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Etranges poissons

from Moeurs l​é​g​è​res by Skin and Wire

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Étranges poissons


Étranges poissons
dans nos filets encore
Ils ne bougent pas
quand on les tirent à bord
Ils ont des pieds et des mains
des vestes pour s'tenir chaud
D'étranges poissons
dans notre bateau

Étranges poissons
dans la mer aujourd'hui
Ils n'inspirent pas l'eau
ils aspiraient juste à la vie
Jeunes entrepreneurs
Comme nous leurs avions dit
Ils nourrissent les poissons
dans la mer aujourd'hui

On nous dit d'les ignorer
les laisser à la mer
Protéger notre peuple
derrière nos frontières
Et nos bateaux-usines
partent vers l'horizon
vers les côtes africaines
pour voler leurs poissons

Tu n'auras pas de nom
sur le grand bateau noir
Pas de fleurs sur ta tombe
pas de chants à ta gloire
Et qui sont tes parents?
et où sont tes amis?
Demandez au poissons
dans la mer aujourd'hui


Strange fish
in our nets again
they don't move any more
when we pull them in
They've got hands, they've got feet
and they're wearing warm coats
They're mighty strange fish
coming into our boats

And they're strange fish
in the sea today
They just wanted to live
to fight another day
Young entrepreneurs
like we told them to be
Now they're strange fish
floating in the sea

They tell us to ignore them
leave them to the waves
to protect our frontiers
with their watery graves
And on the horizon
our factory ships
head for African coasts
to steal all their fish

And you won't have a name
when that big black boat sails
No flowers on your grave
no-one to tell your tale
Oh and where are your friends
who are your family ?
You can ask all the fish
that swim in the sea

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from Moeurs l​é​g​è​res, released November 16, 2019

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