Girl from the North Country - Bob Dylan

Well, if you're travelin' in the north country fair,
Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline,
Remember me to one who lives there.
She once was a true love of mine.

Well, if you go when the snowflakes storm,
When the rivers freeze and summer ends,
Please see if she's wearing a coat so warm,
To keep her from the howlin' winds.

Please see for me if her hair hangs long,
If it rolls and flows all down her breast.
Please see for me if her hair hangs long,
That's the way I remember her best.

I'm a-wonderin' if she remembers me at all.
Many times I've often prayed
In the darkness of my night,
In the brightness of my day.

So if you're travelin' in the north country fair,
Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline,
Remember me to one who lives there.
She once was a true love of mine.

Balada a obscuras

Into my arms - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (Letra: Nick Cave)

I don't believe in an interventionist God
but I know, darling, that you do.
Not to intervene when it came to you...
Not to touch a hair on your head,
to leave you as you are.
And if He felt He had to direct you,
then direct you into my arms...

Into my arms, oh Lord...
Into my arms, oh Lord...
Into my arms, oh Lord...
Into my arms...

And I don't believe in the existence of angels,
but looking at you I wonder if that's true.
But if I did I would summon them together,
and ask them to watch over you...
To each burn a candle for you,
to make bright your path,
and to walk, like Christ, in grace and love,
and guide you into my arms...

Into my arms, oh Lord...
Into my arms, oh Lord...
Into my arms, oh Lord...
Into my arms...

And I believe in love,
and I know that you do too...
And I believe in some kind of path
that we can walk down, me and you.
So keep your candle burning
and make her journey bright and pure,
that she will keep returning
always and evermore.

Into my arms, oh Lord...
Into my arms, oh Lord...
Into my arms, oh Lord...
Into my arms...



(La otra cara de la letra)

El regreso de los ilusionistas

Sleight of hand - Pearl Jam (Letra: Eddie Vedder)


Routine was the theme, he'd wake up and wash and pour himself into uniform.
Something he hadn't imagined being... as the merging traffic passed, he found himself staring, down, at his own hands. Not remembering the change, not recalling the plan, was it...?
He was okay, but wondering about wandering: Was it age? by consequence? or was he moved by sleight of hand?
Mondays were made to fall, lost on a road he knew by heart. It was like a book he read in his sleep, endlessly... Sometimes he hid in the radio, watching others pull into their homes
while he was drifting...
On a line, of his own, off the line, on the side, by the by... As dirt turned to sand, as if moved by sleight of hand.
When he reached the shore of his clip-on world he resurfaced to the norm. Organized his few things, his coat and keys...
Any new realizations would have to wait til he had more time, more time...
Time to dream, to himself, he waves goodbye to himself... I'll see you on the other side...
Another man... Moved by sleight of hand...

Casa

Tengo mi casa llena de insultos tuyos.
Mi cama pregunta por que?
Mi armario se encuentra un poco agitado,
luego de que la ropa se fue.

En la cocina vendo boletas sin pagar.
Y la comida escupe presagios.
La bañadera un sitio normal...
antes de suicidarse los platos.

Las puertas siempre abiertas
ventanas incorrectas
el zumbido del ventilador.
Y el vacio declarase emperador...
de un lugar
poco habitable, como hoy soy yo.

En las hornallas se impregna el sol
de la mañana que amaga despertarse.

Caduca el vino en el corazon,
despues que me emborrachaste.

El concepto de los espejos
revertido en mi habitacion.
Rotos y maltrechos...

La verdad que ayer, no quise escaparme
de este lugar acogedor.

Las puertas siempre abiertas
ventanas incorrectas
el zumbido del ventilador
Y el vacio delcarase emperador...
de un lugar
poco habitable...


(Otra canción que nace, y muere en el intento de crecer.)

Perdon

I have forgiven Jesus - Morrissey (Letra: Morrissey)

I was a good kid
I wouldn't do you no harm
I was a nice kid
with a nice paper-round
Forgive me any pain
I may have brung to you
With God's help I know
I'll always be near to you

But Jesus hurt me
When He deserted me...
but, I have forgiven Jesus
for all the desire
He placed in me
when there's nothing I can do with this desire

I was good kid
through hail and snow
I'd go... just to moon you
I carried my heart in my hand
¿Do you understand?
¿Do you understand?


But Jesus hurt me
when He deserted me
but, I have forgiven Jesus
for all of the love he placed in me
when there's no one I can turn to with this love

Monday, humiliation... Tuesday, suffocation...
Wednesday, condescension... Thursday, is pathetic
by Friday... life has killed me
by Friday... life has killed me

Why did you give me so much desire
when there is nowhere I can go
to offload this desire?
And why did you give me so much love
in a loveless world
when there is no one I can turn to
to unlock all this love?

And why did you stick me in
self-deprecating bones and skin?
Jesus... do you hate me?
Why did you stick me in
self-deprecating bones and skin?
... do you hate me?

"Soy mi peor enemigo"

Off he goes - Pearl Jam (Letra: Eddie Vedder / Musica: Pearl Jam)


Know a man, his face seems pulled and tense... like he's riding on a motorbike in the strongest winds.
So I approach with tact,
suggest that he should relax,
but he's always moving much too fast.
Said he'll see me on the flipside
on this trip he's taken for a ride...

He's been taking too much on,
there he goes with his perfectly unkept clothes...
There he goes...

He's yet to come back,
but I've seen his picture:
it doesn't look the same up on the rack.
We go way back...
I wonder about his insides,
its like his thoughts are too big for his size.

He's been taken... where, I don't know?
Off he goes with his perfectly unkept hope...
And there he goes...

And now I rub my eyes, for he has returned...
Seems my preconceptions are what should have been burned...
For he still smiles...
and he's still strong
nothing's changed, but the surrounding bullshit that has grown.
And now he's home,
and we're laughing like we always did...
My same old, same old friend...
Until a quarter-to-ten
I saw the strain creep in,
he seems distracted... and I know just what is gonna happen next:
Before his first step...
he's off again...

Gira el circulo negro

Spin the black circle - Pearl Jam (Musica y Letra: Pearl Jam)


See this needle...a see my hand...
Drop, drop, dropping it down...oh, so gently...
Well here it comes...I touch the plane...
Turn me up...won't turn you away...
Spin, spin...spin the black circle
Spin, spin...spin the black, spin the black...
Spin, spin...spin the black circle
Spin, spin...
Pull it out...a paper sleeve...
Oh, my joy...only you deserve conceit...
I'm so big...a-my whole world...
I'd rather you...rather you...than her...
Spin, spin...spin the black circle
Spin, spin...spin the black, spin the black...
Spin, spin...spin the black circle
Spin, spin...whoa...oh...
You're so warm...oh, the ritual...when I lay down your crooked arm...
Spin, spin...spin the black circle
Spin, spin...spin the black, spin the black...
Spin, spin...spin the black circle
Spin, spin...
Spin the black...circle
Spin the black circle...
Spin, spin...

La ultima

Footsteps - Pearl Jam (Musica y Letra: Vedder)

Don't even think about reaching me,
I won't be home.
Don't even think about stopping by,
don't think of me at all.

I did what I had to do,
If there was a reason, it was you.

Oh, don't even think about getting inside...
voices in my head. Ooh, voices...
I got scratches all over my arms.
One for each day since I fell apart.







I did, oh, what I had to do,
If there was a reason, it was you.

Footsteps in the hall...
it was you, you.
Oh, pictures on my chest...
it was you.
It was you...

I did what I had to do...
Oh, and if there was a reason...
oh, there wasn't no reason... no.
And if there's something you'd like to do,
just let me continue to blame you.

Oh, footsteps in the hall...
it was you, you.
Oh, pictures on my chest,
it was you, you... Oh...

Perdido en Buenos Aires

La estética del resentimiento - Pez (Musica y letra: Ariel Minimal)


No amerita comentario el linyera con su pose singular
si a vos te corre el horario y no te detenés a pensar
que él es dueño de su eterno tiempo, desconoce el que dirán,
él es un animal suelto y sabe mucho, mucho más que vos
que estás perdido en Buenos Aires y te quejás de la humedad
y si Belgrano no se abre, vas y agarrás por San Juan.
Es enero y se derrite Buenos Aires,
y el reflejo del sol en los techos de las casas bajas
me va cegando lentamente
y la mente se me pone en blanco,
y estoy perdido tras Barracas y me quejo de todo lo que hay;
si encuentro Constitución después sigo por Garay.

El zapato, la piedra, la rayuela, la canción...

Te leo al revés - Massacre (Letra y musica: Massacre)

Resulta sabio,
el nuevo lenguaje que aprendí,
parece fácil, ejercitable,
con solo escuchar lo que decís,
Ya se interpretarte ahora,
ya se que pensas ahora,
ya se interpretarte ahora,
con una sutíl maniobra.






Te leo al revés, invierto siglas
no intento mas en vos creer,
Te leo al revés, como en un vidrio
el velo cae hasta tus pies
el velo cae...
el velo cae hasta tus pies

Ya se interpretarte ahora,
ya se que pensás ahora,
ya se interpretarte ahora,
con una sutíl maniobra.

Te leo al revés, invierto siglas
no intento mas en vos creer,
Te leo al revés, como en un vidrio
el velo cae hasta tus pies
el velo cae...
el velo cae hasta tus pies
Hizo presencia
la clave de la salud mental en mi
Hizo presencia
la puerta que hoy si me ayudará a salir

Te leo al revés...

Inquietudes mentales-fisicas

Mother - Pink Floyd (Musica y Letra: Pink Floyd)


Mother, do you think they'll drop the bomb?
Mother, do you think they'll like this song?
Mother, do you think they'll try to break my balls?
Mother, should I build the wall?
Mother, should I run for President?
Mother, should I trust the government?
Mother, will they put me in the firing line?
Is it just a waste of time?





Hush now baby, baby, don't you cry
Momma's gonna make all of your nightmares come true
Momma's gonna put all of her fears into you
Momma's gonna keep you right here under her wing
She won't let you fly, but she might let you sing
Momma's will keep Baby cozy and warm
Oooo Babe
Oooo Babe
Ooo Babe, of course Momma's gonna help build the wall

Mother, do you think she's good enough
For me?
Mother, do you think she's dangerous
To me?
Mother will she tear your little boy apart?
Mother, will she break my heart?

Hush now baby, baby, don't you cry
Momma's gonna check out all your girlfriends for you
Momma won't let anyone dirty get through
Momma's gonna wait up until you get in
Momma will always find out where you've been
Momma's gonna keep Baby healthy and clean
Oooo Babe
Oooo Babe
Ooo Babe, you'll always be Baby to me

Mother, did it need to be so high?