Coup de coeur : Emmy The Great - We almost had a baby

Single extrait de l'album "First love" [TBC, 2009]

C'est encore une jolie découverte de Twist que Emma-Lee Moss, folkeuse originaire de Hong Kong qui vient de sortir son premier album. Et son single inaugural, paru voici quelques mois, la place d'entrée en première division. La voix décidée, claire, un rien vibrante la rapproche de Martha Wainwright. Si aucun refrain ne se dégage, on s'incline devant la beauté des mélodies et des arrangements (l'entrée du violon en fin de couplet est un modèle du genre). Comme toutes les bonnes chansons folk, "We almost had a baby" raconte une histoire ; le phrasé est parfait, le texte simple et sans pudeur. On pense à Suzanne Vega, on savoure les choeurs qui s'installent au fur et à mesure. Et on la repasse encore.

Well you didn’t stop
When I told you to stop
And there was a month
That I wasn't sure

The next time I saw you
Out on the river
I'd have something to say
Other than "pay me all of the money you owe"

I would have liked to
To have something above you
To have something to hold
And know I could choose to grow

I would've called you
And I'd have said "hey
You know I'm in control
I'll let you know if you have to come and choose a name"

Well, I am a woman
But before I met you
I was only a kid
You know
When you thought you would break me
But you wanted to take me
So you did.

And I will think of you now
That we are apart
I've put my hand across my gut
I plan to beat it with a heart

I'm not the girl you remember from the start
I was only a baby
Now I'm what you made me

For once, you hit the spot
Twice, you let it fall
And once I tried to make a light
To keep myself in yours

Do you think of me
When you are playing?