Lettre I — À celui qui n'a pas répondu | Chanson française nocturne

Letter I — To the one who never replied. A nocturnal French chanson from room 7 of a Parisian hotel. For four years, Élise has been writing from the same room near Gare Saint-Lazare. Forty-two nights since he last replied. She keeps writing — out of habit, out of insomnia, out of light. 🕯 Lyrics (English translation): You haven't replied Forty-two nights already The lamp by the bed Knows my face by heart I write to keep alive A small living sound When silence enters the room Like a second winter And still I write to you The way you leave a light on One letter per sleepless night In a hotel without mornings And still I write to you To hear someone Pretending to believe That you'll come back You'll never know That your photograph is fading That I had stopped smoking Then started again last night The midnight train slips by Beneath the red windows I'm not waiting for anyone But I write all the same If you had answered me Maybe I would sleep But you remain this room Where no one ever comes And still I write to you And still I write to you One more letter Before the dawn arrives 🌙 About Chambre 7 Songs from a hotel room in Paris. A new letter every Friday at 9 PM (Paris time). Piano-and-voice sessions on the last Friday of each month. Notes in the margin — short fragments, between two trains. 📮 Subscribe to receive each new letter. --- Lyrics co-written with the assistance of AI, edited and arranged by the author. Music generated using AI music tools, selected and mixed by the author. For those who come home late. #chambre7 #frenchchanson #nocturne