Continental

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lyrics

Have you really learned what you know today?
Do you have a sense of history?
How many battles have you won?
How many friends have you lost?

Locked in a room full of memories
Locked in a room full of ashes

Fürchtest du etwas abseits deiner Welt?
Furchteust dou èttvas apzaïts daïneur velt.

Auch den der nicht deine Sprache wählt?
Aourh dén dér nischt daïne chprarhe vêlt

Wartet noch eine Schlacht auf dich?
Varteut norh aïne schlarht aof disch

Die ständig in dir aus der Ferne spricht.
Di chtendik in dier aos dér fèrneu chpricht

Stur bleibst du alt in den Zeiten.
Chtour blaïbst dou alt in dén tzaïteun

Stur lebst du noch in den Scherben.
Stour lébst dou norh in dén scherbeun

All.
Que crains-tu au-delà des terres
Chez celui qui ne parle pas ta langue ?
Reste-t-il une chose à défendre / Y a-t-il un combat qui t’attend ?
Sinon les ruines de ton passé ? / Qui trotte toujours dans ta tête ?

Têtu, tu restes vieux dans les saisons
Têtu, tu vis encore dans les débris

Tant de fois tu as promis à tes frères
Que ce serait ta dernière guerre
Mais chaque fois tu te relèves
Dès que l’air sent le feu et le fer

Pris dans le flot des souvenirs
Pris dans l’étau du repentir

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from Continental (2011), released March 1, 2011
Drums: Régis Nesti
Vibraphone: Jacques Tellitocci
Stylophone : Vincent Mougel
Vocoder: Thierry Bellia
Organ and Omnichord: Alexandre Longo
Strings : Sarah Tanguy, Mathilde Légée, Virginie Didierjean, Anne-Amandine Corgiat
Vocals, guitars, bass, synths and stylophone: Jérôme Didelot

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orwell Nancy, France

Orwell lead by Jérôme Didelot attracted high praise in 2009 with their first UK release ‘Le génie humain’ with glowing reviews in Mojo, The Sunday Times, and The Express to name a few. Quite an achievement for an album sung almost exclusively in French and a reflection of Didelot’s immense talent for crafting that sophisticated intellectualized pop paralleled by the likes of the High Llamas. ... more

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