Quando un pezzo mi folgora così io devo immediatamente inserirlo nel mio blog. Poi ultimamente sono veramente tante le domande che mi pongo. Forse con il tempo, che non smette di passare, e con la quantità di cose che vedono i miei occhi.. aumentano anche i dubbi.

Ma poi arriva una canzone come questa e io mi tranquillizzo. Certo, spero di avere il tempo, che non sarà mai abbastanza, per capire il mio ‘tutto’. Invitandovi più che mai, questa volta, a leggere la canzone dello straordinario poeta contemporaneo, quale è Rice, vi ricordo che il brano fa parte di “My Favorite Faded Fantasy”, terzo album in studio del cantautore irlandese pubblicato a fine 2014 a quasi otto anni dall’uscita del precedente album. L’album è stato prodotto da Rick Rubin un grande producer USA, dal curriculum costellato di incredibile nomi. Forse per essersi fatto attendere molto, il disco non ha ottenuto grandissime attenzioni. Per me è suonato da dio, curato nei minimi dettagli nei suoni. Almeno su Spotify sentitevelo.

It Takes a Lot to Know a Man
Damien Rice
It takes a lot to know a man
It takes a lot to understand
The warrior, the sage
The little boy enraged
It takes a lot to know a woman
A lot to understand what’s humming
The honeybee, the sting
The little girl with wings
It takes a lot to give, to ask for help
To be yourself, to know and love what you live with
It takes a lot to breathe, to touch, to feel
The slow reveal of what another body needs
It takes a lot to know a man
A lot to know, to understand
The father and the son
The hunter and the gun
It takes a lot know a woman
A lot to comprehend what’s coming
The mother and the child
The muse and the beguiled
It takes a lot to give, to ask for help
To be yourself, to know and love what you live with
It takes a lot to breathe, to touch, to feel
The slow reveal of what another body needs
It takes a lot to give, to ask for help
To be yourself, to know and love what you live with
It takes a lot to breathe, to touch, to feel
The slow reveal of what another body needs
It takes a lot to live, to ask for help
To be yourself, to know and love what you live with
It takes a lot to breathe, to touch, to feel
The slow reveal of what another body needs
What are you so afraid to lose?
What is it you’re thinking that will happen if you do?
What are you so afraid to lose? (You wrote me to tell me you’re nervous and you’re sorry)
What is it you’re thinking that will happen if you do? (Crying like a baby saying “this thing is killing me”)
What is it you’re so afraid to lose? (You wrote me to tell me you’re nervous and you’re sorry)
What is it you’re thinking that will happen if you do? (Crying like a baby saying “this thing is killing me”)

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di C.Piraino