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Cette chanson raconte l’histoire d’Hicham, un ami égyptien chrétien de ma mère qui a dû fuir son pays à cause de l’arrivée des islamistes au pouvoir. Elle évoque la notion de perte de repère, de déracinement, comment une vie peut basculer du jour au lendemain. Elle interroge aussi ce qui fait un "chez-soi".

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There was a time I was gifted and young
Had me a wife like a shine in the crowd
Two little babies that would lead me to God
One lazy cat that I held in my beloving hands

Oh oh oh oh oh, Oh oh oh oh oh

Then suddenly some dark clouds came upon
Hairy pictures spreading over the town
Hairy preachers with no love in their tongues
Stating by laws that this land will no longer be home

Oh oh oh oh oh, Oh oh oh oh oh

Tell me my friend
Do you know this town
Do you know this ground

Tell me again
It’s not where you’re born
It’s not where you’ve grown

There was a time I was gifted and young
Now I am old, I have no hate to spawn
Got me new friends and a house of my own
In my new country I learned to put flowers around.

Oh oh oh oh oh, Oh oh oh oh oh

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from On Dirait Grenoble Sous La Pluie, released September 3, 2018

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GRENOBLE Grenoble, France

GRENOBLE est à l'image de la ville, un mélange de mélancolie soviétique, d'absurde humanité et de nature parcourue en short- baskets.
Le propos est sincère et naturel, un partage du clair-obscur de la vie d'un être.
On y retrouve toute son histoire, ses joies et ses peines, et sa culture musicale, un mélange très personnel de Nina Simone, Chopin, Memphis Slim, Radiohead ou Alain Péters.
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