Mais qui est en tort? celui qui pêche et qui confesse
Ou celui qui prend sur lui, n'empêche pas son ivresse
Qu'est ce qu'ils implorent l'éternel et le culte
Le Noël pour adulte où l'on pardonne l'horreur de vos morts
Qu'est ce qui nous tord l'âme
Pour qu'on en demande encore
Qu'est ce qu'on implore là
Puisqu'on vous damne au final

Où sont les remords de celui qui de sang est peint
Et qui s'en lave les mains divine excuse d'abord
A quoi bon l'effort si tout est permis, sans interdit
De là haut tout est régi, divine excuse encore
Qu'est ce qui nous tord l'âme
Pour qu'on en demande encore
Qu'est ce qu'on implore là
Puisqu'on vous damne au final

Et l'homme créa Dieu, un alibi à ses mentis
Un prétexte pour rassurer aussi les paumés que nous sommes
Il serait bien mieux de croire en l'homme, il est ce qu'il peut
Il cherche des liens, il fait ce qu'il veut
Divine excuse en somme
Qu'est ce qui nous tord l'âme
Pour qu'on en demande encore
Qu'est ce qu'on implore là

Puisqu'on vous damne au final
Les yeux ouverts, planté dans la terre
Profiter du magique, nos hérétiques pratiques
Qu'est ce qui nous tord l'âme
Pour qu'on en demande encore
Qu'est ce qu'on implore là
Puisqu'on vous damne au final


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Divine Excuse Lyrics as written by Frederic Ceraudo Franck Bailleul

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    General Comment

    Serendipitously, I heard this song on internet radio while I was studying for my French exam... and I was blown away. Awesome song.

    I've yet to find a complete translation of Pleymo lyrics (anyone up for it?), but this song is about questioning religion/God, I think.

    From my rough understanding of French:

    "Le Noël pour adulte où l'on pardonne l'horreur de vos morts !"

    "Christmas for adults where they're pardoned from the horror of their deaths"

    "Et l'homme créa Dieu, un alibi à ses mentis"

    And man created God, an alibi to their lies

    And the chorus: "Qu'est ce qui nous tord l'âme pour qu'on en demande encore ? Qu'est ce qu'on implore là ? Puisqu'on vous damne au final."

    What twists the soul We ask again? What does one implore there? Since you're damned in the end

    HatedEnemyon May 15, 2007   Link
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    General Comment

    Very nice song. I'm french, and I love this album by Pleymo. This song is about religion, as you found it while translating the text: God is an alibi to wars, death, power. That's what it means to me.

    It's a powerful song, we rarely have songs of that kind in french music..

    Morveuson November 24, 2007   Link

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