In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
Ça y est, le grand incendie
Y a l'feu partout, emergency
Babylone, Paris s'écroulent
New-york City, Iroquois qui déboulent
Maintenant, allez
London, Delhi, Dallas dans l'show
Hommage à l'art pompier
T'entends les sirènes, elles
Sortent la grande échelle
Vas-y, go!
Hommage à l'art tectonique
Un techno-picnic sur la terre éventrée
Mais la faille est creusée, atomisée
Claudia Schiffer dit qu'elle a même pas peur
Et tout le monde applaudit à la télé
Ressaisis-toi, ressaisis-toi
Faut courir maintenant, elle, elle est dans un bunker
Y a plus de programme, y a même plus d'heure
À vous l'antenne
C'est l'incendie, le grand incendie
C'est l'incendie, le grand incendie
C'est l'incendie, le grand incendie
C'est le raz-de-marée
Les rats peuvent plus se marrer
S'enfuir s'cacher
Dans une planque s'enterrer
La marge est infime
Au bord de l'abîme
Implosion, explosion, mort aux cons riment
Crapules, salauds
Bourgeois, blaireaux
Chacun pour soi, ça détale dès qu'on a eu le déclic
Wanadoo, do wap a doo
I wanna, I wanna, wanna go with you
Trop tard, petit, petit malin
Indemnités c'est peanuts t'auras rien
Cours! Cours! Cours! Cours!
No limit à la fuite
Accélère
Accélère, c'est pas le moment
Tu crois toujours que tu peux t'arrêter
Te jeter dans un coin te coucher
Oublier la cadence
C'est l'incendie, le grand incendie
L'incendie, le grand incendie
C'est l'incendie, le grand incendie
C'est l'incendie, le grand incendie
Y a l'feu partout, emergency
Babylone, Paris s'écroulent
New-york City, Iroquois qui déboulent
Maintenant, allez
London, Delhi, Dallas dans l'show
Hommage à l'art pompier
T'entends les sirènes, elles
Sortent la grande échelle
Vas-y, go!
Hommage à l'art tectonique
Un techno-picnic sur la terre éventrée
Mais la faille est creusée, atomisée
Claudia Schiffer dit qu'elle a même pas peur
Et tout le monde applaudit à la télé
Ressaisis-toi, ressaisis-toi
Faut courir maintenant, elle, elle est dans un bunker
Y a plus de programme, y a même plus d'heure
À vous l'antenne
C'est l'incendie, le grand incendie
C'est l'incendie, le grand incendie
C'est l'incendie, le grand incendie
C'est le raz-de-marée
Les rats peuvent plus se marrer
S'enfuir s'cacher
Dans une planque s'enterrer
La marge est infime
Au bord de l'abîme
Implosion, explosion, mort aux cons riment
Crapules, salauds
Bourgeois, blaireaux
Chacun pour soi, ça détale dès qu'on a eu le déclic
Wanadoo, do wap a doo
I wanna, I wanna, wanna go with you
Trop tard, petit, petit malin
Indemnités c'est peanuts t'auras rien
Cours! Cours! Cours! Cours!
No limit à la fuite
Accélère
Accélère, c'est pas le moment
Tu crois toujours que tu peux t'arrêter
Te jeter dans un coin te coucher
Oublier la cadence
C'est l'incendie, le grand incendie
L'incendie, le grand incendie
C'est l'incendie, le grand incendie
C'est l'incendie, le grand incendie
Lyrics submitted by die kleine Hexe
Le Grand Incendie Lyrics as written by Denis Guy Marc Barthe Bertrand Lucien Cantat
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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