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.
Un dimanche aprés-midi, à Coutances
Dans une chambre d'hôtel moyen, sans étoiles
Le soleil passait à travers des rideaux de voiles
Un soleil frais...
Je me suis levé bien tard, ce matin
Trop tard pour le petit déjeuner
Je suis sorti, sans rien manger
Je me suis rangé derriére la queue de la boulangerie
La ville était toute habillée un dimanche et un soleil
Un soleil frais...
Sur un banc d'un jardin public, je me suis recueilli
Avec un sablé et un pain raisin comme seule compagnie
Mais qu'est ce que je suis venu faire ici?
Entre deux vacances
Un dimanche aprés-midi à Coutances...
Translation:
A Sunday afternoon in Coutances
In a room of an average hotel, without stars
The sun passed through curtains of sails
A fresh sun...
I got up quite late this morning
Too late for breakfast
I stood in the back of the order line at the bakery
The city was all covered with the sun on Sunday
A fresh sun...
On a bench at a public garden, I collected myself
With a shortcake and some raisin bread as the only company
But what is it that I came to do here?
Between two vacations
A Sunday afternoon in Coutances...
Dans une chambre d'hôtel moyen, sans étoiles
Le soleil passait à travers des rideaux de voiles
Un soleil frais...
Je me suis levé bien tard, ce matin
Trop tard pour le petit déjeuner
Je suis sorti, sans rien manger
Je me suis rangé derriére la queue de la boulangerie
La ville était toute habillée un dimanche et un soleil
Un soleil frais...
Sur un banc d'un jardin public, je me suis recueilli
Avec un sablé et un pain raisin comme seule compagnie
Mais qu'est ce que je suis venu faire ici?
Entre deux vacances
Un dimanche aprés-midi à Coutances...
Translation:
A Sunday afternoon in Coutances
In a room of an average hotel, without stars
The sun passed through curtains of sails
A fresh sun...
I got up quite late this morning
Too late for breakfast
I stood in the back of the order line at the bakery
The city was all covered with the sun on Sunday
A fresh sun...
On a bench at a public garden, I collected myself
With a shortcake and some raisin bread as the only company
But what is it that I came to do here?
Between two vacations
A Sunday afternoon in Coutances...
Lyrics submitted by elfrijol
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