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La Veille du Naufrage

Serge Gambour
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Serge Gambour
Acoustic / Folk2:54April 28, 2026
0:00 2:54

Influenced by Serge Gainsbourg, Jacques Dutronc, Léo Ferré, Alain Bashung. Serge Gambour was raised on the Île de Ré, a world of oyster beds and a strict ferry schedule. He left for Paris at 18 with a nylon-string guitar and a book of Verlaine poems, and never quite looked back. These songs are postcards from a life of beautiful, bitter compromises, smelling of sea salt, cigarettes, and cheap red wine he still nurses in the back rooms of Belleville bars.

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Le sel sur mon verre, ce soir à Belleville,
A le même goût que tes mains sur la drisse.
J'écris sur une nappe le fantôme d'une île,
Et la mer qui attendait, en parfaite complice.

[Chorus]
La veille du naufrage, on ne sait jamais rien,
Sauf que le vent se tait et que le ciel est trop plein.
La veille du naufrage, tout le monde joue les siens,
Un dernier verre avant que tout s'éteigne.

[Verse 2]
Je revois ton pull bleu, usé par le varech,
Le port de La Flotte sentait la marée sèche.
Tu m'as dit "Elle te regarde", d'un clin d'œil un peu louche,
J'ai senti le danger te frôler sur la bouche.

[Chorus]
La veille du naufrage, on ne sait jamais rien,
Sauf que le vent se tait et que le ciel est trop plein.
La veille du naufrage, tout le monde joue les siens,
Un dernier verre avant que tout s'éteigne.

[Bridge]
Et si tu m'entends, Yann, par-delà les courants,
Dis-moi que t'as volé ce baiser au vent,
Dis-moi que t'as senti ma haine pour l'océan.

[Outro]
Le ciel... trop plein...

About Serge Gambour

Serge Gambour was raised on the Île de Ré, a world of oyster beds and a strict ferry schedule. He left for Paris at 18 with a nylon-string guitar and a book of Verlaine poems, and never quite looked back. These songs are postcards from a life of beautiful, bitter compromises, smelling of sea salt, cigarettes, and cheap red wine he still nurses in the back rooms of Belleville bars.

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