Poésie pour le Temps Courant / Poetry for Current Times
textes et créations de / texts and artworks by Sébastien Pellé
Crocodile Tears Blues Because I got those bluesIt doesn’t mean I’m darkLike a contempted moonI’m shining all inside Coal as to be compressedTo become a diamondIt takes couples of yearsTo really find a smile Oh please don’t glow for nothingPlease don’t expand your loveIn this desert of timesYou sould not swim in this poolThere's a... Lire la Suite →
It’s All Coming Down It’s all coming downBut we can dig this spaceIt’s all coming downI feel there is some graceIt’s all coming downTo be deprived from your coreIt’s all coming downI believe we want more It’s all coming downBut we also want the sameIt’s all coming downAre we the ones to blameIt’s all coming... Lire la Suite →
On Est Mieux Après Eh bien tu vas m'élider tout çaQue veux-tu bout de chandelleOn se passe de la virguleOh oui Céline encore une foisJe sais pas j'éludeLes questionsSurtout les embarrassantes Je vais faire du catimini un artEt là tu as hésitéÇa (me) suffitComme dit Jean-Jacques sur sa porteIl a de la chance il eût... Lire la Suite →
Faster than the Sun I was in my room with the sunClose to sleep I was there waiting for some good newsSometimes the time you go homeThe miracle is goneI spent a week in the starting-blocks But I heard no gun shotThe miracle was gone I thought we needed some extensionBut echoes were flattened fasterThan... Lire la Suite →
Those Filthy Roots Those filthy rootsPull me back downI’m on a roofLooking downwardFor my escapeI'm the captain of a balloonBeyond the pastBecause timeIn this lifeIs a ropeYou must throw awaySo many voicesSo many talksCome through the fogHarassing meI’m in the skyNo scrutinyI’m only shooting blindlyOn the last opportunity And don’t tell me I’m meanCause I’ve... Lire la Suite →
Maybe I Have a Black Soul You told me I was differentYou told me I was crazyYou told me I'm amazingYou told me I'm so funny You seem to feel some compassionYou seem to feel some pityYou seem to feel embarrassment For this weird being of me But most of all this restrictionI can see... Lire la Suite →
The Rose Tree (rock song) I feel like a thousand years of occidental philosophywould crash at my feet and I’d smileI feel like I could break into pieces of glassand barefoot on fire I could defy this critic massI feel like tons of remorse would fall like snow around mewith me not even feeling the... Lire la Suite →
I Didn’t Spend this Day on Earth (rock song) à É. Oh yeah I was out of this dayout any boundary cancelled my agendacause all the present time was devouredfrom A to Z by some sweet sorcery(and no Alabama) I didn’t spend this day on Earththere’s an ocean of time from just the day beforeI... Lire la Suite →
She Said, released tomorrow I hope 😉
Coloured Plates Blue Is More Than Blue I can swim at night among them gigantic ice cubesI can undress some goddess at the top of a mountain of truthand in each of my smiles I could offer infinityI could disguise all the drama at the bottom of a cup of tea I’m a princeI’m a... Lire la Suite →
Poésie pour le Temps Courant / Poetry for Current Times 