In… Read Full Bio ↴Thomas Fersen is a French singer-composer born in 1963 in Paris.
In his youth, he joined a punk band, before playing the piano in cafés-théatre. His first album in 1993 brought him an immediate success.
Fersen is a poet, who enjoys playing with language -he writes his lyrics exclusively in french-, using words, rhymes, symbols and images of vegetal or animal world. He tells strange and funny stories, impressions and dreams of casual life. His smoker's deep voice gives a particular tone to his songs. His musical style varies from one album to another (rock, folk, jazz and blues..).
He is one of the first who joined the Tot Ou tard/WM France label.
Cosmos
Thomas Fersen Lyrics
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Vêtu comme un bourgeois cossu
Manquait un bras à sa poupée
Quelqu'un avait marché dessus
Je berçais mon petit mannequin
J'y chantais dors mon petit quiquin
Le scarabée va faire dodo
Ahh
Mais c'est moi qui ne dormais plus
Je le voyais sortir de l'armoire
Je me grattais le cuir chevelu
J'allais le chercher dans son tiroir
Je lui chantais collas mon petit frère
Ne fais pas enrager ta mère
Il est l'heure d'aller au dodo
Et pis j'ai tiré la chasse d'eau
Ahh
Et pourtant mon petit dormeur
Semblait réapparaitre ailleurs
Quand on le croyait dans la fosse
Ou quelque part dans le cosmos
(Quelque part dans le cosmos)
Ahh
(Merci à mathieu pour cettes paroles)
The song "Cosmos" by Thomas Fersen tells the story of a child playing with a beetle and a doll. The child sings a lullaby to the doll, while the beetle supposedly goes to sleep. However, the child is unable to sleep themselves and keeps seeing the beetle appear in different places, even when they thought it was gone. The lyrics evoke a sense of escapism, as the child dreams of the beetle traveling to different places in the cosmos.
The song contains a mix of childlike innocence and darker themes, such as the missing arm on the doll and the imagery of death (someone having stepped on the doll). The repetition of the word "Ahh" throughout the song adds a haunting quality to the lyrics.
Overall, the song seems to be about the child's imagination and desire for adventure, even if it means leaving behind the comfort of their own bedroom. The repeated image of the beetle traveling through the cosmos serves as a metaphor for the child's own journey of self-discovery and exploration.
Line by Line Meaning
Je jouais avec un scarabée
I was playing with a beetle
Vêtu comme un bourgeois cossu
Dressed like a wealthy bourgeois
Manquait un bras à sa poupée
His doll was missing an arm
Quelqu'un avait marché dessus
Someone had stepped on it
Je berçais mon petit mannequin
I was rocking my little mannequin
J'y chantais dors mon petit quiquin
I sang 'Dors, mon petit quiquin' to it
Le scarabée va faire dodo
The beetle is going to sleep
Pendant que maman fait du gâteau
While mom is making a cake
Mais c'est moi qui ne dormais plus
But I was the one who couldn't sleep
Je le voyais sortir de l'armoire
I saw it come out of the closet
Je me grattais le cuir chevelu
I scratched my head
J'allais le chercher dans son tiroir
I went to get it from its drawer
Je lui chantais collas mon petit frère
I sang 'Collas' to my little brother
Ne fais pas enrager ta mère
Don't make your mother angry
Il est l'heure d'aller au dodo
It's time to go to bed
Et pis j'ai tiré la chasse d'eau
And then I flushed the toilet
Et pourtant mon petit dormeur
And yet my little sleeper
Semblait réapparaitre ailleurs
Seemed to reappear elsewhere
Quand on le croyait dans la fosse
When we thought it was in the pit
Ou quelque part dans le cosmos
Or somewhere in the cosmos
(Quelque part dans le cosmos)
(Somewhere in the cosmos)
Ahh
Contributed by Ryan N. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Thierry Grollier
Je pense que ce morceau aurait pu être écrit par John Lennon.
Merci Thomas Fersen
Jérémy Dolé
Effectivement avec ce superbe morceau monsieur Fersen nous embarque dans le cosmos
oliver
il y a pourtant bcp à dire...non..? ;)