Hautbois dormant
Les Charts Lyrics
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D'un long sommeil hautbois dormant
Pour te trouver
J'ai traversé la nuit des temps
Et si j'étais
Resté cet enfant d'autrefois
Je n'aurais jamais su pourquoi
Jamais jamais jamais
Et chaque été
Le soleil glacé par le vent
J'aurais croisé
De longs silences lancinants
Et si j'étais
Resté cet enfant d'autrefois
Je n'aurais jamais eu de joie
Jamais jamais jamais
Je n'aurais vu le jour comme je te vois
Je me suis réveillé
D'un long sommeil hautbois dormant
J'avais rêvé
De n'être plus qu'un ange blanc
Et si j'étais
Resté cet enfant d'autrefois
Que jamais tu ne connaîtras
Jamais jamais jamais
Je n'aurais eu d'amour
Je serai seul
Jamais je n'aurai eu d'amour
Je serai sans toi
The song "Hautbois dormant" by Les Charts tells the story of a man who has been awakened from a long sleep by a dormant oboe. He has crossed the night of time to find someone he loves dearly. The song is quite poetic, with lines that convey a sense of longing, regret, and a desire for something greater. The first verse talks about the singer's awakening and how he had to travel through the night to find his beloved. He expresses his gratitude for being awakened and explains that if he had remained a child from the past, he would not have understood why life is so heavy.
The chorus has a different meaning. The singer says that he would have passed through long-lasting melancholy summers, experiencing nothing but sad silence. Such moments could have prevented him from experiencing joy. But with the awakening he has, he can see the world differently, and he's grateful to be able to see his beloved in a new light.
The second verse continues with the theme of the singer's awakening, where he describes how he had dreamt of being a white angel. He realizes that if he had remained that child from the past, he would never have experienced love. The song concludes with the singer's assertion that he would have been alone without love if he didn't experience this awakening.
Line by Line Meaning
Je me suis réveillé
I woke up
D'un long sommeil hautbois dormant
From a long sleep, like a dormant oboe
Pour te trouver
To find you
J'ai traversé la nuit des temps
I crossed the night of times
Et si j'étais
And if I were
Resté cet enfant d'autrefois
Remained that child of the past
Je n'aurais jamais su pourquoi
I would have never known why
Jamais jamais jamais
Never never never
Pourquoi c'était si lourd d'être ici bas
Why it was so heavy to be here below
Et chaque été
And every summer
Le soleil glacé par le vent
The sun frozen by the wind
J'aurais croisé
I would have come across
De longs silences lancinants
Long, excruciating silences
Et si j'étais
And if I were
Resté cet enfant d'autrefois
Remained that child of the past
Je n'aurais jamais eu de joie
I would have never had joy
Je n'aurais vu le jour comme je te vois
I would have never seen the day the way I see you
Je me suis réveillé
I woke up
D'un long sommeil hautbois dormant
From a long sleep, like a dormant oboe
J'avais rêvé
I had dreamed
De n'être plus qu'un ange blanc
Of being nothing but a white angel
Et si j'étais
And if I were
Resté cet enfant d'autrefois
Remained that child of the past
Que jamais tu ne connaîtras
That you will never know
Jamais jamais jamais
Never never never
Je n'aurais eu d'amour
I would have never had love
Je serai seul
I will be alone
Jamais je n'aurai eu d'amour
I would have never had love
Je serai sans toi
I will be without you
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: CALOGERO JOSEPH MAURICI, FRANCIS MAGGIULLI, GIOACCHINO MAURICI, PHILIPPE GAILLARD
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