this album was recorded and mixed by nicolas laureau in january, february and march 2004 at salon de musiques, pantin, france.

guitars, piano, harmonium, banjo, bass, toy piano, kalimba, melodica, keyboards, programming, glockenspiel, percussion, samples, vocals, pictures, artwork, all songs by nicolas laureau.

 

 

 

lyrics

ONE. a thousand lights
oooo oooo oooo oooo oooo they're moving slow to land they're turning back to stand a thousand lights turned off a thousand slights turned off their seasons of love oooo oooo oooo oooo oooo and then they need to lay and then they lay to stay a thousand clouds of love a thousand clouds of love they didn't hear to hold mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm

TWO. on the bright scale
I try to turn off the fan the tape goes slow goes fast pictures go slow go fast my child tells me not to... oh drift on the large scale people get closer and fade they seem to run away I look younger than I do people go slow go fast oh is this you on the bright scale on the bright scale, on the bright scale my child tells me not to make a sigh and die oh is this you on the bright scale

THREE. out of there
it's out of there out of there out of there you say you lost my name you try to call my name and when I think of you you're pretending, a sign and you do call my heart out of there you try to cure my wounds with words you don't know and if you think of me I'm out of there try to get my words I'm pretending to die and when you touch my arms I'm out of there out of there out of there…

FOUR. save my language
I'll never fight again to be yours be my language I'll never fall again to call your eyes be my language I'll never change again to be yours be my language I'll never let you die my sweet love save my language save my language save

FIVE. goutte d'or experience
here I step alone here I stand alone walking on the avenue give me summer goutte d'or experience here I walk alone here I drift alone swim among the lovers give me summer goutte d'or experience here I fall alone here I lay alone the daydream change the others give me summer goute d'or experience papa papa papa papa papa papa papa papa papa papa papa papa…

SIX. seasons seeds seas
(instrumental)

SEVEN. always like that
it's always like that feel all the same it's always like that… but maybe I'm wrong feel always like that it's always like that… anytime, anyhow, everything is anyway always sad I'm trying to move this useless armor against invisible rains it's always like that… anytime, anyhow, everything is anyway always sad a proper scandal a useless scandal for we misunderstood just a movie quarrel it's always like that…

EIGHT. eli said
come on, let it spin, it's part of the game all troubles are gone and the season is done eli said, eli said citizen float, all lights turned off I'll meet you at ten, I'll meet you later and we all got enough charms are clear and shadows return we all swallow the smoke and follow the sun eli said eli said we all got enough we all turn dumb what should we say we all cope with this mess we claimed eli said

NINE. do the skies oh I know different kinds of men some wear nice suits but some don't have I ever mentioned before that one of then has open a shop where they do the skies have I ever said that the rules will never change they do the skies oh I know different kinds of men some wear tall hats but no shoes

TEN. rendez vous
(instrumental)

ELEVEN. she's back in town
she dresses in dark colors she has big black hair sophisticated walker she's back in town, she's back in town sophisticated walker, we used to hang around remember her bright skirts and favorite records she's back in town, she's back in town have you seen her do you know her numbers she says she's an actress and maybe a goddess she's back in town…

TWELVE. the silver tracks
(instrumental)