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Antoine Rouge

from Crocorama by Odessey & Oracle

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lyrics

Antoine Rouge

Antoine Rouge est un vagabond
Sans fonction ni patron
Il veille sur les nuits
D'une ancienne banlieue rouge

Antoine Rouge dort le jour
Mais chaque nuit l'insomnie
Vient le tirer du lit, l'appelant au devoir
Sa mission : veiller sur la cité dortoir

Toi qui veille sans répit
Sitôt la ville endormie
Parti pour la ronde de nuit

Des traînards en détresse
Des contrôle au faciès
Les tensions incongrues
Rien n'échappe à sa vue

Antoine Rouge a tout vu
Il a tout entendu
Le scooter renversé
Le sang sur la chaussée

Toi seul sait d'où vient ce cri
Qui vient déchirer la nuit
Qui résonne à l'infini

La victime a 22 ans
Il n'est pas tout à fait blanc
Ça n'est pas un accident
C'est certain pour ses parents
Comment a-t-il pu tomber ?

Antoine Rouge peut témoigner
C'est le seul témoin des faits
Mais il craint pour sa cité
Des émeutes vont éclater
Il préfère rester discret…

La police rodait pourtant par là
Dans le quartier, on suspecte un égarement, une maladresse comme parfois
Il pourrait avoir été pourchassé
On a pu le renverser…

Toi seul sait d'où vient ce cri
Qui vient déchirer la nuit
Qui résonne à l'infini

Antoine Rouge est recherché
On veut le faire témoigner
Mais il craint pour sa cité
Il préfère rester caché
Comment se faire oublier ?

La Justice a tout prévu
Antoine Rouge a disparu
C'est certain les policiers
N'ont rien vu rien entendu
L'affaire est déjà classée

Antoine Rouge est démuni
Il ne sort plus de chez lui
Fini les rondes de nuit


Antoine Rouge

Antoine Rouge is a vagabond
Without function nor boss
He watches over the nights
Of an old red suburb

Antoine Rouge sleeps by day
But every night the insomnia
Just pulls him out of bed, calling him on duty
His mission: watching over the dormitory town

You who keep watching unswerving
As soon as the town is asleep
Gone for the night patrol

Laggards in distress
Racial profilings
Incongruous tensions
Nothing escapes from his sight

Antoine Rouge saw everything
He heard everything
The overturned scooter
Blood on the pavement

Only you know where this cry comes from
That comes to tear up the night
That resonates endlessly

The victim is 22 years old
He is not quite White
It’s not an accident
It’s certain for his parents
How could he have fallen ?

Antoine Rouge can testify
He’s the only witness to the facts
But he fears for his town
Riots will break out
He prefers remaining discreet…

The police was roaming around though
In the neighborhood, one suspects a distraction, a clumsiness as sometimes
He might have been chased
He may have been overthrown…

Only you know where this cry comes from
That comes to tear up the night
That resonates endlessly

Antoine Rouge is wanted
One wants him to testify
But he fears for his city
He prefers staying hidden
How to make him forgotten?

Justice has planned everything
Antoine Rouge has disappeared
For sure, policemen
Saw nothing, heard nothing
The case is already closed

Antoine Rouge is helpless
He no longer leaves home
No more night patrols

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from Crocorama, released October 16, 2020

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