The Wife, The Battlefield

from Continental (2011) by Orwell

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lyrics

While I was away in the raging battlefield
You were waiting for me
Something I couldn’t see

While I was busy braving each time a thousand fears
I remembered your face
Thrill of war gone astray

Tell me everything, what happened all those years?
Many days growing long,
How come seasons went wrong?

A flash in my eyes
I began to realise

All my life I thought I was walking through a battlefield
Now that everyone’s gone
Are you ready to stay?

How can I explain, that it took me all these years
Simply to realise
One life is quite a thrill?

A flash in my eyes
I begin to realise

credits

from Continental (2011), released March 1, 2011
Drums: Régis Nesti
Strings : Sarah Tanguy, Mathilde Légée, Virginie Didierjean, Anne-Amandine Corgiat
Vocals, guitars, bass and synths: Jérôme Didelot

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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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