C'est la ligne de guitare qui m'a tout de suite conquis : une petite phrase lumineuse et toute simple, galopant tout au long des couplets. Mais c'est tout le morceau qui est remarquablement composé et arrangé, avec sa charleston agaçante, ses synthés donnant juste ce qu'il faut d'ampleur, l'harmonie archi-classique suggérée par la basse permettant un déploiement très mélodieux du chant. Enfin, il y a ces puissants accords de guitare bruitiste qui concluent de manière très ambigüe cette drôle de déclaration d'amour. Ma foi, vu la manière dont Moffat s'y prend pour parler aux femmes, on ne pouvait pas trouver de chute plus à propos.

26 mars 2007

Don't Ask Me To Dance

Auteurs

Ecrit et composé par Aidan Moffat et Malcolm Middleton.

Paroles

You know i've felt like this before,
I know you have felt it too,
But maybe i don't want to dance,
Cos ive not had as much as you.

Our lives did not begin,
The very moment that we met.
I don't want to hold your hand,
There is so much that i'll forget.

You're no angel from above,
You're the last girl i will love.

And maybe im not very vocal,
Cos ive used it once before,
And the more they were repeated,
The more they were ignored.

But the ears my whispers fell on,
They weren't deaf, they were bang on,
Cause they knew I didn't mean it.
I just wanted to hang on.

But the world has changed, and how!
And I know I mean it.
So let's toast the last romance,
But just don't ask me to dance.