One day I will be nothing. Il y a des voix qui vous poursuivent comme un écho de votre vie. Celle de Neil Hannon rencontrée en fanfare à l’orée des années 90 nous a libéré, promené, régénéré. On retrouve notre irlandais comme l’on savoure un Redbreast Single Pot hors d’âge pour passer un dimanche après-midi pluvieux sous la couette à espérer des jours meilleurs. « J’avais besoin d’utiliser cet album comme un exutoire pour ces sentiments. Pour faire le point sur certaines choses. La mortalité, les souvenirs, les relations, les bouleversements politiques et sociaux » explique Neil. Achilles s’inspire des premiers vers du poème de Patrick Shaw-Stewart de 1915, tué au combat à 29 ans, Achilles in the Trench, racontant la peur d’un jeune soldat allant combattre dans les Dardanelles. « J’espère qu’il ne m’en voudra pas de lui avoir volé quelques vers. J’espère que cela attirera l’attention sur son écriture, son sacrifice et celui de ses contemporains. »
The Divine Comedy – Achilles
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The Divine ComedyI saw a man this morning
Standing on a foreign shore
From his eyes tears were falling
As he made ready for war
He shouted out a warning
You slew my sweetest friend
And as sure as day is dawning
His death will be avengedWas it so hard to die, Achilles
So very hard to die?
You know and I know not, Achilles
So much the happier I
You breached the walls of Troy, Achilles
Slaughtered a thousand men
Patroclus is destroyed, Achilles
And can’t come back againI saw a man this morning
Trudging through a muddy field
From the sky a shell was falling
With his name scratched in the steel
Lend him your shield, Achilles
Ask the gods to be his guide
All he has is A Shropshire Lad
With this poem scrawled insideWas it so hard to die, Achilles
So very hard to die?
You know and I know not, Achilles
So much the happier I
Look to the starry skies, Achilles
Look to the silver seas
They do not live or die, Achilles
And neither do weI saw a man this morning
He was turning fifty-three
And his pampered mind was turning
To thoughts of mortality
One day I will be nothing
Think how funny that will feel
For we, the living
Death is the Achilles Heel
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