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La ligne d'en bas

by Lapwings

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“La Ligne d’en Bas” (“The Bottom Line”) is a protest song in French about the line we might cross by following the hatred peddled by populism and alternative facts. La ligne d’en bas is an animated music video depicting the sad situation of refugees and placing us in the future in the middle of an hypothetic World War III.

With strong political lyrics and vocals similar to Noir Désir and Saez, Lapwings leaves the pop folk of their first EP  behind them and call to revolution and rebellion, with a powerful rock song and a dark atmosphere. For this single, they worked with producer Enda Gallery and recorded in a Berlin studio (who previously welcomed Nick Cave and Korn). The animated music video created by Joscha Thelosen portrays a sensitive topic with detailed visuals and childish drawings. It takes you in a realistic, shocking visual story and a hypothetical future which makes you wonder…

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Paroles: LA LIGNE D'EN BAS
Sur un bateau de fortune, il parie sa vie, rêve d un futur, pour lui et sa famille.
Derriere il laisse sa fierté, son peuple, les bombes et les tombes, d’amis moins chanceux que lui.
Devant se dresse des barrières épaisses, commentaires racistes partout dans la presse.
Débauche de haine partout sur le net, la bêtise déroule, pendant que leur monde s'écroule.

L'heure est à la rébellion, à la révolution!
Il n’y a qu'un pas jusqu'à franchir la ligne d’en bas...d’un autre temps!

La peur, l’ignorance alimentent le jeux, des fachos déguisés, sous un masque de beauté.
Le port de l’étoile, fantasme d’un taré, a commencé aussi, dans la légalité.

Et toi, tu crois, cette blonde aux crocs acérés, fille de l’autre arriéré.
Coluche président, c’aurait pu être marrant, mais celle là, ce sera un châtiment.
A obus extrémiste, réponse populiste, elle défend même les sans abris ?!
Mais rappelle toi l'histoire, de la petit fille en rouge: innocence hypocrite, plans machiavéliques...

L'heure est à la rébellion, à la révolution, il n'y a qu'un pas jusqu'à franchir la ligne d’en bas, d’un autre temps...d'un autre temps.


Lyrics: THE BOTTOM LINE (translated)
On a makeshift boat, he jeopardises his life, dreams of a better future, for him and his family.
Behind he leaves his pride, his people, the bombs and the tombs of friends who weren’t as lucky as him.
Solid barriers ahead of him, racist comments everywhere in the press,
Floods of hatred on the net, stupidity is king, while his world collapses.

It’s time for a rebellion, for a revolution, there is only one small step to cross the bottom line, to a different time…

Fear and hatred feed the game of fascists wearing a mask of beauty.
Wearing the star of David, fantasy of one psycho, was once the law.

Would you believe that blond girl with her sharp teeth, daughter of the other freak?!
Coluche* for president, that would have been fun, but with her it will be a punishment.
Populist reactions to fight extremist bombing…She now apparently cares for homeless people.
But remember the story of that little girl in red: false-faced innocence, machiavelic strategy.

Time for a rebellion, for a revolution, there is only one small step to cross the bottom line, the line to a different time.

*Coluche was a stand-up comedian who ran for president in France in the 80’s.

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released April 28, 2017

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Lapwings Berlin, Germany

The band Lapwings from Berlin derives
their name from the folkloric bird of Egyptian hieroglyphs.

Different than the bird and its piercing trill, Lapwings forms a misty ambience with its unique organic sound, its light, smooth melodies, dynamic folk rhythms juxtaposed by melancholic lyrics. Its music is marked by elegance, repose and excitement bristling with warmth. ... more

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