Saule is the solo project of Brussels based musician Xavier Garcia Bardon. … Read Full Bio ↴Saule is the solo project of Brussels based musician Xavier Garcia Bardon. His first eponimous album contains three tracks/soundscapes of sentimental, lyrical, yet experimental turntablism: romantic loops, introspective rhythms, feedback and vinyl cracks. It's violence and love! All tracks were made using three record players and a few prepared records. Saule has played with Kim Cascone, Janek Schaefer, Leo Kupper, Tony Conrad. He is also a member of Géographique (a duo that has played as support for Sonic Youth, Thomas Köner or Kato Hideki and with such artists as Köhn, Martiens Go Home and Ovil Bianca…) and of Buffle (www.myspace.com/buffle)

Another Band is called Saule et les pleureurs.

Western
Saule Lyrics

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Sous la Place aux clampins
Y’a une vielle dame qui traîne son chien
Un berlingot tout seul
Sur un banc vert et brun
Et puis, y’a toi... qui n’me dit rien

Mais c’est pas grave mon coeur
Si tu n’veux pas qu’on parle

Moi, je regarde ailleurs

Sur la Place aux clampins
Y’a des rayons qui tombent du ciel
Dans les yeux des ptits vieux
Ça fait des étincelles
Et puis y’a toi
Qui n’me dit rien
Mais c’est pas grave mon coeur
Si tu n’veux pas qu’on s’aime
Moi, je regarde ailleurs

Refrain

Et on reste tous les deux là
À attendre que ça passe
Y’a tant de choses autour de moi
Que sur cette place, tout doucement
Tu t’effaces.

Dors dors dors
Mon pauvre amour
Dans ma belle galaxie
Tu n’as fait qu’un aller-retour
Fermes encore tes paupières
Et moi comme un garçon
Qui n’veut plus d’son ballon
Je te lancerai dans les airs

Refrain

Et on reste tous les deux là (...)

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Saule's song Western is a story of a man who observes the happenings in Place aux clampins. He sees an old woman walking her dog and a lone candy on a bench. On the same square, there are the rays of the sun shining on the eyes of old people, making them sparkle. But amidst all these, his attention goes to someone who doesn't speak to him. He accepts the silence and focuses on what's around him. The chorus talks about the two of them just being there and waiting for things to pass. The man sees that there's so much around him, and the person he's with slowly fades away.

The latter part of the song is a lullaby that the man sings to his love. He tells his love to sleep in his beautiful galaxy, where his love's only been on a one-way journey. He urges his love to close his/her eyes and promises to throw the love up in the air like a boy who no longer wants his balloon. The song ends with a repetition of the chorus, emphasizing that the two of them are alone.

Line by Line Meaning

Sous la Place aux clampins
Underneath the Place aux clampins

Y’a une vielle dame qui traîne son chien
There is an old lady dragging her dog

Un berlingot tout seul
A lonely candy

Sur un banc vert et brun
On a green and brown bench

Et puis, y’a toi... qui n’me dit rien
And then there's you... who doesn't say anything

Mais c’est pas grave mon coeur
But it's okay my heart

Si tu n’veux pas qu’on parle
If you don't want to talk

Moi, je regarde ailleurs
I'll look elsewhere

Sur la Place aux clampins
On the Place aux clampins

Y’a des rayons qui tombent du ciel
There are rays falling from the sky

Dans les yeux des ptits vieux
In the eyes of the little old men