Alcest - Elévation Lyrics






Au-dessus des étangs, au-dessus des vallées
Des montagnes, des bois, des nuages, des mers
Par delà le soleil, par delà les éthers
Par delà les confins des sphères étoilées

Mon esprit, tu te meus avec agilité
Et, comme un bon nageur qui se pâme dans l'onde
Tu sillonnes gaiement l'immensité profonde
Avec une indicible et mâle volupté

Envole-toi bien loin de ces miasmes morbides
Va te purifier dans l'air supérieur
Et bois, comme une pure et divine liqueur
Le feu clair qui remplit les espaces limpides

Derrière les ennuis et les vastes chagrins
Qui chargent de leur poids l'existence brumeuse
Heureux celui qui peut d'une aile vigoureuse
S'élancer vers les champs lumineux et sereins

Celui dont les pensers, comme des alouettes
Vers les cieux le matin prennent un libre essor
- Qui plane sur la vie, et comprend sans effort
Le langage des fleurs et des choses muettes

[English translation:]

Above the lakes, above the vales
The mountains and the woods, the clouds, the seas
Beyond the sun, beyond the ether
Beyond the confines of the starry spheres

My soul, you move with ease
And like a strong swimmer in rapture in the wave
You wing your way blithely through boundless space
With virile joy unspeakable

Fly far, far away from this baneful miasma
And purify yourself in the celestial air
Drink the ethereal fire of those limpid regions
As you would the purest of heavenly nectars

Beyond the vast sorrows and all the vexations
That weigh upon our lives and obscure our vision
Happy is he who can with his vigorous wing
Soar up towards those fields luminous and serene

He whose thoughts, like skylarks
Toward the morning sky take flight
— Who hovers over life and understands with ease
The language of flowers and silent things





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  1. w.... ....

    Masterpiece. All time favourite

  2. W.... W....

    Alcest ve sve nejlepsi forme... ta skladba ma poradnou silu, tvrdost a neskutecne melodie, proste nadhera!!! 🎼🎼🎼👍🌒

  3. R.... G....

    I seen Alcest play in Dublin a couple of years ago, was amazing they covered one or two of Amesoeurs tracks aswell. I met Neige after the gig while I was wasted and he signed my Alcest T-shirt and I told him he needs to get Amesoeurs back together and he just broke into laughter was such an amazing night he was so humble!

  4. m.... a....

    so many great bands out threre, i don't get the fuzz about these guys. kodama is ok, but everything is average at best. you obv never heard of nemsis divina and antherm at welkin if this is ythe best thing you've ever heard. and no, it's not about trvekvlt shit, it's about musicianship. long songs and repetition isn't always the best outcome, burzum is the best example of how a guy with lesser ideas and no money managed to make a staple in bm playing utter bullshit and selling it as something so original. ppl are just sheep.

    m.... a....

    Its about composition. Musicianship is for death metal.

  5. j.... 2....

    deafheaven origin

  6. G.... ....

    Yükseliş

    Üzerinde gölcüklerin, vadilerin
    Dağların, ormanların, bulutların, denizin
    Ötesinde güneşin, ötesinde göklerin,
    Yıldızlı kürelerin sınırlarının ötesinde

    Ruhum; sabırsız, atak, devinip duruyorsun,
    Usta yüzücü gibi, suda kendinden geçen
    Aşıyorsun kıvançla sonsuzluğu, derinliği
    Tarifsiz, diri, canlı bir şehvetle..

    Git, yüksek kayalarda yıka, arıt kendini,
    Bu marazlı yerlerde durma, uzaklara uç,
    Arınmış, tanrısal bir hayat suyu gibi iç
    Billur mavilikleri dolduran saf ateşi

    Ne mutlu sana, sisli gövdemize adanan
    Hüznü, bunalımları geride bırakarak,
    Sert bir kanat vuruşla kalkıp havalanarak
    Dingin, duru kırlara doğru atılan insan!

    Ne mutlu, fikirleri tarla kuşları gibi
    Sabah vakti, gökyüzüne doğru özgürce kanatlanan,
    Tepelerden yere bakan ve zahmetsizce anlayana
    Çiçeklerin ve dilsizlerin dilini!

    Charles Baudelaire

  7. J.... D....

    maravilha...

  8. H.... H....

    Alcest is a gift from the Universe

  9. J.... ....

    "Fuck it let's destroy my ears"

    *Jacks up the volume to the max*

  10. H.... ....

    I made a paper for college about this song and Post black metal movement. It's one of the best memories I had about that years. Beautiful song Neige.

    H.... ....

    Oh wow, that sounds cool! Would you care to share your paper? I'd love to read it :)

    H.... ....

    Could you share it with us? I'd be very glad

    H.... ....

    Same. Id love to read the paper.

  11. J.... M....

    Ah the ending part on this one. It's so powerful.

  12. m.... a....

    pretty overhyped band

    m.... a....

    morwen angelus how so ?

    m.... a....

    The hype is that this guy made something relatively warm and bright from the cold, dark mold of black metal. Its notable to say the least. Some people want it. Personally I found it because I wanted something that implimented chords not typically found in black metal -- major chords. A composition can only be so unique and black metals formula is very limiting, especially for a musician looking to learn something new.

    m.... a....

    Oh shut the fuck up and enjoy the music cock sucker

  13. N.... B....

    Brutal, epic and beautiful.

  14. �.... ....

    This song is my one of the greatest song! this song always makes me mesmerized.

  15. R.... H....

    Merci beaucoup pour votre video. Alcest est un bande magnifique! Ils sont cle de mon coeur!

  16. R.... H....

    C'est tres beau. Cette chanson est magnifique! Alcest est formidable! Semble parfait pour moi!

  17. Z.... ....

    If Baudelaire heard this song, I'm sure he would like it. I think the music reflects perfeclty what the the poem says. Same for Receuillement, that song bleeds spleen.

  18. P.... D....

    this song makes me wanna cry..

  19. e.... ....

    amazing song, it's sounds very melodic and at the same time sounds pretty aggressive too

    e.... ....

    That's Alcest :3 Sorrow and happiness, melancholy and fullness, past and future

    e.... ....

    true...

  20. F.... ....

    This is something more elegant, like a metaphor told by the sounds of Black metal

  21. J.... S....

    Sublime!

  22. A.... E....

    ¿Se volverá a escuchar una canción en alcest, como está?

    A.... E....

    Escucha sus albunes

  23. s.... ....

    I call this era of Alcest "Light metal"

  24. l.... ....

    Amazing song, but wtf youtube - placing an ad in the middle of a song?

  25. m.... m....

    If only people liked actual music like this instead of the processed shit nowadays

    m.... m....

    +michael montano isn't it better that way?? if everyone listened to this, it would suck ass...

    m.... m....

    +Fred Rosa ya I guess that's true

    m.... m....

    le wrong generation strikes again

  26. S.... N....

    My fave! Too bad they never play this song in live concerts

  27. T.... ....

    Au dessus des étangs, au dessus des vallées,
    Des montagnes, des bois, des nuages, des mers,
    Par delà le soleil, par delà les éthers,
    Par delà les confins des sphères étoilées,

    Mon esprit, tu te meus avec agilité,
    et, comme un bon nageur qui se pâme dans l'onde,
    Tu sillonnes gaiement l'immensité profonde
    avec une indicible et mâle volupté.

    Envole-toi bien loin, de ces miasmes morbides,
    va te purifier dans l'air supérieur,
    et bois, comme une pure et divine liqueur,
    le feu clair qui remplit les espaces limpides.

    Derrières les ennuis et les vastes chagrins,
    qui chargent de leur poids l'existence brumeuse,
    heureux celui qui peut d'une aile vigoureuse,
    s'élancer vers les champs lumineux et sereins,

    celui dont les pensées, comme des alouettes,
    vers les cieux le matin prennent un libre essor,
    qui plane sur la vie, et comprend sans effort 
    le langage des fleurs et des choses muettes !

    Elévation de Charles Baudelaire

    T.... ....

    My god. So beautiful.

    T.... ....

    Charles Baudelaire

    T.... ....

    why o fucking why isn’t it possible to copy youtube comments

    T.... ....

    Wait, are the lyrics from a poem by Baudelaire?

  28. P.... ....

    HOLY SHIT this song is pure emotion... it's just perfect...

  29. Z.... ....

    this is my heaven in the earth, is my dead in live.

    Z.... ....

    you doesnt english much wasnt you?

    Z.... ....

    Forgive. In Brazil, English is not mandatory. Only the rich have good courses. If she's Brazilian. xD

  30. Y.... M....

    Esto es lo que llaman belleza. 

  31. D.... ....

    This song is so fucking good.

  32. T.... B....

    why so MUCH so much TEDIOUS and so - of course - useless music?!!...

  33. V.... R....

    El sonido de Alcest es perfecto. La versiòn re-grabada no varia mucho con respecto a la original, mantiene la misma esencia, el mismo espiritu y la misma pasiòn; la gran diferencia radica en la producción mejorada, con más recursos y por supuesto la participaciòn de Winterhalter a la batería. ¡Espero con ansias y con gran expectativa el cuarto álbum de la banda!

  34. s.... 6....

    Geil....so sollte es klingen...

  35. J.... V....

    Esto es perfecto... un sonido para vibrar...

    J.... V....

    July Velandia si Piero éxtasis para el ser.

  36. f.... ....

    Remasterpiece.

  37. L.... ....

    uh! the begging, is just so beautiful <3
    im at state of peace when i hear it .

    it makes me wonder if Bass Communion has a song similar to it, so i can indulge in peaceful ambient music for 10 minutes :]

  38. e.... ....

    Simply Amazing <3 It's just a shame how many people in the world aren't exposed to beautiful music like this.. The world would be a better place instead of the shit hole it is now.

    e.... ....

    Not a shithole. But cultures a sewer

    e.... ....

    We got lude bedroom things on tv

  39. P.... A....

    Baudelaire would be proud.

  40. K.... H....

    The damn thing sounds like life. It actually physically moves me. I think it must be the major chords used in this.

  41. K.... H....

    Mine too!

  42. M.... ....

    Perfection. Just that.

  43. M.... ....

    I do prefer this newer version, the vocals seem stronger and it just seems.... warmer in a way

  44. B.... ....

    One of the best songs ever written.

    And I usually dislike re-recordings, but this is vastly superior to the 2005 version IMHO.

  45. p.... ....

    i like bagels and lox because i'm a jew.

  46. M.... ....

    \m/ amazing song

  47. V.... P....

    I love this remaster!

  48. S.... ....

    @DiggermanNo1 Yeah, this song is really sweet.

  49. n.... ....

    @PerixX Disappointing remaster. :/