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For a big of an odd challenge...

Post by Heero_Yuy84 » Tue Aug 22, 2006 2:32 am

OK...long story short...

I was digging through my music stash earlier and stumbled upon a couple of old Cirque du Soleil tracks I'd forgotten I had...
Anyways, one of the songs in the list kind of got me thinking (the song in question being 'Quidam')

Listening to the tune and overall feel, I had the feeling it could work well as an AMV...but for the life of me, not sure with what anime...so I figured 'What the Hell?' and decided to try my luck and see what people here could come up with...

I confess, the lyrics don't hold up as well on their own (if you can find the song, I'd suggest giving a listen, the tune helps with this in a big way.)
Kind of a slow, calm piece in the beginning that works up to a kind of (for lack of a better term) ballad feel by the end...

The lyrics (with some attempt at translation on the foreign language parts)

Woman's voice: (not sure on this in context, I'm afraid...I'll be looking that up tomorrow, see if it helps any)
You world is yours
not mine, Quidam.
Your dreams are yours.
You may have touched the stars
but they weren't moved.
And if you reach for me
I may not choose
to hold your hand.
I might smile
or I might turn away.

Man's voice:
An ordinary man, Quidam.
I'm everyman.
I'm anyman.

Multiple people: (previous man and woman included)
Quidam, Quidam
la nuit recule. (The night moves back)
D'un rêve à l'autre tu valses. (From one dream to another you waltz)
Du creux de toi
c'est bien le mal
qui dresse tes silences. (This part I'm a bit embarassed to say I can't figure and the web translation services are no help...)

Man's voice:
There's nothing left.
There's nothing right.
There's nothing wrong.
I'm one. I'm two.
I'm all yet none of you.
The truth the lie,
the tear, the laughter,
the hand and the empty touch.
Here I am alone
waiting for the curtain call.

Man's voice: (woman saying the French)
An ordinary man, Quidam.
I'm everyman. T'es l'inconnu. (You are the unknown)
I'm anyman. T'es l'étranger. (You are the stranger)

Group:
Quidam, Quidam
la nuit recule.
D'un rêve à l'autre tu valses.
Du creux de toi
c'est bien le mal
qui dresse tes silences.

Man:
Bailo en este lienzo de dolor. (I dance in this cloth of pain.)
Funàmbulo sin mapa ni brùjula. (??? without map or ????)
La dulce locura mi sòlo refugio. (The sweet insanity my only refuge)
Nazco en la sombra del payaso. (I am born in the shadow of the clown.)

Group:
Quidam, Quidam
la nuit recule.
D'un rêve à l'autre tu valses.
Du creux de toi
c'est bien le mal
qui dresse tes silences.

Quidam, Quidam
aux rives du rêve. (To the shores of the dream)
Au seuil de l'ombre, tu valses. (To the threshhold of the shadow, you waltz.)
Autour de toi
c'est bien le mal
qui dresses tes silences.

Quidam, Quidam
la nuit recule.
D'un rêve à l'autre tu valses.
Du creux de toi
c'est bien le mal
qui dresse tes silences.

Yeah...sorry for the half-done translation job...my skills are rusty and it's 3 AM...I also realize some of it's a little odd, was curious to see what the org could do with it (like this site hasn't done unusual before?)
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