Desert
Maximus and Felix Lyrics
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Calling for help
Sending signals
Waiting for help
Darling, I'm not coming home
I'm not coming home because
I'm stuck on a desert island
I'm stuck on a desert island
How to deal with shit
Maybe if you taught me before
I wouldn't be so helpless
Desert island
Calling for help
Sending signals
Waiting for help
Darling, I'm not coming home
'Cause you put no trust in me
Darling, I'm not coming home
'Cause there's no need
The lyrics of Maximus and Felix's song Desert describe the haunting memories of a past relationship. The first verse uses vivid imagery of amaranth bushes rolling in the wind, creating twisting and turning shadows that are frightening and solitary. The singer reminisces about a time when they played the role of a servant under the control of their partner's manipulative gaze. The memories of this relationship are intense, and the singer recalls stolen kisses, vicarious circles, juicy herbs, and demons that were always close to the surface.
The second verse shifts focus to the singer's descent into madness, as they reminisce about dancing among pigs, receiving token gestures of affection from their muse, and desiring to cross into her eyes. They are now resigned to their fate, knowing that they have lost their mental well-being and have been permanently placed in a sanitarium. They listen to the days move away and feel the coldness of the bed, knowing they have spent too much time living in the shadow of their former love.
The emotions embodied in the song are palpable - the hurt of lost love, the haunting memories that it leaves behind, and the devastating tolls it can take on individuals. The lines "Des ombrelles sous la grande ourse du temps des étés délétères" and "Je me gare plus en double file Devant l'hôtel des vieux amants" are particularly poignant, as they describe how love can slowly become a figment of the past and leave behind an emptiness that can be difficult to fill.
Line by Line Meaning
Derrière les buissons d'amarante qui roulent sous le vent du désert
Behind the amaranth bushes that roll under the desert wind
Je vois des ombres lancinantes qui rodent affreuses et solitaires
I see lingering shadows that roam dreadful and alone
Des ombrelles sous la grande ourse du temps des étés délétères
Parasols under the Big Dipper of the times of deleterious summers
Ou je jouais les garçons de course au service de tes yeux pervers
Where I played the boys of race serving your wicked eyes
Souvenirs de baisers volés
Memories of stolen kisses
De cercles vicieux infernaux
Of infernal vicious circles
De lèvres au goût d'herbe mouillé
Of lips with the taste of wet grass
Et de démons à fleur de peau
And demons on the surface
Je me revois rêveur errant riant au milieu des pourceaux
I see myself again, a dreamy wanderer laughing among the pigs
A qui tu jetais tes diamants tes perles et tes vade retro
To whom you threw your diamonds, pearls, and 'go away'
Pour toi j'ai dansé chez les faunes les baltringues et les souffreteux
For you, I danced among the fauns, cowards, and sufferers
Et j'ai brûlais ma couche d'ozone en voulant traverser tes yeux
And I burned my ozone layer trying to cross your eyes
Je me gare plus en double file devant l'hôtel des vieux amants
I don't park anymore in double file in front of the old lovers' hotel
Et l'on me ramène à l'asile après avis d'internement
And they bring me back to the asylum after an internment notice
J'écoute les jours qui s'enfuient dans les eaux noires d'un lit glacé
I listen to the days fleeing in the black waters of a frozen bed
J'ai trop traîné devant tes nuits dont les potes m'étaient fermées
I lingered too long in front of your nights where the doors were closed to me
A fleur de peau
On the surface
Lyrics © DistroKid
Written by: Kamil Michalewicz
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