Percées de lumière
Alcest Lyrics
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la chaleur intense
du Soleil m'enivre.
Je m'abreuve à sa lumière,
et laisse ses rayons ardents
dèlier mes membres engourids,
pour m'offrir une seconde naissance.
Là haut un ciel
sans nuage,
d'un bleu étourdissant,
se fond avec la mer.
Ivre de lumière,
j'ai maintenant l'impression
de ne plus marcher sur votre sol,
et entends les cris
de mon âme non humaine
implorer sa libération.
The song, "Percées de lumière" by Alcest is a poetic description of a transformative experience. The first stanza paints a vivid picture of the singer standing by a body of water, enveloped in the intense heat of the sun. The heat has a transformative effect on the singer, causing them to feel as though they are being reborn, with their limbs loosening from their previously numb state.
The second stanza describes the all-encompassing beauty of the landscape around the singer. The sky is without clouds, and the blue of the sky seems to merge with the blue of the sea. The heat and the beauty together create an otherworldly feeling for the singer, who now feels as though they are no longer standing on the earth as we know it. The final lines describe the cries of the singer's non-human soul begging to be released.
The song is a tribute to the natural world and its transformative power. The singer's experience is an allegory for the potential of nature to free us from our typical human routines and limited ways of thinking. Alcest uses poetic language to describe the experience in a way that is both beautiful and profound.
Line by Line Meaning
Au bord de l'onde
I am standing by the water's edge.
la chaleur intense
The intense heat
du Soleil m'enivre.
of the sun enraptures me.
Je m'abreuve à sa lumière,
I drink in its light,
et laisse ses rayons ardents
and let its burning rays
dèlier mes membres engourdis,
unloosen my numb limbs,
pour m'offrir une seconde naissance.
to offer me a second birth.
Là haut un ciel
Up there, a sky
sans nuage,
without a cloud,
d'un bleu étourdissant,
of a stunning blue color,
se fond avec la mer.
merges with the sea.
Ivre de lumière,
Drunk on light,
j'ai maintenant l'impression
I now have the impression
de ne plus marcher sur votre sol,
that I am no longer walking on your ground,
et entends les cris
and I hear the cries
de mon âme non humaine
of my non-human soul
implorer sa libération.
begging for its liberation.
Contributed by Gabriel C. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Panagiotis Charalampopoulos
DEAR FRIEND.
IT IS A MISTAKE TO MAKE CONCLUSIONS FOR SOMEONE WITHOUT KNOWNING HIM.
MAYBE YOU ARE JUST THE THIS TYPE OF PROGRESSIVE FAN WHO SWALLOWS EVERY PROGRESSIVE BULLSHIT AND CALLS IT PROGRESS EVEN IF YOU KNOW DEEP INSIDE IT IS NOT WORTH LIKE.
A BAND IS NOT ONLY THE MEMBERS OF THE BAND BUT THEIR FANS ALSO. AND A BAND MUST HEAR ITS FANS ALSO.
THEY ARE THE ARTISTS BUT THERE ARE SO MANY EXAMPLES WITH ARTISTS TRY TO SELL AS A PROGRESS EVERY BULLSHIT THEY PRODUCE IN A NON INSPIRATION PERIOD TRYING TO PERSUADE ALL OTHERS THAT THEY ARE MAKINF SOMENTHING NEW.
THIS IS NOT FOR ALCEST !!!!!
YOU CAN NOT HEAR FROM ALCEST PLAYING BRUTAL DEATH METAL AND PERSUADE US THAT THIS A PROGRESS.
ANYWAY EVERYTHING IS A MATTER OF TASTE .
BUT DO NOT JUDGE OTHERS SO EASILY.
WE ARE DEALING WITH MUSIC 35 YEARS NOW AND MAYBE WE CAN UNDERSTAND ( A LITTLE BIT WHAT PROGRESS IS AND IF IT FITS TO A BAND OR NOT ACCORDING WITH OUR TASTE).
I NEVER BLAME BANDS FOR PLAYING SOMETHING THAT I DO NOT LIKE .
I SIMPLY TELL MY OPINION WHICH OF COURSE IS NOT TO BE FOLLOWED BY ANYONE ELSE.
HAVE A NIC SUMMER FRIEND
Natt Stjerne
No words to express what I feel when I listen to Alcest..
Trogdor Burninator
My thoughts Exacally
Hexis
Ineffability is sacred and beautiful... and yet we need to use words to communicate it...
Farkhad habiboFF
Still hits
Logs Nein
Ironically, you just perfectly described it with words
saraa98
I can't live without this song, I listen to it multiple times a day. Hope I won't go deaf sometimes in my life because this song is my oxygen
David Perez
I remember seeing them in a concert; then this song came, all I could do was close my eyes and listen, enjoy, feel the music. Absolutely perfect, beautiful and evocative song.
Akiz Pandemonium
David Perez I heard this song live two days ago. It was so amazing it gave me shivers! Neige is a great musician, long live Alcest!
vetrecaGOD
I miss the concerts because of the feel Pretty Feckin Much...
Onche518
Neige's shrieks are the fucking best in the game seriously his screams are so emotional and harsh at the same time