Chat is a French vocal pianist. Whose real name is Charlène Juarez started … Read Full Bio ↴Chat is a French vocal pianist. Whose real name is Charlène Juarez started to compose. Two years ago, after years of studying piano, she decided to write songs in her mother tongue, french. Her music claimed the attention of the portuguese netlabel Merzbau and launched, through them, an online EP. Recently, a major record label - Capitol - offered her a contract with complete artistic control. At the moment, she's in Paris preparing her first major release...

Jérôme Bourdin
Chat Lyrics

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Sans résistance
Peu à peu mon existence
S’enlise je perds confiance

Tu cherches, tu crois
Pourtant tu ne vois
Je cède à toi
Tu ne vois, tu ne vois...

Passé l’errance
Que reste-t-il en substance
A clamer les temps modernes?

Sous tes airs tu penses trop
Pourtant tu ne vois
Je séche, réveille-moi

Jérôme Bourdin n’est pas bleu
N’est pas blond n’est pas brun
Jérôme Bourdin n’est pas rond
N’est pas fort n’est pas fin
Jérôme Bourdin n’est pas frais
N’a pas chaud n’est pas bien
Jérôme Bourdin n’est pas «on»
N’est pas «je»

Tu cherches, tu crois
Et pourtant je ne vois
Tu cèdes réveille-toi
Je n’y vois, je n’y crois

De l’exigence
Elle s’est échappée la chance
Saisis-la
C’est là devant

A la dérive de soi
On se voit
Perdus ensemble
On s’assemble

Jérôme Bourdin n’est pas bleu
N’est pas blond n’est pas brun
Jérôme Bourdin n’est pas rond
N’est pas fort n’est pas fin
Jérôme Bourdin n’est pas frais
N’a pas chaud n’est pas bien
Jérôme Bourdin n’est pas «je»
N’est pas «on» n’est pas

Jérôme Bourdin...

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Chat's song Jérôme Bourdin speak of a feeling of aimlessness and loss of confidence. The first verse says "Without resistance, little by little my existence sinks, I lose confidence. You search, you believe, yet you don't see. I give in to you, you don't see, you don't see..." It seems like the singer is struggling to hold onto their own identity and agency in the face of someone else's expectations.

The second verse speaks to a frustration with modern times and a lack of substance. "Past the wandering, what's left in substance, to proclaim the modern times? Under your appearance, you think too much, yet you don't see, I'm drying up, wake me up." It's possible that the singer feels overwhelmed by the shallow and fast-paced world around them, and is looking for something deeper.

The refrain "Jérôme Bourdin isn't blue, isn't blonde, isn't brown, Jérôme Bourdin isn't round, isn't strong, isn't delicate, Jérôme Bourdin isn't fresh, isn't warm, isn't well, Jérôme Bourdin isn't 'one,' isn't 'I'" seems to be a commentary on societal expectations and stereotypes. The name Jérôme Bourdin stands in for any person who doesn't fit neatly into a particular box or category. The repetition of different adjectives that Jérôme Bourdin isn't suggests that the singer is rejecting the idea of being defined by these superficial characteristics.

Line by Line Meaning

Sans résistance
Without resistance

Peu à peu mon existence
Gradually, my existence

S’enlise je perds confiance
Gets bogged down, I lose confidence

Tu cherches, tu crois
You search, you believe

Pourtant tu ne vois
Still, you don't see

Je cède à toi
I give in to you

Tu ne vois, tu ne vois...
You don't see, you don't see...

Passé l’errance
Past the wandering

Que reste-t-il en substance
What remains in substance

A clamer les temps modernes?
To proclaim modern times?

Sous tes airs tu penses trop
Under your facade, you think too much