Éric Serra (born on 9 September 1959) is a French composer. He has often wo… Read Full Bio ↴Éric Serra (born on 9 September 1959) is a French composer. He has often worked on the movies of Luc Besson.

Éric Serra's father Claude was a famous French songwriter in the 1950s and '60s, and, as such, Éric was exposed to music and its production at a young age. His mother died when he was just seven years old. In the early '80s, Serra met director Luc Besson and was asked to score his first movie Le Dernier Combat (1983). Serra has scored all of Besson's directed movies to date, except Angel-A (2005) (scored by Anja Garbarek), and several that Besson has written such as Wasabi.

In 1995, Éric Serra was chosen to compose the score to the James Bond film GoldenEye, and produced a much more modern-sounding avant-garde soundtrack compared to previous Bond films. It met with mixed reviews from film critics. Serra's score is often criticized by Bond fans, and is considered the farthest departure from a traditional Bond score and, by some, as the most inappropriate in the series history. Others find it highly innovative, with the main problem the lack of John Barry's traditional theme. The producers later hired John Altman to provide the music for the tank chase in St. Petersburg. Serra's original track for that sequence can still be found on the soundtrack as "A Pleasant Drive In St. Petersburg".

Occasionally, and mainly due to his album released by this name, he is known in credits as RXRA (pronounced like his name, in French). An example is "Little Light of Love" on The Fifth Element soundtrack, which is credited to RXRA.

From 1980 to 1988, Éric Serra played bass guitar for French singer Jacques Higelin.

Éric Serra is also a songwriter, notably having written "It's Only Mystery" for the film Subway and "My Lady Blue" for Le Grand Bleu. In 1988, Éric Serra released an album of rock music titled RXRA which resembles the artist's name when pronounced as initial letters in French.

Most recently he composed the music for the new Criss Angel/Cirque Du Soleil show 'Criss Angel: Believe' to open at the Luxor Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, in October 2008.

Serra has spent little time in front of the camera, choosing to work behind the scenes instead. However, on French television he has made a number of appearances performing music, and notably appeared in the Luc Besson movie Subway in which he plays 'Enrico the bassist'.

Leon the Cleaner
Eric Serra Lyrics

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Como lluvia en el desierto
Estoy aqui...
Esperando en la ventana
nose que decir.
Como estas perdoname...
Nunca mas te hare volver
Ha llorar...

Nunca maaas.
Me reprochas todo el daño
Que cause...
Que no es la primera vez
Que es tarde yaa...
Y me dices que es mejooor
Terminar con este amoor.
Por temooor...
Ha sufrir maas...

Que sera de mii...

Cuando te vayaaas...

Que sera de mii...

Cuando no estees.

No habra mañana

Solo el sufrimiento

Que me esta matando

Al vivir del recuerdo

Si te vaas... amor

Si te vaaas...

Noo.uu.Noo...

Como un tonto arrepentido

estoy aquiii...
Esperandote en la puerta

Antes de partiir...

No te vayas porfavooor...
No te lleves mi ilusion

cree... en mi...
Y en este amooor...

Que seraaa. de miii...
Cuando te vayaas...

Que seraa.de miii...
Cuando no esteees...
No habra mañana
Solo el sufrimiento
Que me esta matando
Al vivir del recuerdo.

Si te vaas.amooor...
Si tu te vaaas...
Que sera de mii...
Si no te tengoo...
Que seraa.de mii...
Cuando te alejees. de mii.

No habra motivo
De seguir viviendo
Al saber que es mi culpa y que te estoy perdiendoo.
Si te vaaas...
Amooor.
Si tu te vaas...
Que sera de miii...
Si no te tengo.
Que sera de miii.
Cuando te alejes.
De mi...
No habra motivo.
De seguir viviendo.
Al saber que es mi culpa
y que te estoy perdiendo.
Si te vaas.
Amoor...

Si tuu.teee vaaaaas...
Quee.seraaa...

Overall Meaning

Eric Serra's song "Leon the Cleaner" is an instrumental piece that was composed for the movie Leon: The Professional. Despite being primarily instrumental, the song does have a few lyrics that have been added to it. In the lyrics, the singer expresses his regret over causing harm to the person he loves and asks them not to leave him. He fears that without them, he will be lost and will have no reason to live.

The lyrics are somewhat cryptic and open to interpretation, but they seem to suggest the pain of lost love and its effects on the psyche. The singer acknowledges his wrongdoing and wishes to right his wrongs, but he fears that it may be too late. He is left to contemplate what his life will be like without the presence of his love and how he will cope with the pain of being alone.

Overall, Eric Serra's "Leon the Cleaner" is a hauntingly beautiful piece of music that captures the essence of lost love and the pain that comes with it.

Line by Line Meaning

Como lluvia en el desierto
I feel out of place, like rain in a desert, hoping to find my way and purpose.

Estoy aqui...
I am present and ready to face the situation at hand.

Esperando en la ventana
I wait patiently, looking out the window for any sign or direction.

nose que decir.
I am unsure of what to say or how to express myself.

Como estas perdoname...
I ask for forgiveness and hope for a peaceful resolution to our problems.

Nunca mas te hare volver
I promise to never make you come back against your will or cause you pain.

Ha llorar...
I acknowledge the hurt I have caused you and feel remorse and sadness.

Nunca maaas.
I vow to never hurt you again and seek to move forward from our past mistakes.

Me reprochas todo el daño
You bring up all the harm I have caused you and hold me accountable for my actions.

Que cause...
I caused the hurt and pain that exists between us, and it is my responsibility to make it right.

Que no es la primera vez
This is not the first time I have hurt you or made mistakes, and I acknowledge the repeated nature of my behavior.

Que es tarde yaa...
I understand that it is late to rectify the problems between us, but I still want to try and make things better.

Y me dices que es mejooor
You express your opinion that it is better to end our relationship and move on from the pain we have both endured.

Terminar con este amoor.
You suggest that we should end our love and relationship due to the hurt we have experienced.

Por temooor...
You express that fear is preventing us from moving forward and finding resolution.

Ha sufrir maas...
You fear that staying together will lead to more pain and suffering for both of us.

Que sera de mii...
I wonder what will become of me and my life without you.

Cuando te vayaaas...
When you leave, I worry about how I will cope and manage without you.

No habra mañana
I fear that there will be no future or hope for us if we separate and end our relationship.

Solo el sufrimiento
The only thing that will remain is pain and suffering.

Que me esta matando
The pain I feel is overwhelming and taking a toll on my life and well-being.

Al vivir del recuerdo
I am left with memories and longing for what was, unable to move on and find closure.

Si te vaas... amor
Your departure will leave me with a feeling of loss and heartbreak.

Noo.uu.Noo...
I express my desperation and sadness at the thought of losing you.

Como un tonto arrepentido
I feel foolish and regretful for the mistakes I have made and the hurt I have caused.

estoy aquiii...
I am present and willing to try and fix our problems.

Esperandote en la puerta
I wait for you at the door, hoping that you will stay and work things out with me.

Antes de partiir...
I want to address our problems and seek resolution before we separate.

No te vayas porfavooor...
I am desperate for you to stay and work things out with me, hoping to save our love and relationship.

No te lleves mi ilusion
I am afraid that leaving will take away my hope and optimism for the future.

cree... en mi...
I ask for you to trust me and believe that I want to make things right and work towards a better future for us.

Y en este amooor...
I believe that our love is worth fighting for and worth trying to save.

Que seraaa. de miii...
I worry about what will become of me and my life without you by my side.

Si no esteees...
If you are not with me, I wonder if life will be worth living without you.

De seguir viviendo
I question whether life is worth living without the hope and joy of our love and relationship.

Al saber que es mi culpa y que te estoy perdiendoo.
However, I understand that it is my actions and mistakes that have led us to this point, and I am losing you as a result.

Si tu te vaas...
If you leave, I will forever regret not working harder to make things right and save our love.

Que sera de miii...
Without you, I do not know what will become of me and my life.

Cuando te alejees.
As you distance yourself from me, I feel the pain and hurt of our separation.

No habra motivo.
Without the hope and love of our relationship, I will struggle to find a reason to keep going and face life's challenges.

Si te vaas.
If you leave, I will lose the most important person and love in my life.

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