Textes : Mathieu Eveillard, sauf

* : Benjamin Bourgine 

** : Mathieu Eveillard / Benjamin Bourgine

Kowalski - 2005

WAVELENGTH

Oh Lord

Oh Man

I’ll trade you a dollar

I saw you spat on my horse tonight

God

I feel so old

Feel so cold I shiver 

Do you get well on my wavelength ?

Did they get you on their wavelength ?

Will they get me on their wavelength ?

Father

I’m walking on your steps

Further

I’ll be walking on your tracks

Did they get you on their wavelength ?

Will they get you on their wavelength ?

Will they get me on their wavelength ?

NOBODY

(Know that) I’m affected by what you’re going through

(Know that) you got all my support

Sometimes life is a tragedy

what else can you do except killing time ?

forgetting for a while

mind’s turning

mind’s resting

and

These wild crazy songs you wrote

I think they succeeded where science failed

They made us happy

They made us blue 

But in the end

They kept us together

Nobody has the time to be vulnerable to each other

Come on

The evening’s young

We’ll burn up the town

Let’s go first to her place

she said “It’s worth the ride”

and maybe Jean will be there

Nobody has the time to be vulnerable to each other

Today I’ve heard of this journalist

Shot by a soldier

Didn’t know it was your brother

The soldier

CARILLON

Hard is the landing

Look what they’ve done to

The Sonic Youth

And the many lies

we swallow

shall we swallow

all these lies ?

you and me, at a standstill

and the world’s at a turning point

terrorist subversion

ecological militancy

ecstasy of pleasure

(the different types of) drugs

temptation of marriage

the delights of inactivity

psychoanalytical treatment

death by boredom

death

absurdity

you and me, at a standstill

and the world’s at a turning point

And the world’s at a turning point

BUTTERFLY

...

KNOW

Know that the ground

On which we stood

Keeps shaking under my feet

Know that I finally found a job

Know that work finally found me

And as the seabirds climb the skies,

The waters are tormented as usual

Where are you my friend ?

Remember what your father said

“You are broken mirrors”

what he meant ?

cold is the ground

dark is the night

Know that the bride

who we dreamt of

is drowning in my bed

And as the seabirds climb the skies,

The waters are tormented as usual

Where are you my friend ?

Know that I…miss you

BARCELONE, JIM *

I will never find you

Till you come back

I will never find you

Till you come back

I will never find you

Until you’re here

I will never find you

‘til you love me

You will always find me

Waiting for you

You will always find me

Waiting for you

You will always find me

Waiting for you

Looking at your pictures

The two I got

Crossed a river today

It was all dry

Crossed a street today

It was empty

Felt some feelings today

They were gloomy

Think my life’s going wrong

And you agree

BODY SIGNALS

...

A DISARRAY

A disarray / Where are my childish hours ?

A disarray / Coming soon

One hundred projects tonight

And tomorrow ? One choice you’ll make

Is it the right one ? We’ll never know

We’ve never ever ever known

Keep a low profile With your ambitions

You’re on a roll, you’re on a roll

You got friends that serve you well

Some simper, yeah, some are “yes men”

And there are some others you don’t deserve

A disarray / Where are our childish hours ?

A disarray / falling over now

How can a man have so many certainties?

It chills me to the bone

Your words are meaningless and yet I see

You still got friends that serve you well

And some of them you don’t deserve

You walk straight into the door, you talk and act first, think later

Nobody seem to worry though

But me, I know the chink in you

I know you’re a genius, without this sad parade

I tell you to stand back from your simple cupid thoughts

A disarray / I want our childish hours

A disarray / has fallen over now

You say “The time has come to say goodbye

And there is nothing much to say”

It pains me to hear you say those words

Disappointment, the shadow part takes over

you’re offended and we don’t shake hands

…In my memory, you’ll remain in light

A disarray

And no childish hours

A disarray

Leaving trace…

BELLS **

The bells are ringing

Your grave is kept clean

Hoist up the flag

And let the sunshine in

Wrote my name in the sand

But then I felt confused

It wasn’t my name

Baby it was yours

Once in a while

In my retreat

I hear a voice coming from…

Near the border

That is your place

Close to the edge

That is the place

And here and now

You’re standing still

There is more softness

One body can handle

you speak in tongues

the language of angels

you speak my mind

the signals of the body

The bells are ringing

Your grave is kept clean

Hoist up the flag

And let the sunshine in

DOLLS *

She was dressing her dolls

With a thousand dirty clothes

She found treasures in her toys

And she whispered their thoughts

A kingdom of wonderful friends welcome her at night

She was playing all night long

And she knew that she belong

To these stories among... her

Those toys couldn’t be wrong

A kingdom of wonderful friends welcome her at night

She was dressing her dolls

With her little eyes closed

LADY LUCK

I can’t get out of my head

Our night at the pacific motel

I called you lady luck

I knew what was inside of your mind

I called you lady luck

I knew what was inside of your mind

My mother she praised the lord

And my father he passed the loot

What do you want to do with that ?

How do you fell with that ?

It’s all about love

It’s all a question of love

I called you lady luck

I knew what was inside of your mind

The days look the same

But they’re not quite the same with you my dear

Now we are together

This place is like home to me

And all those things that make your heart beat

And all those things that make your heart beat

This place is like home to me

I called you lady luck

I knew what was inside of your mind

COLOURS & WISDOM

it's a fantasy

there is sky on earth

A ROOM FOR TWO - 2007

THE MOON

You can watch me spin

Or you can vent your spleen on me

You can watch me spin

Or you can vent your spleen on me

Baby drinks his milk

Feel the world is turning

Baby drinks his milk

Feel the world is turning

The wind dimple the water

We’ll be strong as the sun declines

They came to power

But we won’t let go

Put your guts on the table

Put your heart on the table

We’re swimming in the same water

We’re swimming in the same water

We’re swimming in the same water

We’re swimming in the same water

the same water

the same water

Give the sky in your eyes

And take the gold in my throat

Put me like a seal over your heart,

Like a seal on your arm.

For love is as strong

For love is as strong as death

I feel it in my bones

Yes I feel it in my bones

Many waters cannot quench love,

Nor will rivers overflow it

We won’t choke on the truth

No we won’t choke on the truth

Our feet are on dry land

Our feet are on dry land

AN EVOL SONG

My face is sullen

I’m losing weight

My skin is pale

I’m caught on a hook

Im in mourning

that's good for the bastard

i become

I dare not

Burn this place to the ground

Speak your mind they said

So I answered : you doctors

You spare me nothing

You spare me nothing

My lips twist

Every time

I gotta talk about you

Soak your heart in madness

like sugar in water

Make love and make it die

no more than a magic spell

no more

Fragments of you

Shaking hands

Melting

The white gives rise

to the black

I wanna be higher

I wanna be higher

Have you heard the pianola ?

The music roll was full of poison

It made me shy and silent

I wondered: How many hours of sleep when youre dead ?

And the Indians, the torturers, the unions

I stole a lot from these people

Doctor B. said

hangmen also die, my friend

But Sickness never

Instinct

guide me

guide me once again

run for your life

run for your life

ZITTER KAFFEE

You have a drive to love her

but someone stole the evidence

you heard that love was a slow build up

but someone stole the evidence

like for the words

its got to be the right one at the right place

bloody hard that land of yours

you know too much what you want

and you make no compromise

the perfect flesh is what you want

flames flicker on your skin too few

you’re at the edge of a cliff

nothing is good tonight

everything drives you bonkers

there are racy feelings on your plug-ins

the self-painist button you push it

you push it too far

and damage the work of art

You fill your cup with anger

And from these dark feelings

You stir the stamina

To ruin all that you built up

The ladykiller ... can't sleep at night

out of kindness and out of fear

friends came up to warn you

but hell with it ! I banish the fainthearts

no sin for the true heathens

only recollections, bitter but transient

hide me this man

on his wooden cross

his body blinds my soul

he gives you fever

he gives me fever

ZITTER KAFFEE for everyone

ZITTER KAFFEE

ZITTER KAFFEE

ZITTER KAFFEE for everyone

I tackle the subject

And you knock me down

Nothing is good tonight

ZITTER KAFFEE for everyone

bloody hard that land of yours

NIGHTBIRD **

Nightbird

I get so worried about you

Nightbird

I wonder when I can catch and marry you

I heard that youve been very far on the land and sea

these last couples of months

whats the matter ?

Ive built you a nest

But you've always been good

at dramatic exits

You wave your wings around

Trying to rise up to reach he sky

One time you claw

One time you cling

One minute is a page, its a mountain you climb

One tear is a smile, its an old souvenir

Nightbird

You say I am what you made me

And it gets to me

If you hate yourself, my sweet thing

Why dont you fly away ?

Nightbird

You take the goodbye train

To meet new strangers

temporary love thrills and then

you leave again

Thats your deal with strangers

Makes no difference what they try

They will never make you cry

At least those strangers

they will never make you cry

One minute is a page

its a mountain you climb

One tear is a pain

its a cruel souvenir

Nightbird

Nightbird

Nightbird

DARK TIMES

Dark times

Darkrooms

Going places

Money lenders have stripped the farm

I waited too long for courage

Now I wont let them sell us down the river

Walk your dogs around my land

Walk your eyes around my face

Comes a time when words

cut like razorblades

And acts become blazes

arising from what they burn

I remember what the preacher said

Guide her, Love her

Keep and protect her from all harm

But the whistling woman

she's driving me crazy

My blood turns

every time I hear her whistling

Anyway I know the tides

So I cant give up hope

It was dark when I was driving

and I saw my mistress

walking down the road, in my headlights

She whistled and I stopped the car

I told her

Put my kiss in your pocket and goodbye

Then I headed south for Tupelo, released

and I saw endless futures before me

But when my wife phoned me, all panicked

I knew hell was breaking loose

They rocked the boat around us

they wanna wear me out

They took the furniture yesterday

now they put the chin in

And when I got there, they stood tall

I started to hit the walls and hit the doors

to not commit a crime

But were in the West mister

and I sharpened my knives

AS THE WHIRLWIND PASSETH, SO IS THE WICKED NO MORE

Now you grab my hand

want me to come outside

You dont speak your mind

Youre shivering before me

As if afraid

Can I touch you ?

Blanket

Blanket

And when the rain sets in

see the reflection of our love

between nowhere and goodbye

and the rain sets in

and the rain sets in

and the rain sets in

WOLVES *

Your life ends

here under my canine

Two teeth in your neck

blood in the night

Your last breath, I think

wasn't right

You smile at your leaving shadow

You'll see, death has her charms

Its like flying over life

You'll see, death has her charms

Its like flying over life

Your body's now a white shadow

You'll shine like a ghost in a corridor

Your flesh is cold, it surprises you

You're flyin' around, don't know what to do

Come on baby, wolves are in town

Come on baby, wolves are in town

Come on baby, wolves are in town

Come on baby, wolves are in town

Today

she swished out of the room

She was cryin

and holdin her head

She will never be the same again

She will never see herself

in the mirror again

I can hide myself from you

But I can have most of you too

I can hide myself from you

But I can have most of you too

Come on baby, wolves are in town

Come on baby, wolves are in town

Come on baby, wolves are in town

Come on baby, wolves are in town

NO COMPASS

I trust you and i have high hopes

that someday we'll find a new way

to nullify the distance between us

too many kisses old

why you put Charly away

I don't wanna hear about that

a further step into the unknown

never scared me that much

'cause i never used a compass to

situate my dreams

I trust you and i have high hopes

that someday we'll find a new way

to nullify the distance between us

JOLLY BOY

This strange game we played

You searched for it

Acting like a spider

I saw your webs on my walls

Itching

Right before we really met

Oh we both had a partner

we both had a partner

to ease the pain of passing time

I said

See the jolly jolly boy

Do the jolly jolly girl

See the johnny johnny boy

Do the johnny johnny girl

Baby

let’s go fuck in the woods

now

That’s our way of communicating

When the crowd’s out of sight

There’s a record that plays

the same song

obsessively

over and over

See the jolly jolly boy

Do the jolly jolly girl

See the johnny johnny boy

Do the johnny johnny girl

We won’t take

any crap

from anybody

See the jolly jolly boy

Do the jolly jolly girl

See the jolly jolly boy

Do the jolly jolly girl

MURDER, INC.

Lonely shooter finds a place

between guilt and proudness

between guilt and proudness

There's a one-way road to murder

with no exit but death

with no exit but death

Aiming at and firing a shot

Aiming at and firing a shot

Never look him in the eyes

'cause you'd remember them

he'd remember yours

Never trust the guy

with the hands in his pockets

no pity but goodbye

Aiming at and firing a shot

Aiming at and firing a shot

He's the lonely shooter

with a gun in his bag

with a gun in his bag

He's the lonely shooter

and he's having a drink

one coffee each morning

Aiming at and firing a shot

At the corner of your street

« every night a word with god,

it's not a big issue » he says

« I think i will go to hell,

i think i will become dust »

Aiming at and firing a shot

Aiming at and firing a shot

Aiming at and firing a shot

At the corner of your street

FIFTY - FIVE

Come closer my sweet

Come closer my sweet

Strip the bark from the tree

Turn me into what you want

Turn me on, You turn me on

Turn me on, You turn me on

Come a little closer, please

Inside your ghosts they're tearing at you

Outside your lips they don’t even move

Put your hand on my chest

The minute I saw you, you…

Turned me on, You turned me on

Turned me on, You turned me on

Come a little closer, please…

55 sparkles, oh my

55 sparkles, I’m gone

Now Angels and Demons

are disputing your smile

Let me hear your voice

Cause your voice it is sweet

And let me see your face

Cause your face it is beautiful

Turn me on, You turn me on

Turn me on, You turn me on

Come a little closer, please

Come closer my sweet

Come closer my sweet

Strip the bark from the tree

Turn me into what you want...