Fais-moi une place
Au fond d’ta bulle
Et si j’t’agace
Si j’suis trop nulle
Je deviendrai
Toute pâle, toute muette, sans vie
Pour qu’tu m’oublies…
—“Fais-moi une place”
This is a perfect pop song. The légèreté of the bubble image permeates the whole, with its graceful, billowing melody and tripping rhymes and elisions. The very predictability of the payoff—Je t’aime!—adds to the wistful, lighter-than-air feeling.
The song’s subtle charms grow over time and seduce gradually, like a gracious and sophisticated lover. That said, you may need to know some French to grasp just how artfully simple (simply artful?) the words are.
As I understand it, the divine Françoise Hardy wrote the lyrics, and the melody is by Julien Clerc. Select the links to hear their respective versions.
J'avais justement besoin de ralentir (Julien Clerc semble maître du ressac du temps)
Posted by: Flivo | 29 April 2007 at 23:04