Une chanson française douce-amère dans l’esprit de « Château Vallon » — une ballade cinématographique au piano conducteur, à la chaleur dramatique retenue, ponctuée d’un violon discret qui accompagne le souffle du chant. Neuvième et dernier morceau de « Wild Bitch Season Part 3: Things Will Never Be the Same Again », c’est une chanson triste, mélancolique, sur le fait de la laisser partir : l’adieu à quelqu’un qu’on a aimé, un instant « goodbye my lover » à la française, où la dignité l’emporte sur le drame et où l’amour s’achève pour que la vie continue.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~A bittersweet chanson française in the spirit of “Château Vallon” — a timeless, mature cinematic ballad built around leading piano, warm dramatic vocals, and a restrained violin that breathes between phrases. The closing, 9th track of “Wild Bitch Season Part 3: Things Will Never Be the Same Again”, it is a chanson triste steeped in melancholy and the act of letting her go — a farewell to someone you loved, a quiet “goodbye my lover” moment where dignity replaces drama, and love ends so life can continue.
Adieu
Raphaël Varnier
Текст: 2024, Dan Loveschmidt
Adieu, ma belle, c'est fini, Les jours dorés, les nuits d’oubli. Le vent qui danse dans les allées, Murmure ton rire envolé. (Chorus) Adieu, adieu, sans regret, Les étoiles brillent, je vais rêver. Adieu, adieu, c’est ainsi, Le temps s’efface, mais pas la nuit. Un dernier verre sous les réverbères, Ta voix s’efface, douce lumière. Le fleuve emporte nos serments, La ville oublie, moi doucement. (Chorus) Adieu, adieu, sans regret, Les étoiles brillent, je vais rêver. Adieu, adieu, c’est ainsi, Le temps s’efface, mais pas la nuit. Rien à dire, rien à pleurer, Juste partir, juste danser. Sous la lune, un air léger, Les souvenirs vont s’effacer. (Chorus x3) Adieu, adieu, sans regret, Les étoiles brillent, je vais rêver. Adieu, adieu, c’est écrit, Le temps s’efface... toi aussi. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ English Translation Goodbye, my beauty, it’s over, The golden days, the nights of forgetting. The wind that dances through the paths, Whispers your vanished laughter. (Chorus) Goodbye, goodbye, without regret, The stars shine, I will dream. Goodbye, goodbye, that’s how it is, Time fades, but not the night. One last drink under the streetlights, Your voice fades, soft light. The river carries away our vows, The city forgets, I do too, slowly. (Chorus) Goodbye, goodbye, without regret, The stars shine, I will dream. Goodbye, goodbye, that’s how it is, Time fades, but not the night. Nothing to say, nothing to cry about, Just leave, just dance. Under the moon, a light tune, The memories will fade away. (Chorus x3) Goodbye, goodbye, without regret, The stars shine, I will dream. Goodbye, goodbye, it’s written, Time fades... so do you.
The stray in the song works on two levels. On the surface, a dog circling back to the porch — scratching at doors, not quite let in, not quite chased away. Underneath, the woman who leaves her husband, comes back, leaves again. The "bitch" reading is there if you want it — unfaithful to two men at once, belonging to neither.
Home in the lyrics stands for more than a building. Wherever her man is. She has two homes, which means she has none. "Stray don't stay" speaks to the inability to choose, not the urge to wander. She's not abandoned. She's stuck.
The song ends abruptly: "Gone back. Locked in." That's her decision. She returns to her husband and stays. In the "Wild Bitch Season Part 3" timeline, this moment leads directly to Raphaël Varnier's "Adieu" — the protagonist's lyrical answer to her choice.