La Mer

Album:The Fragile

Length:4:37

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Versions:La Mer
La Mer(Version)

Live:1999 - 2007

About

La Mer is the eleventh track from the Left side of the double disc The Fragile. It begins with a piano solo and near the middle of the song the drums begin playing a jazz loop. This is one of the few songs of Nine Inch Nails that is played with almost all acoustic instruments. At the end of the song all the music and sounds reach a point that build a sonic atmosphere.

Lyrics

The lyrics are spoken by Denise Milfort in creole French. It is one of the many NIN songs that includes the phrase "Nothing Can Stop Me Now", and one of the few to include a vocalist other than Trent.

Appearances

• The Fragile
• And All That Could Have Been (DVD/VHS)

Versions

• La Mer (Version)
• La Mer (And All That Could Have Been)

Song Credits

• Vocals: Denise Milfort
• Drums: Bill Rieflin
• Cello: Willie

Influences

It can be argued that the song is heavily infuenced by the Debussy version of the same name. Both songs build up to create a sonic atmosphere, and both are (obviously) titled the same. It is very similar to Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles, in that it layers many, many instruments to induce atonality and the said sonic atmosphere.

Lyrics

French

    Et quand le jour arrive 
    Je deviendrai le ciel
    Et je deviendrai la mer
    
    Et la mer viendra m'embrasser
    Pour je rentre
    
    Rien ne peut m'arrêter maintenant

English Translation

    And when the day arrives
    I'll become the sky
    And I'll become the sea
    
    And the sea will come to kiss me
    For I am going
    Home
    
    Nothing can stop me now