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Patrick Wolf est un artiste anglais génial, assez peu connu en France, que je verrai avec plaisir à Rock en Seine dans une semaine, puis à Paris en octobre.

J’ai souvent du mal à réaliser que ce garçon n’a que 26 ans (soit un an de moins que mon petit frère) quand j’entends la maturité de ses compositions, et quand on sait que ce type en est déjà à son 4ème album (alors que mon frère, ce petit branleur, n’en a sorti que 3…)

Le morceau suivant est extrait de son 3ème album, The Magic Position.

So what happens when you lose everything?
You just carry on and with a grin
(Sing!)
For all that your life has to bring,
And just get yourself back into the ring
(Knock it out!)

Accident. Emergency.

I look in your eyes and there i see
a version of me I’d like to meet
while lying alone inside the dark
wondering what our lives are for
I must cut them out and zip them up
in the palms of my hands so I can look
whenever I feel like giving up
but then you’d be blind so I must stop

Dear Reader - Everything Is Caving

A color blind imagery
Can you see it half full or is the glass
Half empty

I’m changing away
Close your eyes and open
Tonight the edges fray
Share this day with me and listen
And let it go

Taken by Cars – The Afterhours

You wake up in the night and you feel
Like everything around you is surreal
You cannot find the day and let go
Off all the things that touch you from within
Off all the things that make you feel so unreal

You look up to the light and you feel
How suddenly it’s easier to breathe
The echoes of the past fade away
You’re happy to believe in another day
You’re happy that you’re living another way

I am a mountain, I am the sea, you can’t take that away from me
I am a mountain, I am the sea
‘Cause you tear us apart, with all the things you don’t like
You can’t understand that I won’t leave ’til we’re finished here, and then you’ll find out where it all went wrong

Here we are, in the darkest place
To keep from forgetting
I picture your face
And i wonder
While we count the cost
Which is sweeter:
Love or it’s loss

So I curse you,
My vampire heart
For letting me love you
Love you
For letting me love you
From the start

You know that I love you
You know what I need
You know that I found you so tender so sweet
We walked through the darkness
We walked in the sun
We shelter our sorrows
We shelter our love

You said that you loved me
You said that you cared
So how could I know I had something to fear

Oh lately babe
I stay awake thinking this life
gets lonely
Well maybe I’m just scared
scared to let you go
I want you to know
right from hello
your love just kept me wondering
Well maybe I’m just tired
tired of never knowing

There’s one thing I want to say, so I’ll be brave
You were what I wanted
I gave what I gave
I’m not sorry I met you
I’m not sorry it’s over
I’m not sorry there’s nothing to save

Stars – Your Ex-Lover is Dead

You want to go where you never went before
You want me to to bring you to something new
This smile is all I have to offer you
Maybe I’m just dumb

I think I have a problem with myself
I’m sure you’ll be fine with someone else
A beer is all I have to offer you
Am I drinking too much?