27 October 2011

March 11, 2011. Karaoke response sent from Myriam


As a response to Keiko's postcard diary of March 11, 2011

 Myriam sings:

"pour l'amour qu'il nous reste"
de Francine Raymond



Le p'tit Buck. 22 avril 2011, Montreal

Francine Raymond - Pour l'amour qu'il nous reste
"When I read Keiko's words, the last sentence caught my attention. The melody of a song heard during my childhood came back to my memory, which I loved the melancholic and tragic tone. In the chorus, the music increases with an apocalyptic sentence: "the earth bursts and gives rise to rivers of blood" (here I interpret an approximative translation!) to calm down after, softer when facing fatality, saying something like : "So much, for the love that remains to us". I used to sing this song in my head a lot, as it nourished the soul of the great melancholic sensitive girl I was. Now, looking at the tragedy Keiko's country is going through, this song seams to be meaningful."

Sarah Bronsard


26 October 2011

March 11, 2011. Postcard diary sent by Keiko




March 11, 2011
"Feared for life for the first time in my life.
I just wanted go home to my family.
The longest day ever.
I really felt the earth move."