FAWM: "Partis pyjamas - gone pajamas"

Partis pyjamas - gone pajamas

1 week ago by @ambroise

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Too tired to keep writing songs. I got to bed. Then these lyrics came. Does anyone feel relaxed after writing songs ? Am I the only one to be hyperexcited after ? I’m glad I got to take #ABCDEFG challenge to sound like regular folk music (I-IV-V chord progression and stuff) with just the occasional key change for the chorus. #fuc #harmonica #chanson #frenchwithtranslation

Lyrics

(English translation below)

J’ai une valse dans la tête Comme un tango de l’équilibre Et malgré ma mauvaise tête J’entends comme une alarm’ qui vibre

La nuit est mûre, je suis à point Il faut dormir à poings fermés Et pourtant une fièvre point Tenaille ma sérénité

Partis, pyjamas Où fuient ces heures tournées java ? Partis pyjamas Où retrouver le sommeil qui s’en va ?

Malgré les muscles qui réclament La relâche, le ressourcement, Une étincelle qui s’enflamme Embrase mon discernement

I have a waltz in my head Like a tango of balance And despite my stubbornness I hear something like an alarm vibrating

The night is ripe, I am ready I must sleep soundly And yet a fever sets in Tormenting my serenity

Gone, pajamas Where do these hours flee,dancing? Gone, pajamas Where can I find the sleep that is slipping away?

Despite my muscles crying out For rest, for rejuvenation, A spark ignites Setting my judgment ablaze

Comments

@tageule 5d

The muses have odd working hours! I can relate, like a lot of us here, I guess. I'm really impressed how you made the ABCDEFG thing sound so natural and even catchy. And I like being surrounded by ukes. (I know it's just two, but that's what the mix feels like.)

@ambroise 5d

Danke dir ! I'm glad you liked the mix. I too was quite pleased by how the chord progression (A-D-E / C-F-G with the occasional B7) went down.

@metalfoot 6d

What I love about your songs is not just the catchy tunes and clever lyrics -- and this has both of those -- but that they also help me relearn the French I've largely forgotten from my youth :)

Also struggling with sleep lately but I assume that's just my creativity in overdrive during FAWM.

@ambroise 6d

Thanks for the listen. I hope your sleep will return to human normal standards after fawm !

@mahtowin 6d

Das ist sehr schön! Ich höre es über Kopfhörer und hab in jedem Ohr eine Uke, die wie auf Zehenspitzen ganz leise klingen … Und die Harmonika ist die Kirsche auf der Sahne (oder so)! So ein süßes Lied!

@ambroise 6d

Danke, es beruhigt mich. Die beide Ukulele Technik finde ich manchmal verwirrend. Die Kirsche auf der Sahne ist solch eine schöne Metapher ! Auf Franzôsich stellen wir die Kirsche auf den Kuchen (la cerise sur le gâteau).

@willow1 6d

I can’t believe je viens de voir ton petit joli jeu des mots!!

@ambroise 6d

Hihi, les jeux de mots sont comme des œufs de Pâque : c'est mieux s'ils sont un peu cachés.

@owling 1w

Très joli ce vers sur les heures tournées java ainsi que le jeu de mot sur les pyjama party ! J'aime bien l'idée du discernement qui s'embrase aussi qui, j'imagine, annonce une soirée qui se prolonge.

@ambroise 6d

Merci ! Je réalise en te lisant que je n'étais pas très sûr des heures tournées java, tu m'a rassuré. Je suis content que tu ai aimé le discernement qui s'embrase. J'aime qu'il souligne le côté cérébral et pourtant irrationnel de cette excitation.

@newukenewyork 1w

Thank you for the translation. I very much like your lyrics. This is my favorite stanza:

Gone, pajamas Where do these hours flee,dancing? Gone, pajamas Where can I find the sleep that is slipping away?

Anyone on fire with an idea in the night could relate. And despite that fire burning hot, the gentle tone of voice and ukulele still works perfectly.

@ambroise 6d

Thanks! I'm glad this is relatable. I feel less alone with that.

@ruby 1w

This is a great wander through #ABCDEFG searching for pyjamas. Love the harmonica and the bluesy/jazzy turnaround. The translation was great but just listening to your voice was great.

@ambroise 1w

Thanks a lot !

@troubadette 1w

This is super cute! Love the harmonica, and very much relate to being too excited by cool stuff to sleep.

French is my second language, so I might be missing an idiom - I was super intrigued by il faut dormir à poings fermés translated into English as “I must sleep soundly”. My brain originally translated that as “you have to sleep with closed fists” and I really liked that. If it’s an expression I don’t know, I’ll make a note - either way, what a cool mental image!

@ambroise 1w

Thanks ! "À poings fermé" is so idiomatic I used it without thinking — I mean not further than it make an internal rhyme with "point".

@willow1 1w

I like the (panning?) bounciness of the Ike’s from ear to ear. The matter of fact lyrics and the feel of being tired but inspired sound of the whole piece is fun and laid back

@ambroise 1w

Yup, two tracks of uke struming, each paned in an opposite direction. If I could strum exactly the same thing I could have a more subtle effect, but I don't see me getting there soon.

@willow1 1w

I get highyperexcited writing la musique aussi, bien sûr!

@ambroise 1w

Je suis content que you relate !

@johnnycashpoint 1w

Lovely! So glad to hear you! This the jolie jolly sound that I love! Tres, tres bon!

@ambroise 1w

Thanks a lot !

@johnnycashpoint 1w

De rien, monsieur!

@wynia 1w

Oh no, it wires me up too. Especially if I write something I really like. See also: lying awake at night with other peoples' song earworms running through my brain! So I do appreciate all of the lyrical sentiment here! Very sweet accompaniment and I enjoyed listening to the lyrics delivered so beautifully (thanks for the translation!)

@ambroise 1w

Thanks, glad you could relate ! I hope no earworm will damage your sleep. I found some kinf od lightning rod against earworms. Nursery rhymes are the earworms of earworms. But it is shorter so you get a feeling of completness earlyer. And I found an album of those I like but discovered in my adulhood. So these won't stick to much in my mind but it will erase an present earworm. AND it is based on the alphabet. So if one stays in my mind I just have to sing the next letter in the alphabtic order. Maybe you'll have to find yours, but the strategiy works for me :

@kosch 1w

Came for the uke - pleasantly surprised by the harmonica and key changes - congrats on the A-G challenge. Sweet sounding song.

@ambroise 1w

Glad you liked it !

@gindark 1w

Usually the songs that invade my head at night just before I fall asleep are gone by morning and I'm too tired to get up and record... So, I'm glad you caught this one! I hardly noticed the abcdefg, this was well done. This song is so much the blues, I could imagine a hound dog howling along! Wearing pyjamas, naturally. My Anglophone brain hears "party pajamas" which fits with the idea of them running off to dance. Hope you have some daytime inspiration also, or you will be exhausted!

@ambroise 1w

Thanks! We also say pyjama party in french. I'm glad the wordplay works for english speakers too.

@gindark 1w

Yesss, multilingual puns for the win!!

@leslie333 1w

Despite you being hyperexcited, this song is lovely and peaceful - I would listen to it to relax and enjoy a tranquil time! Sounds good with all the major chords too!

@ambroise 1w

Thanks! You're right, there is a dichotomy between meaning and music. And I did not plan this.

@witcrafts 1w

C’est malin, maintenant à chaque poussée d’insomnie, je vais avoir ce refrain dans la tête: « partis, pyjamas… » 😜

Very cool take on the ABCDEFG challenge, and I love the harmonica/uke combo, demonstrating how one can make compelling music out of very accessible instruments!

@ambroise 1w

I love when unusual chords come down nicely !

@pippa 1w

I love this, it has the quiet tranquil sound of a sweet Muse trying to catch the wind of delight while keeping the sound down enough so as to not wake the rest of the household. And the lyrics speak so wwll of answering the call of the Muse. So good to hear your music again, Ambroise!

@ambroise 1w

Thanks a lot ! "Wind of delight" is a nice orientation guide.

@coolparadisoMod 1w

Songs sometimes relax me and sometimes torment me - it just depends. night time use to be the worst - but i think i have got the bulk of what i want to say out already! i digress - this is a nice song - lovely gentle delivery and your 1 uke, i think i saw you say in a forum somewhere, comes out to play

@ambroise 1w

Thanks ! Yep, my only "stricktly-speaking" uke ! Maybe I'll get the chance to use the "broader-sens ukes latter...

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