboo stem
Will I ever flee this mayhem?

You found me locked in stalemate
Solved it all with a single Yuan note
“How come you got caught?”
My Chinese is not that great

Buddy, you got me out of trouble
Finally, I got ready up to rumble

From a dirty shop to the Great Wall
From the Forbidden City right to a huge mall
We always travellеd through history at the speed of light
The Middle Kingdom showеd its great might

Didn’t expect Beijing to be so sweet and spicy
Will it ever cease to stun me?

A glimmer of hope in this mess
We got through playing chess
For this lightness
Owe you one I guess

Oh buddy, you got me out of trouble
Finally, I got ready up to rumble

My journey came to an end
Now it’s my turn to give you a hand
My journey came to an end
Now it’s my turn to give you a hand

Oh buddy, you got me out of trouble
Finally, I got ready up to rumble

Oh buddy, you got me out of trouble
Finally, I got ready up to rumble

Hey!

Boom!

The Unknown (feat. Wavez)

Landed in a dense, humid weather
How to find a decent cab driver?

My flat overlooked the Bund and insomnia
Awakened by a Giant Panda
Trapped in his paws I folded like a bamboo stem
Will I ever flee this mayhem?

You found me locked in stalemate
Solved it all with a single Yuan note
“How come you got caught?”
My Chinese is not that great

Buddy, you got me out of trouble
Finally, I got ready up to rumble

From a dirty shop to the Great Wall
From the Forbidden City right to a huge mall
We always travellеd through history at the speed of light
The Middle Kingdom showеd its great might

Didn’t expect Beijing to be so sweet and spicy
Will it ever cease to stun me?

A glimmer of hope in this mess
We got through playing chess
For this lightness
Owe you one I guess

Oh buddy, you got me out of trouble
Finally, I got ready up to rumble

My journey came to an end
Now it’s my turn to give you a hand
My journey came to an end
Now it’s my turn to give you a hand

Oh buddy, you got me out of trouble
Finally, I got ready up to rumble

Oh buddy, you got me out of trouble
Finally, I got ready up to rumble

Hey!

Boom!

Piano Girl

Been whispering for the 10th time today
She’d smile & play tunes that would always slay
But its a sad sphere she’s been living in
And it’s a strange world she’s been exploring

Ahou ha, her Steinway is her only friend
Ahou ha, that song of hers will never end

Some will say she’s really tough but is she even aware
That life made her pay a price thats not that fair to her

Wouldn’t eat the same thing all the time,
So why only plug sorrow into her ears?
« You’re mine, you’re mine » is what she thinks in a cold fear
Why love life when fame’s only one break up away?

Piano playin’ girl can’t find her way
Piano playin’ girl will fade away

Ahou ha yeah yeah yeah yeah

See that marvelous  joy of hers
Silenced by a selfish hollow man?
No matter how dazzling she’s on her own
Her junky boyfriend left her, it brought her a new hit

Don’t think were meant to experience one emotion
Once they’re out of teenage angst & their skin’s no longer that fresh
They’re nothing, her music can breathe
They’re nothing, her music can breathe

Piano playin’ girl will find her way
Piano playin’ girl rocks every day

Piano playin’ girl has found her way
Piano playin’ girl has quit the gray

Ahou ha yeah yeah yeah yeah
Ahou ha yeah yeah yeah yeah

Imagine Love

Don’t really know if you exist
Yet you’re always on my mind
Love (x2)

Scares me to death to plan a life alone
And still what I always do
Is fleeing from pain further into the forest
Imagine love, how should it be drawn?
Love, alright happy times

Boy won’t complain
He can imagine
What it is to be in love
Not really envious, just a tad curious
The warmth is his only goal

Imagine love, maybe after a billion streams
Love, push loneliness into the flames

I’ve faced a desert for a thousand years
And now these dunes slowly turn into a planet
At first I was in fear, then it became a cosy home
Weird hopes and human shapes help build this 1-person kingdom

It doesn’t really matter anymore, screw that!

Boy won’t complain
He can imagine
What it is to be in love
Not really envious, just a tad curious
The warmth is his only goal

Imagine love, push loneliness into the flames
Love, maybe after a billion streams

Get up, smile, you’re not alone
You can always take my hand
Will there be someone for me?
I don’t really care, I’m free / I don’t care

Boy won’t complain
He can imagine
What it is to be in love
Not really envious, just a tad curious
The warmth is his only goal
Imagine love, push loneliness into the flames
Love, maybe after a billion streams

Get up, smile, you’re not alone
You can always take my hand
Will there be someone for me?
I don’t really care / I don’t care ’cause I’m free

Mosquito Dance (feat. EDGAR MAUER)

As you wish, it was our story
Leaving it up to you
As if nothing has changed, you didn’t even ask why,
And let the things hidden behind
Why?

Back and forth, it comes
Don’t let it grow into, your mind
Now that everything has shifted
You are the one, who’s saying now

Just keep dancing in the wind
A mosquito dance
Swimming in the light
No mosquito dance

Bleu phénix qui brûle le crâne
Et clame qu’il n’y a plus de terre de cocagne
Le calme remplace l’errance
Plus peur, on s’envole en enfance

Back and forth, it comes
Don’t let it grow into, your mind
Now that everything had shifted
You are the one, who’s saying now

Just keep dancing in the wind
A mosquito dance
Swimming in the light
No mosquito dance

Don’t let it grow into your mind
Don’t let it grow into your mind
Don’t let it grow into your mind
Don’t let it grow
A mosquito dance

Papam Palalala Palam
Palala Pa Palam

Frank Rahich (feat. Toujours Là)

Pam pam pala la lam
Palalam
Pala la la la la la

(x2)