Les Jours Tristes
It's hard, hard not to sit on your hands
And bury your head in the sand
Hard not to make other plans
And claim that you've done all you can all along
And life must go on
It's hard, hard to stand up for what's right
And bring home the bacon each night
Hard not to breack down and cry
When every idea that you've tried has been wrong
But you must carry on
It's hard but you know it's worth the fight
'Cause you know you've got the truth on your side
When the accusations fly, hold tight
Don't by afraid of what they'll say
Who cares what cowards think, anyway
They will understand one day, one day
It's hard, hard when you're here all alone
And every else has gone home
Harder to know right from wrong
When all objectivities gone
And it's gone
But you still carry on
'Cause you, you are the only one left
And you've got to clean up this mess
You know you'll end up like the rest
Bitter and twisted, unless
You stay strong and you carry on
It's hard but you know it's worth the fight
'Cause you know you've got the truth on your side
When the accusations fly, hold tight
And don't by afraid of what they'll say
Who cares what cowards think, anyway
They will understand one day, one day,
One day...
It's hard, hard not to sit on your hands
And bury your head in the sand
Hard not to make other plans
And claim that you've done all you can all along
And life must go on
It's hard, hard to stand up for what's right
And bring home the bacon each night
Hard not to breack down and cry
When every idea that you've tried has been wrong
But you must carry on
It's hard but you know it's worth the fight
'Cause you know you've got the truth on your side
When the accusations fly, hold tight
Don't by afraid of what they'll say
Who cares what cowards think, anyway
They will understand one day, one day
It's hard, hard when you're here all alone
And every else has gone home
Harder to know right from wrong
When all objectivities gone
And it's gone
But you still carry on
'Cause you, you are the only one left
And you've got to clean up this mess
You know you'll end up like the rest
Bitter and twisted, unless
You stay strong and you carry on
It's hard but you know it's worth the fight
'Cause you know you've got the truth on your side
When the accusations fly, hold tight
And don't by afraid of what they'll say
Who cares what cowards think, anyway
They will understand one day, one day,
One day...
Yann Tiersen es un músico y compositor francés. En 2001 publicó L’Absente, álbum al cual pertenece Les Jours Tristes y tal vez éste ha sido su disco más producido, tanto por la cantidad de invitados como por la cantidad de instrumentos que complementan cada canción. Más cercano que sus anteriores composiciones a la nueva canción francesa, dentro de los invitados se encuentran: The Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Lisa Germano, Neil Hannon (quien de hecho, presta la voz en ésta canción), Dominique A, Françoiz Breut, Les Têtes Raides, Sacha Toorop (de Zoop Hopop), Natacha Regnier, Christian Quermalet (de The Married Monk), Marc Sens, Christine Ott y un cuarteto de cuerdas.
