Corduroy

É a minha música preferida de Pearl Jam, desde que saiu o Vitalogy... Mais tarde (sim porque "no meu tempo" não era só fazer uma pesquisa no youtube para ficar a conhecer as músicas não editadas, está bem???) o State of Love and Trust assumiu a co-liderança do meu top...
Tanto que a adolescente que eu era se identificava profundamente com estas letras (tiradas de ouvido... que os Pearl Jam eram uns "cortes" para pôr as letras nos CDs)... Ouvindo hoje, penso que era impossível sentir isto tudo na altura mas a verdade é que na adolescência é quando a maioria de nós tem o primeiro contacto com a vida real, quando já não nos protegem de tudo e todos a tempo inteiro e se por um lado, os problemas são muito menores do que quando somos adultos, por outro, atingem uma dimensão completamente diferente por serem desconhecidos...
São os primeiros amores e desamores, são as primeiras injustiças, são os primeiros desencantos... É o primeiro vislumbre da realidade.
À medida que os anos vão avançando e os problemas se vão tornando mais sérios, também nós nos vamos habituando ao facto de nunca não termos qualquer problema, pelo que os introduzimos na nossa vida, com mais ou menos facilidade, e a menos que tenha consequências gravíssimas e irreversíveis, deixamo-los lá no seu canto e quase nos esquecemos deles até implorarem pela nossa atenção...
Hoje continuo a ter ambas as músicas no meu top. Hoje continuo a, de vez em quando, senti-las como "as minhas músicas". Enjoy :)

Corduroy

The waiting drove me mad...
You're finally here and I'm a mess.
I take your entrance back -
Can't let you roam inside my head.

I don't want to take what you can give
I would rather starve than eat your bread.
I would rather run but I can't walk
Guess I'll lie alone just like before.

I'll take the varmint's path
Oh and I must refuse your test
A-push me and I will resist
This behavior's not unique.

I don't want to hear from those who know
They can buy, but can't put on my clothes.
I don't want to limp for them to walk
Never would have known of me before.
I don't want to be held in your debt.
I'll pay it off in blood, let I be wed
I'm already cut up and half dead
I'll end up alone like I began.

Everything has chains, absolutely nothing's changed.
Take my hand, not my picture, spilled my tincture.

I don't want to take what you can give
I would rather starve than eat your breast
All the things that others want for me
Can't buy what I want because it's free
Can't buy what I want because it's free
Can't be what you want because I'm...

I ain't s'posed to be just fun
Oh, to live and die, let it be done.
I figure I'll be damned - all alone like I began...
It's your move now...
I thought you were a friend, but I guess I, I guess I hate you...

State of Love and Trust

State of love and trust as I busted down the pretext
Sin still plays and preaches, but to have an empty court, uh huh
And the signs are passin', grip the wheel, can't read it
Sacrifice receiving the smell that's on my hands, hands, yeah

And I listen for the voice inside my head
Nothin', I'll do this one myself

Lay her down as priest does, should the Lord be accountin'
Will be in my honor, make it pain, painfully quick, uh huh
Promises are whispered in the age of darkness
Want to be enlightened like I want to be told the end, end, yeah

And the barrel shakes aimed a directly at my head
Oh, help me, help me from myself
And I listen for the voice inside my head
Nothin', I'll do this one myself
Myself, myself

Hey, na na na na, hey that's something
Hey, na na na na, hey that's something
Hey, na na na na, hey that's something
Wanna back, back it away, yeah

And I listen, yeah, for the voice inside my head
Nothin', I'll do this one myself
Oh, ah, and the barrel waits, trigger shakes
Aimed right at my head, won't you help me
Help me from myself

State of love and trust, and a
State of love and trust, and a
State of love and trust, and a
State of love and yeah yeah

(Adorei esta versão, está com muito power!!!)





(Adoro todos os vídeos deste concerto... É tudo tão... puro...)