LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: NOTHING ARRIVED/VILLAGERS

Diretto da Alden Volney

ALBUM: AWAYLAND (2013)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: THE WAVES/VILLAGERS

ALBUM: THE WAVES (Single) (2012)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: CECELIA & HER SELFHOOD/VILLAGERS

Diretto da Adrien Merigeau

In the center of the city was a statue and her twin
And together they watched over everything
They saw me when I stumbled and they watched you help me stand
I'd swear Cecelia and her sister had it all planned
Then one morning I was walking from my window to your door
Well I nearly hit the ground with what I saw
Cecelia had been broken while her sister had been spared
And the vandals had scattered the pieces everywhere

And all it made me wonder what kind of twisted mind
Would ever hurt her so thoughtless and unkind
But a monster so cruel can't be that hard to find boys

So I started wearing warpaint and I gathered all my friends
For Cecelia we'd be hunters 'till the end
She was built for a perfect picture but she came to represent
Though I guess I never understood exactly what it meant
I know Cecilia and her sister were just statues made of stone
But I still missed her and now her sister's all alone
No that just won't do
So let's raid the vandal's homes boys

So we ventured out at sunrise with our torches and our spears
And our shotguns and our fears and our carefully hidden tears
For Cecelia, Cecelia
Now I'm thinking of the moment when we can look them in the eye
And make them sorry 'cause tonight they're gonna die
We'll shoot them up dead
Leave their bodies where they lie boys

So now we're following the pieces of Cecilia to the door
Every shattered limb repeatedly reminding us of what we're searching for
And the sleepers have woken for now they have an aim
Yes they're quite aware of the cold hard fact
That the city's loss could be their gain
They are dreaming of, the feeling of a trophy in their arms
A hero's welcome claiming women with their charms
I'm sorry if I hurt you
You know I swear I meant no harm baby

So the trail keeps on turning as we wonder through the streets
I keep looking at the pieces of Cecelia at my feet
But the strangest thing occurs to me
When I stop to look around
Oh I'd swear we are returning to the center of the town
Yes we're back here where we started
Where Cecelia used to stand but her sister looks different
Please, tell me boys if you can
Is that a smile on her face?
Is that a hammer in her hand?

(2011)

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LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: MEMOIR/CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG

The city lights are beckoning
Their sirens softly call
All the fantacists and fetishist
Are preparing their ball
We've been stuck here on the doorstep
With nothing to forsake
But we might as well be anyone's to take

So I give myself to strangers
Like I gave myself to you
The tenderness I felt
Has been replaced by something new
And in the end I can vaguely hear an outline of your call
But I may as well be any words at all

Every memory is sailing to the kingdom of your soul
As you patiently await
I lose my sense of self-control
You put the lighthouse to my broken boat
But I left you behind
Now I might as well be anyone's to find

Take my body
Take it from me
It is no warning
Of your memory

Remember you undressing
As I set myself on fire
And the funeral was quick
As I lay lifeless on you part
And it's a kind of desperation
And it's just something you can't fake
How we might as well be anyone's to take

So, I give myself to strangers
Like I gave myself to you
But the unity I felt
Has been replaced by something new
And I hang like Mary Jane
I know that I'm am poor
But I may as well be anyone at all
Yes, I may as well be anyone at all
No, I may as well be anyone at all
No, I may as well be anyone at all

ALBUM: CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG "MEMOIR"/VILLAGERS "SET THE TIGERS FREE" Split 7" for RECORD STORE DAY (2011)