Guy Louis Debord (French: [gi dəbɔʁ]; December 28, 1931 – November 30, 1994) was a French Marxist theorist, writer, filmmaker, member of the Letterist International, founder of a Letterist faction, and founding member of the Situationist International (SI). He was also briefly a member of Socialisme ou Barbarie.
Guy Debord was born in Paris in 1931. Guy's father, Martial, was a pharmacist who died due to illness when Guy was young. Guy's mother, Paulette Rossi, sent Guy to live with his grandmother in her family villa in Italy. During World War II, the Rossis left the villa and began to travel from town to town. As a result, Guy attended high school in Cannes, where he began his interest in film and vandalism. As a young man, Debord actively opposed the French war in Algeria and joined in demonstrations in Paris against it.
Debord joined the Letterist International when he was 19. The Letterists were led dictatorially by Isidore Isou until a widely agreed upon schism ended Isou's authority. This schism gave rise to several factions of Letterists, one of which was decidedly led by Debord upon Gil Wolman's unequivocal recommendation. In the 1960s, Debord led the Situationist International group, which influenced the Paris Uprising of 1968. Some consider his book The Society of the Spectacle (1967) to be a catalyst for the uprising.
Imagine this
If it all falls in place
And your love,
Under will, comes as grace
All you'll see is mystery face to face
Would you tell
Should you speak
Could you say
That the love
That you feel's
Come of age
All you see is mystery and obey
And put your arms around her waist
Remember all forgotten days
The seductin song
This white water siren song
Circles me
Circles you
Circles all
And enchants
And delights
And enthralls
All we see is mystery
All in all
Everyone's a star that shines
All we see in life are signs
Should i tell
Could i speak
Could i say
That mmy love
Under will's
Glimpsed its grace
All i see is mystery