Absent Friends

The Divine Comedy

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[Intro] [Verse 1] Absent friends here’s to them And happy days We thought that they would never end Here’s to absent friends [Verse 2] Little Jean Seberg seemed So full of life But in those eyes such troubled dreams Poor little Jean [Verse 3] Woodbine Willie Couldn’t rest until he’d Given every bloke a final smoke before the killing Old Woodbine Willie [Verse 4] Steve McQueen Jumped the first one clean But the great escape he tried to make was not to be Maybe next time Steve [Verse 5] Laika flew through inky blue ’Til Laika neared the atmosphere and Laika knew Laika’s life was through Bdim [Bridge] Oscar Wilde was a lonely child He fought and won acceptance from the world They smiled they laughed they praised They drove poor Oscar to his grave x2 [Verse 6] Absent friends here’s to them And happy days We thought that they would never end But they always end Raise your glasses then to absent friends

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Cette chanson évoque la nostalgie des amis disparus et des jours heureux que l'on pensait éternels. Elle nous invite à porter un toast en mémoire de ceux qui ne sont plus là, en rappelant des figures emblématiques, comme Little Jean et Oscar Wilde, qui ont connu des luttes personnelles. Chaque couplet rend hommage à des vies marquées par la lutte, l'échec ou le souvenir, tout en soulignant que ces moments de joie finissent toujours par s'estomper. C'est un rappel poignant que la vie est éphémère, et que, malgré la tristesse de la perte, nous devons célébrer ceux qui ont quitté ce monde.

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