After their first 1999 se… Read Full Bio ↴Debout Sur Le Zinc is a French music band.
After their first 1999 self-titled album, their subsequent album L’homme à tue-tête released in May, 2001 gained them media acclaim and public popularity. By the time their 2004 album Des singes et les moutons enhanced their repertoire, they were selling out venues such as La Cigale and touring internationally. Songs from their latest album Les Promesses were featured in their first concert at the oldest music hall in Paris, the Olympia, where they played to a full house on May 16, 2006.
The band acknowledges influences from traditional French and Irish music, rock, klezmer, and many styles that are considered dance hall music, such as gypsy jazz, tango, waltz. Music critics and fans admire their ability to mix these different styles into an exuberant, cohesive whole.
They are known to be friends with bands like La Rue Kétanou or Les Ogres de Barback.
Avance sans moi
Debout sur le zinc Lyrics
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Les yeux dans l'vague les bras croisés, souvent le soir je penses à toi
Je dis le soir mais au réveil
Chaque matin dès que j'embraye
Toutes mes pensées se tournent vers toi
Qui
Avance sans moi
Un peu cerné la tête dedans
Est-ce qu'on doit regarder derrière soi?
D'où est-ce qu'on vient, tu sais ce qu'on dit?
Parait qu'c'est bien de savoir même si, aujourd'hui tout ce que je vois
C'est qu'elle
Avance sans mo
Entre nous comme un océan
Sans plus d'après ni de devant
Sauf ce grand mur qui vient vers moi
Aïe
Avance sans moi
Tu sais quoi j'ai pas démarré
Ce jour-là j'ai pas avancé
Ce jour-là je suis resté là
Sur les scories des jours passés
On construit pas grand-chose c'est vrai
J'aurais au moins compris cela
Impossible de reculer
Impensable de s'arrêter
Un seul chemin
C'est tout droit
Avance sans moi
The lyrics of "Avance sans moi" by Debout sur le zinc talk about a person who is in a state of reflection and longing for someone else. The first verse describes the singer laying his head on the pillow, lost in thoughts about this person. Even in the morning, when he wakes up, his thoughts immediately turn to them. The phrase "Avance sans moi" can be translated to "Move on without me," suggesting that the singer is unable to move forward with this person.
The second verse continues this theme, with the singer wondering if it's necessary to look back on the past and where they come from. He mentions that it's often said that it's important to know one's origins, but all he sees now is the person he's addressing moving forward without him. The phrase "Entre nous comme un océan" translates to "Between us like an ocean," implying a distance and separation between the two.
In the bridge of the song, the singer expresses a moment of realization. He admits that on that particular day, he didn't start or move forward. He remained stuck in the remnants of past days. He acknowledges that not much can be built in this state of stagnation and expresses a desire to at least understand that. The repetition of "Avance sans moi" emphasizes the singer's feeling of being left behind and unable to progress.
Overall, the lyrics of "Avance sans moi" reflect on the longing for someone who has moved on without the singer, leaving them in a state of reflection, stagnation, and yearning.
Line by Line Meaning
La tête posée sur l'oreiller
Lying in bed, with my head on the pillow
Les yeux dans l'vague les bras croisés, souvent le soir je penses à toi
Staring off into space, arms crossed, often in the evening I think of you
Je dis le soir mais au réveil
I say in the evening, but even when I wake up
Chaque matin dès que j'embraye
Every morning as soon as I start
Toutes mes pensées se tournent vers toi
All my thoughts turn towards you
Qui
Who
Avance sans moi
Moves forward without me
Les mains posées sur le volant
Hands on the steering wheel
Un peu cerné la tête dedans
A little tired, lost in my thoughts
Est-ce qu'on doit regarder derrière soi?
Should we look back?
D'où est-ce qu'on vient, tu sais ce qu'on dit?
Where do we come from, you know what they say?
Parait qu'c'est bien de savoir même si, aujourd'hui tout ce que je vois
It seems that it's good to know, even if, today all I see
C'est qu'elle
Is that she
Avance sans moi
Moves forward without me
Entre nous comme un océan
Between us like an ocean
Sans plus d'après ni de devant
With no future or past
Sauf ce grand mur qui vient vers moi
Except for that big wall coming towards me
Aïe
Ouch
Avance sans moi
Move forward without me
Tu sais quoi j'ai pas démarré
You know what, I didn't start
Ce jour-là j'ai pas avancé
That day, I didn't move forward
Ce jour-là je suis resté là
That day, I stayed there
Sur les scories des jours passés
On the remnants of past days
On construit pas grand-chose c'est vrai
We don't build much, it's true
J'aurais au moins compris cela
At least I would have understood that
Impossible de reculer
Impossible to go back
Impensable de s'arrêter
Unthinkable to stop
Un seul chemin
Only one path
C'est tout droit
It's straight ahead
Avance sans moi
Move forward without me
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: William Lovti, Olivier Sulpice, Cédric Ermolieff, Christophe Bastien, Romain Sassigneux, Simon Mimoun, Frédéric Trisson
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