It is into 1995 that eight Parisian musicians decide to found the group Jack The Ripper. This Christian name is heavy direction, since it is also the name of the most famous British serial killer, which prevailed in the district of Whitechapel in London of the end of XIXe century. Thus, the sound world of Jack The Ripper is far from being alleviating and merry, flirtant on the contrary with tormented environments which attract us unrelentingly. Besides one cannot prevent oneself from thinking of Doors, in Tindersticks like with the first two albums of Sixteen Horsepower, when one puts Jack The Ripper on the turntable.
---->I was going to re-write this, but I think it uses such a unique brand of English it deserves to be preserved. However I will do a translation:
Jack the Ripper are an 8 piece Indie rock band from Paris. Strong influences of Nick Cave, The Doors and Tindersticks produce a uniquely unsettling and haunting array of vocals and melodies that do justice to a name that brings dark, menacing , thoughts of 19th centuary London and sets the scene for the whole band.
2, Japanese crust band, released a cd "Fight the system for peace and freedom" in 2004
Escape
Jack The Ripper Lyrics
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You have one dress, still it smells her hair
When a woman is gone and her man is mad from her
How can he keep safe from those keepsakes she left him ?
You look funny, now you look so old
Sometimes it's hard to hard on for love
"How many times ? How many men but me ?"
You know true love
She used to ride her racing horse
Among the flat field of her foolish pain
But her lover was sad as a November rain
She decided to divorce
Before she built fairy castles in Spain.
"Sometimes to feel I'm no more a man
I hope my doctor, he will understand
I am an apeman, baby you've swallowed my sail
Your chinese puzzles made of a me a perfect mongol
I knew nothing about your geography baby
About your perma frost into your Siberia of Sorrow
I've heard you'd melt like an ice cube
Sorry, I thought you were frigid for good
O Lena, don't you run from me ?
Take me back to yor Baïkal sea
My heart was lost in your travelling bag
I cannot, I cannot, I cannot breath,
Can't you send it back to me ?"
The lyrics to "Escape" by Jack The Ripper tell the story of a man who is struggling to move on from a woman who has left him. He is holding onto her possessions, the shoes she loved the best and a dress that still smells like her hair. The man admits that he looks funny and old, and he questions how he can keep safe from the keepsakes the woman has left him. He wonders how many men she has been with besides him and pines for their true love. The song ends on a bittersweet note with the man feeling both happy and sad about the situation.
The first verse of the song is particularly poignant because it really captures the essence of grief and loss. The man is holding onto these material possessions because they are the only tangible reminders he has of the woman he loved. He knows that he needs to let her go and move on, but he can't seem to do it. The second verse is more of a plea to the woman to come back to him. He acknowledges that he has made mistakes and says that he hopes she will take him back to her "Baïkal sea," which is a reference to Lake Baikal in Russia. The song is full of emotion and really captures the pain of heartbreak.
Line by Line Meaning
You've robbed the shoes, that she loved the best
You have taken something precious of hers, leaving a void that can't be filled.
You have one dress, still it smells her hair
You cling to something of hers, hoping it will provide comfort in the face of her absence.
When a woman is gone and her man is mad from her
The loss of a woman can drive a man to extremes, affecting his mental health and his ability to move on.
How can he keep safe from those keepsakes she left him ?
The things she left behind, though painful reminders, are also precious memories that he must preserve.
You look funny, now you look so old
The passage of time without her has taken its toll, leaving him with a sense of loss and aging beyond his years.
Sometimes it's hard to hard on for love
Love can be difficult to sustain, especially when circumstances make it impossible to be together.
"How many times ? How many men but me ?"
A sense of jealousy and possessiveness can arise after a woman leaves, wondering if she will become involved with other men.
You know true love
Despite the pain and hardship of separation, there is no denying the depth and sincerity of their love for each other.
This happy ending makes me want to cry...
Though it seemed impossible, they found their way back to each other, and the happiness is almost too much to bear.
Contributed by Lucy S. Suggest a correction in the comments below.