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.
Les Tours D'horloges
Thomas Fersen Lyrics
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Lyon est une gare
Et moi je suis rest lyonnais.
Tu es sur la ligne
Moi la consigne
Avec mes pices de monnaie.
Et les tours d'horloge
Me serrent la gorge.
Sait-on o tu loges ?
Quand reviendras-tu ?
Comme ces questions sont pointues.
Et le long du Rhone
C'est pour ton fantome
Que je laisse pendre ma main.
Maudissant ton nom
Car, du cabanon
Tu me fais prendre le chemin.
Et les tours d'horloge
Me serrent la gorge.
Chaque seconde me tue.
Sait-on o tu loges ?
Quand reviendras-tu ?
Comme ces questions sont pointues.
Comme ces questions sont pointues.
Et puis tu reviens
Dans mon quotidien.
J'apprends par le carnet du jour
Qu'aujourd'hui les cloches
Clbrent tes noces
Avec un autre, mon amour.
Et les tours d'horloge
Me serrent la gorge.
Chaque seconde me tue.
Sait-on o tu loges ?
Quand reviendras-tu ?
Diable ces questions sont pointues.
Quand d'autres rencontres
Drglent ma montre
Alors je connais le repos.
Mais chaque fois
Que j'ai vent de toi
Je cavale aprs mon chapeau.
Et les tours d'horloge
Me serrent la gorge.
Chaque seconde me tue.
Sait-on o tu loges ?
Quand reviendras-tu ?
Comme ces questions sont pointues.
Comme ces questions sont pointues.
The lyrics to Thomas Fersen's song "Les Tours D'horloges" describe the melancholic state of the singer after their loved one has left them. They feel abandoned and stuck in the same place, while their loved one continues moving forward. The singer is left to wonder where their loved one is and when they will return, as each passing second feels like a painful reminder of their absence. The repetition of "et les tours d'horloge me serrent la gorge" (and the clock towers tighten my throat) emphasizes the singer's sense of suffocation and helplessness.
Despite the pain, the singer still reaches out towards their lost love, symbolized by their hand left hanging over the Rhone river. However, as they learn of their love's new wedding through the newspaper, the singer's resentment towards them grows. They try to move on with new encounters, but their love's memory still haunts them relentlessly.
Overall, "Les Tours D'horloges" is a poignant portrayal of love and its aftermath, with an emphasis on the lingering pain and unanswered questions that come with it.
Line by Line Meaning
Depuis ton dpart
Since you left
Lyon est une gare
Lyon is a train station
Et moi je suis rest lyonnais.
And I have remained a Lyonnais
Tu es sur la ligne
You are on the line
Moi la consigne
Me, the baggage check
Avec mes pices de monnaie.
With my coins
Et les tours d'horloge
And the clock towers
Me serrent la gorge.
Squeeze my throat
Chaque seconde me tue.
Every second kills me
Sait-on o tu loges ?
Do we know where you live?
Quand reviendras-tu ?
When will you come back?
Comme ces questions sont pointues.
How sharp these questions are.
Et le long du Rhone
And along the Rhone
C'est pour ton fantome
It's for your ghost
Que je laisse pendre ma main.
That I let my hand hang.
Maudissant ton nom
Cursing your name
Car, du cabanon
Because, from the cabin
Tu me fais prendre le chemin.
You make me take the path
Et puis tu reviens
And then you come back
Dans mon quotidien.
In my everyday life.
J'apprends par le carnet du jour
I learn from the newspaper of the day
Qu'aujourd'hui les cloches
That today the bells
Clbrent tes noces
Are celebrating your wedding
Avec un autre, mon amour.
With another, my love.
Diable ces questions sont pointues.
Devil, these questions are sharp.
Quand d'autres rencontres
When other encounters
Drglent ma montre
Regulate my watch
Alors je connais le repos.
Then I know rest.
Mais chaque fois
But every time
Que j'ai vent de toi
That I hear about you
Je cavale aprs mon chapeau.
I run after my hat.
Comme ces questions sont pointues.
How sharp these questions are.
Comme ces questions sont pointues.
How sharp these questions are.
Contributed by Riley A. Suggest a correction in the comments below.