Songs & Lyrics
La Mer
“La Mer” appears on The Fragile (1999) as an instrumental and has returned in setlists across multiple touring eras.
- Record type
- Lyrics available
- Classification
- Official NIN composition
- First record
- Halo 14 · The Fragile
- Known versions
- 5
Song details
About This Song
Available on three Halo releases in 5 titled versions.
- Classification
- Official NIN composition
- First documented release
- Halo 14 · The Fragile
- Release date
- September 21, 1999
- Track position
- 11
- Running time
- 4:37
- Tempo
- 93 BPM
- Known versions
- 5
Track Credits
- Vocals
- Denise Milfort
- Drums
- Bill Rieflin
- Cello
- Willie
Live History
- Performance span
- Fragility through NIN 2013 Festival Tour · Cold And Black And Infinite Tour through present
- Live debut
- November 14, 1999 · Barcelona, Spain
Versions
- La Mer
- La Mer (Alternate Version)
- La Mer (Version)
- La Mer (And All That Could Have Been)—DVD/VHS
- La Mer (The Walled Off Hotel version)
Sources: NIN Wiki — La Mer, revision 69543 (reviewed September 28, 2026). NIN Wiki song record
Words
Lyrics
Et quand le jour arrivé
Map touné le ciel
Et map touné la mer
Et la mer va embrassé moi
Et délivré moi lakay
An rien peut arrêter moi konin la
Et quand le jour arrivera
Je retournerai au ciel
Et je retournerai à la mer
Et la mer va m'embrasser
Et me délivrer chez moi
Rien ne peut m'arrêter maintenant
And when the day arrives
I'll become the sky
And I'll become the sea
And the sea will come to kiss me
For I am going
Home
Nothing can stop me now
And when the day arrives
I'll return to the sky
And I'll return to the sea
And the sea will embrace me
And deliver me home
Nothing can stop me now
Lyrics reproduced with permission for non-profit educational use.
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