Denuit – Tears Fall

When melancholy becomes a soundtrack

Some songs don't just feel like music, they feel like a state of mind. ‘Tears Fall’ by Denuit is just such a piece. It drags along slowly and mourn­fully, as if it were almost col­lapsing under the weight of its own mel­an­choly. The min­im­al­ist, elec­tron­ic sound is not intrus­ive, but subtly oppress­ive. Small, spooky effects cre­ate an almost ghostly atmo­sphere that imme­di­ately cap­tiv­ates me.

Lis Araignées' vocals are the emo­tion­al centre of the song. Her voice sounds both dis­tant and deeply com­pas­sion­ate. The lyr­ics rein­force this ambi­val­ence: “Tears fall, laugh­ing with one voice. One day we're fine, then everything stops.” – an inter­play between moments of hope and the sud­den, inev­it­able end. The last line in par­tic­u­lar, "Les larmes ne men­tent pas" (tears don't lie), stays with me: a bit­ter truth that ‘Tears Fall’ per­fectly conveys.

I think that with this song, Denuit have cre­ated an oppress­ive beauty that hurts in the best pos­sible way. Those who love dark wave will not be able to – and will not want to – escape this music­al sadness.

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Lyrics of "Denuit – Tears Fall"

You have the taste of a rainy night,
Deep in your eyes.
But in your arms,
Everything becomes silent
And my heart beats.

Tears fall
Laughing with one voice.
One day we're fine
Then everything stops.

You have the taste of a rainy night,
Deep in your eyes.
But in your arms,
Everything becomes silent
And my heart beats.

Tears fall
Laughing with one voice.
One day we're fine
Then everything stops.

Je t’aime,
Mais com­ment faire si je ne m’aime pas ?

Tears fall
Laughing with one voice.
One day we're fine
Then everything stops.

Les larmes ne men­tent pas.