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The TCK Song Thread

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Hi y’all,

I was listening to a song by French singer Gerald de Palmas who is a TCK himself. And i was wonbderinbg what other music makes you think of TCKs and/or any music by a TCK that has helped you?

Here is info about him from wiki:

Gérald De Palmas (born Gérald Gardrinier, on October 14, 1967 in Saint-Denis, Réunion) is a French singer. His father was a land surveyor from France and his mother was a French teacher from Réunion.

At the age of 10, De Palmas’ family left Réunion, to live in Aix-en-Provence, France. At the age of 13, he discovered ska music, and became a fan of the UK band The Specials.

His newest album Un homme sans racines (A man without roots)  was released in 2004.

The song i was listening to: I will try to translate it — but i shall make mistakes so beware it is not perfect! It’s late and i’m not perfect :-P

Un homme sans racines

Plus je prends de l’âge plus j’oublie
Là où je suis né
Peu à peu mon cœur a enfoui ce qui fait mon passé
Difficile de vivre le présent sans avant sans après
Alors j’avance au hasard d’un pas mal assuré

 

[The more i age the more i forget

the place where i was born

Little by little my heart  has hidden what makes up my past

It is hard to live in the present without a before and after

So i advance by chance with a hesitant step (bad steps taken?)

 

Je suis un homme sans racines
Au moindre vent je m’incline
Juste un homme sans racines
Je pense à demain et j’imagine

 

[I am just a man without roots

with the least wind i incline myself  (at the slightest sign of trouble i back down?)

Just a man without roots

I think of tomorrow and i imagine]

 

Parfois des visages me reviennent
mais je préfère tirer un trait
Sur ce mélange de bons souvenirs
mais aussi de mauvais
J’aimerais trouver un endroit où me recueillir
Un endroit où puiser la force, la force de m’affranchir

[Sometimes faces return to me

but i prefer to focus upon

the mixture of good memories and bad ones

I would like to find a place

where i find the force, the force to release me (free me?)]

 

Je suis un homme sans racines
Au moindre vent je m’incline
Juste un homme sans racines
Je pense à demain et j’imagine

Au moment opportun
Je tuerai mes démons un par un
Fort et serein je ne serai plus…

[At a convenient moment

i shall kill my demons one by one

strong and serene i shall not be anymore]

Je suis un homme sans racines
Au moindre vent je m’incline
Juste un homme sans racines
Je pense à demain et j’imagine…

 

—-

 

Look Brice! He’s from Reunion! Plus he’s a Frenchie! *gasp!*  So, how did i go with the translation?


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  1. 21
    MajorTom
    MajorTom Says:
    September 16th, 2008 at 8:54 am

    Resurrecting this thread to post This Time Tomorrow, by The Kinks. I heard this when I was watching The Darjeeling Limited the other night (Which is a fun little movie). None of the band members are TCKs, as far as I know, but all the stuff in the song about traveling all over the world sorta hit home for me.

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  2. 22
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    Clara01 Says:
    October 1st, 2008 at 8:42 pm

    Nelly Furtado’s “I’m like a bird” is a perfect TCK song!

    Lyrics
    You’re beautiful, that’s for sure
    You’ll never ever fade
    You’re lovely but it’s not for sure
    That I won’t ever change
    And though my love is rare
    Though my love is true

    [Chorus:]
    I’m like a bird, I’ll only fly away
    I don’t know where my soul is, I don’t know where my home is
    (and baby all I need for you to know is)
    I’m like a bird, I’ll only fly away
    I don’t know where my soul is , I don’t know where my home is
    All I need for you to know is

    Your faith in me brings me to tears
    Even after all these years
    And it pains me so much to tell
    That you don’t know me that well
    And though my love is rare
    Though my love is true

    [Chorus]

    It’s not that I wanna say goodbye
    It’s just that every time you try to tell me that you love me
    Each and every single day I know
    I’m going to have to eventually give you away
    And though my love is rare
    And though my love is true
    Hey I’m just scared
    That we may fall through

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  3. 23
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    Dijana Says:
    October 19th, 2008 at 1:29 am

    This is a song by U2, and probably was mean to mean something more religious…but to me it is a hundred percent tck song

    And love
    Is not the easy thing
    The only baggage
    That you can bring
    Not the easy thing
    The only baggage you can bring
    Is all that you can’t leave behind

    And if the darkness is to keep us apart
    And if the daylight feels like it’s a long way off
    And if your glass heart should crack
    And for a second you turn back
    Oh no, be strong

    Walk on
    Walk on
    What you got, they can’t steal it
    No they can’t even feel it

    Walk on
    Walk on
    Stay safe tonight

    You’re packing a suitcase for a place
    None of us has been
    A place that has to be believed
    To be seen

    You could have flown away
    A singing bird
    In an open cage
    Who will only fly
    Only fly for freedom

    Walk on
    Walk on
    What you got
    You can’t deny it
    Can’t sell it or buy it

    Walk on
    Walk on
    You stay safe tonight

    And I know it aches
    How your heart it breaks
    You can only take so much

    Walk on
    Walk on

    Home
    Hard to know what it is
    If you never had one

    Home
    I can’t say where it is
    But I know I’m going

    Home
    That’s where the hurt is

    And I know it aches
    And your heart it breaks
    You can only take so much
    Walk on

    Leave it behind
    You’ve got to leave it behind

    All that you fashion
    All that you make
    All that you build
    All that you break

    All that you measure
    All that you feel
    All this you can leave behind

    All that you reason
    All that you care

    It’s only time
    And I’ll never fill up all my mind(???)

    All that you sense
    All that you scheme
    All you dress up
    And all that you see

    All you create
    All that you wreck
    All that you hate

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  4. 24
    miyon
    miyon Says:
    October 19th, 2008 at 7:40 am

    Dijana,
    I looked up the song on the youtube:

    Walk On by U2
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ6IerTeD7M

    It looks like you memorized the lyrics cuz you put three question marks after “And I’ll never fill up all my mind(???)”

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  5. 25
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    Dijana Says:
    October 21st, 2008 at 1:03 am

    hehe, i was listening to the song and wasnt sure what exactly the line was :)

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