La Plaie et le Couteau
from One Hand On The Night by Marc Farre
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The lyrics for "La Plaie et le Couteau" ("The Wound and the Knife," in English) are adapted from Charles Baudelaire's 1857 poem “L’Héautontimorouménos” (“The Self-Torturer”).
lyrics
Je te frapperai sans colère
Et sans haine, comme un boucher,
Comme Moïse le rocher
Et je ferai de ta paupière
Pour abreuver mon Sahara
Jaillir les eaux de la souffrance
Sur tes pleurs salés nagera
Mon désir gonflé d'espérance
Comme un vaisseau qui prend le large
Et dans mon cœur qu'ils souleront
Tes chers sanglots retentiront
Comme un tambour qui bat la charge!
Elle est dans ma voix, la criarde!
C'est tout mon sang ce poison noir!
Je suis, je suis le sinistre miroir
Où la mégère se regarde
Je suis la plaie et le couteau!
Je suis le soufflet et la joue!
Je suis les membres je suis la roue
Et la victime et le bourreau!
Et ma victime et mon bourreau
Et sans haine, comme un boucher,
Comme Moïse le rocher
Et je ferai de ta paupière
Pour abreuver mon Sahara
Jaillir les eaux de la souffrance
Sur tes pleurs salés nagera
Mon désir gonflé d'espérance
Comme un vaisseau qui prend le large
Et dans mon cœur qu'ils souleront
Tes chers sanglots retentiront
Comme un tambour qui bat la charge!
Elle est dans ma voix, la criarde!
C'est tout mon sang ce poison noir!
Je suis, je suis le sinistre miroir
Où la mégère se regarde
Je suis la plaie et le couteau!
Je suis le soufflet et la joue!
Je suis les membres je suis la roue
Et la victime et le bourreau!
Et ma victime et mon bourreau
credits
from One Hand On The Night,
track released November 11, 2010
Bill Ruyle - drums and percussion
Saskia Lane - upright bass
Hugh Hales-Tooke - electric guitar
Mark Babushkin - banjo
Laura Seaton - violin
Recorded and mixed by Al Houghton and Mike Crehore, Dubway Studios, NYC
(C) (P) 2010 marc farre / all weather music (BMI)
Bill Ruyle - drums and percussion
Saskia Lane - upright bass
Hugh Hales-Tooke - electric guitar
Mark Babushkin - banjo
Laura Seaton - violin
Recorded and mixed by Al Houghton and Mike Crehore, Dubway Studios, NYC
(C) (P) 2010 marc farre / all weather music (BMI)
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Marc Farre Sebastopol, California
“In the company of European-influenced musicians like Leonard Cohen, Lou Reed, and Nick Cave. A throaty voice, highly poetic lyrics and a kinetic band behind him. Compelling.”
— William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide
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