Hey! I'm french, I love Noir Desir and I love this song which may be the most beautiful text ever!
My interpretation : it's all about a lovestory. A personal lovestory or what the author thinks is the average lovestory. Thereafter, you can have further interpretation about memories, past, present, time and space because of the message of the chorus. I mean, of course, he thinks everything will disappear but we'll still have some memories and we'll still leave a footprint of our existence... but what is really hard to understand is the verses.
1st verse: beginning of a lovestory, let's say first two weeks or first month (beginning of the road, no fear, everything's alright, we have to taste it, the lines of the body, you know, you discover the body of the other... great times!)
2nd verse: the lovestory goes further, let's say 3 months, maybe more, everything's good (message to Ursa Major >> maybe they are watching the stars on a bright hot summer night and they take a vow. The snapshot can refer to a photography which means material memories, smthg really important for the couple but in comparison with time, space and the universe, it's useless and nothing. The wind take it all away.
3rd verse: they stay together a little longer, 6 months, one year, maybe more. The lovestory is balanced between affection (caresse) and conflict, violence (verbal and spychological violence - mitraille). Both are hurt, they start to hurt themselves (plaie qui nous tiraille). Melancholy from the first days (d'hier) and from the dreams of a lifetime with your lover (demain).
4th verse: genetic + chromosome = a baby? I think it's a baby coming. (en bandoulière could even refer to the baby in the belly - but this verse is very hard...) Tapis volant can refer to freedom. He wonders if he's not trading his freedom for a family life >> a flying carpet for a taxi (or a family size car).
6th verse: the lovestory is definitely over. They keep quarreling about old stupid bullshit. (chacun refait ses comptes means both settle scores). Everything is sad now. Ain't no sunshine, only shadow or even the hollow of a shadow (j'emmène au creux de mon ombre). You have the answer of the 5th verse question about destiny and the other and about what was the point of all that? You keep dusts of the other >> memories. It will be gone with the wind but it's okay cause it's life.
So, everybody is right talking about memories and so on but I really think that the verses describe precisely the typical evolution of a lovestory. Separately, they are meaningless but put together, they compose a story that goes with the wind.
To conclude, it's only my interpretation but I think it's quite good. Most french people say it's incomprehensible or meaningless so all of you are very honourable to try to understand it.
And anyway, even if we don't understand everything, the words and music are still wonderful!
Hey! I'm french, I love Noir Desir and I love this song which may be the most beautiful text ever!
My interpretation : it's all about a lovestory. A personal lovestory or what the author thinks is the average lovestory. Thereafter, you can have further interpretation about memories, past, present, time and space because of the message of the chorus. I mean, of course, he thinks everything will disappear but we'll still have some memories and we'll still leave a footprint of our existence... but what is really hard to understand is the verses.
1st verse: beginning of a lovestory, let's say first two weeks or first month (beginning of the road, no fear, everything's alright, we have to taste it, the lines of the body, you know, you discover the body of the other... great times!)
2nd verse: the lovestory goes further, let's say 3 months, maybe more, everything's good (message to Ursa Major >> maybe they are watching the stars on a bright hot summer night and they take a vow. The snapshot can refer to a photography which means material memories, smthg really important for the couple but in comparison with time, space and the universe, it's useless and nothing. The wind take it all away.
3rd verse: they stay together a little longer, 6 months, one year, maybe more. The lovestory is balanced between affection (caresse) and conflict, violence (verbal and spychological violence - mitraille). Both are hurt, they start to hurt themselves (plaie qui nous tiraille). Melancholy from the first days (d'hier) and from the dreams of a lifetime with your lover (demain).
4th verse: genetic + chromosome = a baby? I think it's a baby coming. (en bandoulière could even refer to the baby in the belly - but this verse is very hard...) Tapis volant can refer to freedom. He wonders if he's not trading his freedom for a family life >> a flying carpet for a taxi (or a family size car).
5th verse: they are together for a long time and they know it's over (our dead years). There is still smthg floating in the air (perfume) but it's over. Infinités de destins on en pose un et qu'est-ce qu'on en retient means that one chooses one girl, one destiny to share his destiny with between an infinity of girl and other destinies. Why choosing this one? When it's over, you really ask yourself the question. And what do you keep from him/her?
6th verse: the lovestory is definitely over. They keep quarreling about old stupid bullshit. (chacun refait ses comptes means both settle scores). Everything is sad now. Ain't no sunshine, only shadow or even the hollow of a shadow (j'emmène au creux de mon ombre). You have the answer of the 5th verse question about destiny and the other and about what was the point of all that? You keep dusts of the other >> memories. It will be gone with the wind but it's okay cause it's life.
So, everybody is right talking about memories and so on but I really think that the verses describe precisely the typical evolution of a lovestory. Separately, they are meaningless but put together, they compose a story that goes with the wind. To conclude, it's only my interpretation but I think it's quite good. Most french people say it's incomprehensible or meaningless so all of you are very honourable to try to understand it. And anyway, even if we don't understand everything, the words and music are still wonderful!