I see people going down

I'm feeling totally down, with a little headache. I've spent the morning in the
beach, it's being a sunny day but not too hot. I just want to lay in my bed or sit on the balcony and have a smoke and breath the fresh salty air... but I can't. I've gotta be on my desk to study International Law. It sucks. The only thing that makes me feel better right now it's a glass of Lipton ice tea, and listen to some music. It would be perfect if a guy like Gainsbourg played the piano for me, just like in the picture, but since that's not gonna happen, I'm content with listening to this song:

Ph.: Sarah Hermans, Sophie Van der Perre, Gainsbourg & Birkin

I love you

Ah, you've got such understanding ways
I believe everything that you say

When I think of all the things we've done
and we haven't even yet begun
Smiling faces not forgotten 'cause
I love you

Photos: Chris Craymer, Gainsbourg & Birkin, Paris, je t'aime, Lina Scheynius

We are history

I wander lonely streets
Behind where the old Thames does flow
And in every face I meet
Reminds me of what I have run from

I've got to tell you my tale
Of how I loved and how I failed
I hope you understand
These feelings should not be in the man

In every child, in every eye
In every sky, above my head
I hope that I know
So come with me in bed
Because it's you and me, we're history
There ain't nothing left to say
When I will get you alone

Maybe we could find a room
Where we could see what we should do
Maybe you know it's true
Living with me is like keeping a fool

In every man, in every hand
In every kiss, you understand
That living is for other men
I hope you know that I am me so come on
I'm thinking about history
And I'm living for history
And I think you know about me
Cause I am

And one and one is two
But three is company
When you're thinking about the things you do
And you're thinking about the things you do
I want to tell you my tale
How I failed in love and jumped out on my bail
Do you understand there's more in a smile than in a hand
In every sky, in every kiss
There's one thing that you might have missed

Am I going to
a place that now belongs to you

...but you are me and so am I
Let's pick it up, let's even try to live today.

{ The Verve - History }

Photos: Viktor Vauthier, Roberta Ridolfi, David Armstrong