Patti Smith — Paroles et traduction des paroles de la chanson Memento Mori
La page contient les paroles et la traduction française de la chanson « Memento Mori » de Patti Smith.
Paroles
the fans were whirlin'
like the blades of a 'copter
liftin' into the skies above some foreign land
soaked with the bodies of so many friends.
Johnny waved
he was on his way home
he waved goodbye to his comrades in arms,
and all the twisted things he’d seen.
he waved goodbye
and the blades hit
something
maybe just Fate, but the blades hit
the 'copter went up in flames
and Johnny never went marchin' home
Johnny never went marchin' home
they took his name
and they carved it on a slab of marble
with several thousand other names
all the fallen idols
the apples of their mother’s eye
just another name
meanwhile
back on that burning shore
Johnny’s comrades stood speechless
they looked with uh-uh-uh-uh disbelieving eyes
as those bits of metal and the embers
the embers of his eyes
fanned out into the air
black dust
flames
oh Johnny! some day they’ll make a movie about you
and in the making of that movie
some mad apocalypse
it will become even stranger than the simple act
just a boy going up up up
just a boy going up in flames in the smoke
just another life
just another breath
and who’ll remember
oh eternity now
as eternal as a sheet of marble
eternal as a slab on a green hill
and your name
and all your fallen brothers
and all the ones not cut
all the ones remembered only in the hearts
a mother a father a brother a sister a lover a son a daughter
shall not shall not fade shall not fade
your ancestors salute you
and the gods of your ancestors salute you
having having been formed by the minds of your ancestors
the gods of your ancestors salute you
having been formed by your ancestors
the gods of your ancestors salute you
they draw you in they draw you through
they draw they draw you through that golden door
mornin' boy
we remember you
we conceived of you
we conceived of your breath
we conceived of the whole human race
and we conceived it to be a beautiful thing
like a tulip bending in the wind
sometimes it comes back to us in the form of a handful of dust
comes back in the form of a smitten child
our raped daughters, ah the broken bones
souls cleaved from hearts
they come back to us and our hands are filled with their rotting tissues
but we turn not our backs
we press our lips
into their cancer into the dust into the remains of each one
and that love is there and will greet you, will greet you
mornin' boy
it’s eternal love
well here, go ahead, run through that flame
awww man, running through your mind
you took a cat, you took a life, you took it by the tail
and you swirled it around your head
and you thrashed it, you smashed the life out of it and you knew that it would be your own
but you wanted to feel, you wanted to feel it die
because you know you would feel your own
you would feel your own
but you’re remembered!
you’re remembered!
you’re remembered DEAD!
you’re remembered DEAD!
you’re remembered DEAD!
we remember
we remember
we remember
everything
everything
Traduction des paroles
parfois, il nous revient sous la forme d'une poignée de poussière
revient sous la forme d'un enfant battu
nos filles violées, ah les os brisés
âmes clivées des cœurs
ils reviennent à nous et nos mains sont remplies de leurs tissus pourris
mais nous ne tournons pas le dos
nous pressons nos lèvres
dans leur cancer dans la poussière dans la demeure de chacun
et cet amour est là et vous saluera, vous saluera
mornin' garçon
c'est l'amour éternel
Eh bien, allez-y, courez à travers cette flamme
Awww homme, courir dans votre esprit
vous avez pris un chat, vous avez pris une vie, vous avez pris par la queue
et tu l'as fait tourner autour de ta tête
et vous débattre, vous brisé la vie et on savait que ce serait votre propre
mais vous avez voulu sentir, tu voulais le sentir mourir
parce que tu sais que tu te sentirais toi même
vous vous sentiriez le vôtre
mais vous êtes souvenu!
vous êtes souvenu!
vous êtes souvenu de MORT!!!
vous êtes souvenu de MORT!!!
vous êtes souvenu de MORT!!!
nous nous souvenons
nous nous souvenons
nous nous souvenons
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