The saddest songs V

Elle s'en va - Camille


Les paroles:

Elle se lève dans l'ombre
Comme la chambre est sombre
Ce matin

Dans l'immeuble il est tôt
Elle met son manteau
Puis elle sort

Et il fait encore noir
Elle descend le boulevard
Elle s'en va

Le conducteur du car
Allume pour elle ses phares
Et sourit

La campagne défile
Elle s'éloigne de la ville
Elle est bien
Elle roule vers nulle part
Elle n'a plus de mémoire
Elle est perdue dans un songe
Un grand vide la ronge
Elle s'en va

Sous une pluie d'orage
A l'arrêt de la plage
Elle descend

Pieds nus dans le sable
Elle regarde d'un air vague
L'océan pendant un bref instant
Elle pense à ses enfants
Des images lui reviennent
Comme un film à l'ancienne
Puis plus rien

The saddest songs IV

Gnossienne n˚ 1 - Erik Satie
A melhor execução dessa música que encontrei na internet é a da pianista Anne Queffélec. O video mostra cenas de uma Cidade do México cinzenta. Infelizmente a incorporação do vídeo foi desabilitada. Ver e ouvir no YOU TUBE.

The saddest songs III

Pieces Of A Man - Gil Scott-Heron

In my opnion, the most pungent song of Scott-Heron's:



The lyrics:

Jagged jigsaw pieces
Tossed about the room
I saw my grandma sweeping
With her old straw broom
But she didn't what she was doing
She could hardly understand
That she was really sweeping up..
Pieces of a man

I saw my daddy greet the mailman
And I heard the mailman say
"Now don't you take this letter to heart now Jimmy
Cause they've laid off nine others today"
But he didn't know what he was saying
He could hardly understand
That he was only talking to
Pieces of a man

I saw the thunder and heard the lightning!
And felt the burden of his shame
And for some unknown reason
He never turned my way

Pieces of that letter
Were tossed about that room
And now I hear the sound of sirens
Come knifing through the gloom
But they don't know what they are doing
They could hardly understand
That they're only arresting
Pieces of a man

I saw him go to pieces
I saw him go to pieces
He was always such a good man
He was always such a strong man
Yeah, I saw him go to pieces
I saw him go to pieces

The saddest songs II

Maybe Not - Cat Power

In a disturbing video by Oliver Pietsch:

The saddest songs I

Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd

Exquisitely played by Sparklehorse and Radiohead: