Un beau jour ou peut-être une nuit
Près d'un lac, je m'étais endormie
Quand soudain, semblant crever le ciel
Et venant de nulle part surgit un aigle noir

Lentement, les ailes déployées
Lentement, je le vis tournoyer
Près de moi dans un bruissement d'ailes
Comme tombé du ciel, l'oiseau vint se poser

Il avait des yeux couleur rubis
Et des plumes couleur de la nuit
À son front brillant de mille feux
L'oiseau roi couronné portait un diamant bleu

De son bec, il a touché ma joue
Dans ma main il a glissé son cou
C'est alors que je l'ai reconnu
Surgissant du passé, il m'était revenu

Dis l'oiseau, oh dis emmène-moi
Retournons au pays d'autrefois
Comme avant dans mes rêves d'enfant
Pour cueillir en tremblant des étoiles, des étoiles

Comme avant dans mes rêves d'enfant
Comme avant sur un nuage blanc
Comme avant allumer le soleil
Être faiseur de pluie et faire des merveilles
L'aigle noir dans un bruissement d'ailes
Prit son vol pour regagner le ciel

Un beau jour ou peut-être une nuit
Près d'un lac, je m'étais endormie
Quand soudain, semblant crever le ciel
Et venant de nulle part surgit un aigle noir

Un beau jour ou était-ce une nuit?
Près d'un lac, je m'étais endormie
Quand soudain, semblant crever le ciel
Et venant de nulle part, surgit un aigle noir

Un beau jour, une nuit
Près d'un lac, endormie
Quand soudain
Surgissant de nulle part
Surgit un aigle noir

Un beau jour, une nuit
Près d'un lac, endormie
Quand soudain
Il venait de nulle part
Il surgit l'aigle noir

Un beau jour, une nuit
Près d'un lac, endormie
Il venait de nulle part
Il surgit l'aigle noir


Lyrics submitted by SongMeanings

L'aigle noir Lyrics as written by Monique Andree Serf

Lyrics © WARNER CHAPPELL MUSIC FRANCE

Lyrics powered by LyricFind

L'Aigle Noir song meanings
Add Your Thoughts

2 Comments

sort form View by:
  • 0
    General Comment

    This is a French song. Philippe Grimbert, psychoanalist, says that during this song Barbara (the singer) is sleeping at the edge of a lake until a black eagle (un "aigle noir", which is the title of the song) comes to disrupt her dreamings. She sees that black eagle as someone important in her childhood, but she won't let the listener know who it is. Some psychoanalysts think that it might be her father, who was known as a violent and who may have sexually abused her. This song is often interpreted in anti incest event.

    millie10on June 07, 2013   Link

Add your thoughts

Log in now to tell us what you think this song means.

Don’t have an account? Create an account with SongMeanings to post comments, submit lyrics, and more. It’s super easy, we promise!

More Featured Meanings

Album art
Light Up The Sky
Van Halen
The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
Album art
Cajun Girl
Little Feat
Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve. The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future. Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere" The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
Album art
Dreamwalker
Silent Planet
I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
Album art
Gentle Hour
Yo La Tengo
This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version. Great version of a great song,
Album art
American Town
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran shares a short story of reconnecting with an old flame on “American Town.” The track is about a holiday Ed Sheeran spends with his countrywoman who resides in America. The two are back together after a long period apart, and get around to enjoying a bunch of fun activities while rekindling the flames of their romance.