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Levinarium, No.

“Comme d’habitude” was first sung by a certain Claude François. A nice song, nothing special so far at this point.

But it is Michel Sardou‘s “symphonic vision“, if I may put it so, that finally made the song sound the way it actually should: everyday unseen drama.

I found the correct interpretation, finally. Follow the violins’ marcatos in the middle of the score.

Comme d’habitude, même la nuit
Je vais jouer à faire semblant
Comme d’habitude tu rentreras
Comme d’habitude je t’attendrai
Comme d’habitude tu me souriras
Comme d’habitude.

(As usual, I will keep pretending even at night, you will come back, I’ll be waiting for you, you’ll smile at me, as usual.)

First published in the Levinarium Telegram Channel (now closed and deleted)