Damien Saez is a French born singer songwriter. He leads the group 'Saez'. … Read Full Bio ↴Damien Saez is a French born singer songwriter. He leads the group 'Saez'. While he mostly sings in French, some songs contain English lyrics.

His songs are politically charged combination of acoustic and electric guitar and voice, dance and psychodaelic rock. He is mostly known for the song "Jeune et Con" which did exceptionally well in the french charts.

He has published numerous songs for free, including the song 'Fils de France' which was written and recorded in just 8 hours to protest against the lack of young people voting in the presidential elections, where a right wing candidate, Jean-Marie Le Pen, won a huge proportion of the popular vote.

Other notable facts about Damien Saez are his lack of TV appearances (appeared once at "Les Victoires de la Musique" but he didn't sing the song he was meant to sing, and critisized rudely television and the consumers society with the song "solution" mixed with "Jeune et Con" and "Thank You" (by Dido), he also has no official website, or news source. Various fan sites exist and follow him religiously.

His concerts are emotionally charged, with lots of audience participation. In true rocker style, he chain smokes on stage, and is often refered to as the continuation of French rock,a modern day Serge Gainsbourg.

He has published a book of poems entitled 'A Ton Nom', and has participated in many movements dedicated to the preservation of French music. Notably singing the song 'La priere' on the George Brassens tribute album.

He is acclaimed by many as a controversial artist, especially with titles such as 'God Blesse (America)' which can be taken in two meanings depending which language you say it in (God Bless America, or God Hurts America) He has also shown amazing compassion with a series of dedicated songs to the WTC attacks in 2001, with the song titled WTC, which is an emotionally charged classical piece.

His new triple album Varsovie, L'Alhambra and Paris is just out in France...

Crépuscule
Saez Lyrics

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Dans la mélancolie je me noie en enfer
Et la fumée de ma cigarette grimpe dans l'air
Les murs de la chambre
Oh crépuscule
Mais qui nous sauvera ?

La fumée se forme en l'escalier
A toi de descendre

Allez viens dans mes bras
Allez viens dans mes bras

Pourrait ce nirvana
Ne jamais s'éteindre ?
Mais qui nous sauvera ?

Et puis depuis le plafond
La douce musique m'appelle
On plane sur un air d'amour
Et je peux plus dire non
Alors je sors mon amour pour toi

Encore et encore…

Les cigarettes me brûlent
Et why'a plus d'ange ici
Et ça fait saigner mon cœur
Et ça fait saigner mon âme

Mais je peux plus dormir

Chaque nuit sans toi
why'a plus qu'a mourir
Dans tes bras

Les cigarettes me brûlent
why'a plus d'ange ici
Et ça fait saigner mon cœur
Et ça fait saigner mon âme

Mais je peux plus dormir
Chaque nuit sans toi

why'a plus qu'a mourir
Dans tes bras

Overall Meaning

The opening lines of "Crépuscule" by Saez express a sense of drowning in melancholy and finding oneself in hell. The smoke from a cigarette rises into the air, seemingly one of the only things moving in the stagnant space of the room. The singer is left alone with his thoughts as he watches the sunset, hoping for some kind of salvation. He wonders who, if anyone, can save him from this despair.

The second verse introduces a sense of romanticism, as the singer hears sweet music coming from the ceiling. The combination of the music and the loneliness creates a longing for love and companionship. The singer pulls out his love for the person he is addressing in the song, offering it over and over again. The lyrics continue to express the pain of being separated from this person, as the singer is left to deal with the agony of sleepless nights and a bleeding heart. In the end, the only comfort is the idea of dying in the arms of the person he loves.

Line by Line Meaning

Dans la mélancolie je me noie en enfer
I am drowning in sadness and misery

Et la fumée de ma cigarette grimpe dans l'air
Smoke from my cigarette fills the room

Les murs de la chambre
The room's walls

Oh crépuscule
Oh twilight

Mais qui nous sauvera ?
But who will save us?

La fumée se forme en l'escalier
Smoke gathers on the stairs

A toi de descendre
It's up to you to come down

Allez viens dans mes bras
Come into my arms

Pourrait ce nirvana
Could this Nirvana

Ne jamais s'éteindre ?
Never end?

Mais qui nous sauvera ?
But who will save us?