the song
"Need To Be" appears on the following album(s):
Margerine Eclipse
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lyrics
Need To Be
C'est la tentation
D'Ítre toute absorbÈe
De n'avoir plus ‡ se soucier
du temps de notre vie
C'est la peur de vivre,
d'aller jusqu'au bout
Celle aussi d'aller ‡ la rencontre
de sa finitude
C'est la tentation
De nier le prÈsent
Parce que c'est justement lui
qui est insaisissable
Se voiler la face,
plutÙt que d'Ítre claire
Ne point vouloir embrasser son
Ètat de solitude
Mon arbre est tout fleuri
Pourtant il fait encore trËs
froid dehors
On en attend des fruits
Les nouriciers
Qui rendent beau et fort
Il est comme ma vie
Des fois morose
D'autres fois haut en couleurs
Assise sous l'arbre en fleur
Au creux de l'ombre
De la lumiËre, du bonheur |
translation
It's this temptation
To be completely absorbed,
To stop bothering about
the length of our life
It's this fear of living,
of carrying on
This fear of meeting
our own end
It's this temptation
To deny the present,
Precisely because the present
is imperceptible
Hiding our faces
rather than being clear,
Refusing to embrace our
state of loneliness
My tree is in bloom
but it is still very
cold outside
One awaits its fruits
the nurturers
that make us beautiful and strong
The tree is like my life
Sometimes morose
Sometimes colourful
I am seated under the tree in bloom,
Deep in the shade
Of light, of happiness |
notes
translation by Lawrence Saylor and Jean-Sebastien.
this song was performed on at least the following dates:
- 2004-02-29
(Stirling,
UK)
- 2004-03-01
(Glasgow,
UK)
- 2004-03-02
(Manchester,
UK)
- 2004-03-08
(Amsterdam,
NL)
- 2004-03-09
(Brussels,
BE)
- 2004-03-15
(Heidelberg,
DE)
- 2004-03-16
(Strasbourg,
FR)
- 2004-03-17
(Paris,
FR)
- 2004-03-28
(Costa Mesa, CA,
US)
- 2004-03-30
(San Francisco, CA,
US)
- 2004-03-31
(Portland, OR,
US)
- 2004-04-01
(Vancouver, BC,
CA)
- 2004-04-02
(Seattle, WA,
US)
- 2004-04-04
(Denver, CO,
US)
- 2004-04-07
(Chicago, IL,
US)
- 2004-04-08
(St. Louis, MO,
US)
- 2004-04-09
(Detriot, MI,
US)
- 2004-04-10
(Toronto, ONT,
CA)
- 2004-04-11
(Montreal,
CA)
- 2004-04-12
(Northampton, MA,
US)
- 2004-04-13
(Boston, MA,
US)
- 2004-04-16
(New York, NY,
US)
- 2004-04-19
(Philadelphia, PA,
US)
- 2004-04-20
(Washington, D.C.,
US)
- 2004-04-21
(Carrboro, NC,
US)
- 2004-04-24
(Nashville, TN,
US)
- 2004-04-26
(Fort Worth, TX,
US)
- 2004-04-27
(Austin, TX,
US)
- 2004-04-29
(Phoenix, AZ,
US)
- 2004-04-30
(Solana Beach, CA,
US)
- 2004-05-01
(Indio, CA,
US)
- 2004-05-09
(Tokyo,
JP)
- 2004-05-11
(Osaka,
JP)
- 2004-07-02
(Fuengirola,
ES)
- 2004-07-16
(St. Petersburg,
RU)
- 2004-08-20
(Cannes,
FR)
- 2004-08-24
(London,
UK)
- 2004-08-29
(Leeds,
UK)
- 2004-09-24
(San Diego,
US)
- 2004-09-26
(Los Angeles,
US)
- 2006-03-01
(Costa Mesa,
US)
- 2006-03-02
(San Francisco,
US)
- 2006-03-07
(Vancouver,
CA)
- 2006-03-08
(Portland,
US)
- 2006-03-09
(Denver,
US)
- 2006-03-12
(Detroit,
US)
- 2006-03-14
(Toronto,
CA)
- 2006-03-15
(Montreal,
CA)
- 2006-03-16
(Northampton,
US)
- 2006-03-17
(New York,
US)
- 2006-03-18
(New York,
US)
- 2006-03-20
(Philadelphia,
US)
- 2006-03-21
(Washington, DC,
US)
- 2006-03-22
(Carrboro,
US)
- 2006-03-24
(Austin,
US)
- 2006-03-25
(Dallas,
US)
- 2006-03-28
(Los Angeles,
US)
- 2006-05-11
(London,
UK)
- 2006-05-13
(Paris,
FR)
- 2006-05-17
(Prague,
CS)
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