uma memória a que regresso algumas vezes

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há um lugar sob o lugar que se perde no sono

onde sabes que és apenas a metade de um rio

há uma âncora fundeada nas tuas mãos vazias

quando procuras num mapa um porto de abrigo

há o medo do naufrágio e a promessa de um sol

sobre praias douradas onde os sonhos se sonham

há uma canção por cantar em cada noite sem luz

em que os anjos dançam de olhos fechados em ti

... e há um amor que um deus pôs no teu coração

Take me down, to the underground

Won't you take me down, to the underground

Why of why, there is no light

And if I can't sleep, can you hold my life

And all I see is you

Take my hand, I lost where I began

In my heart I know all my faults

Will you help me understand

And I believe in you

You're the other half of me

Soothe and heal...

When you sleep, when you dream, I'll be there if you need me,

whenever I hear you sing...

There is a sun, it'll come, the sun, I hear them call me down

I held you once, a love that once, and life had just begun

And you're all I see...

And trumpets blew, and angels flew on the other side

And you're all I see, and you're all I'll need

There's a love that God puts in your heart

ouvi hoje esta velha canção das abóboras que ainda nos esmagam. 
gosto do clip, com aquela atmosfera mista de méliès e fantasia vitoriana.

Speak to me in a language I can hear

Humour me before I have to go

Deep in thought I forgive everyone

As the cluttered streets greet me once again

I know I can't be late, supper's waiting on the table

Tomorrow's just an excuse away

So I pull my collar up and face the cold, on my own

The earth laughs beneath my heavy feet

At the blasphemy in my old jangly walk

Steeple guide me to my heart and home

The sun is out and up and down again

I know I'll make it, love can last forever

Graceful swans of never topple to the earth

And you can make it last, forever you

You can make it last, forever you

And for a moment I lose myself

Wrapped up in the pleasures of the world

I've journeyed here and there and back again

But in the same old haunts I still find my friends

Mysteries not ready to reveal

Sympathies I'm ready to return

I'll make the effort, love can last forever

Graceful swans of never topple to the earth

Tomorrow's just an excuse

And you can make it last, forever you

You can make it last, forever you

outra pérola de “mellon collie” é esta canção, grandiosa na sua simplicidade, perfeita na sua imperfeição. 
e na realidade um dos atractivos é que são duas canções numa só. 
curioso, numa canção sobre a beleza no outro, serem abóboras o que nos esmaga.



Beautiful, you're beautiful, as beautiful as the sun
Wonderful, you're wonderful, as wonderful as they come
And I can't help but feel attached
To the feelings I can't even match
With my face pressed up to the glass, wanting you

Beautiful, you're beautiful, as beautiful as the sky
Wonderful, it's wonderful, to know that you're just like I
And I'm sure you know me well, 
As I'm sure you don't
But you just can't tell
Who'll you love and who you won't

And I love you, as you love me
So let the clouds roll by your face
We'll let the world spin on to another place
We'll climb the tallest tree above it all
To look down on you and me and them

And I'm sure you know me well, as I'm sure you don't
But you just can't tell, who you'll love and who you won't
Don't let your life wrap up around you
Don't forget to call, wheneverI'll be here just waiting for you
I'll be under your stars forever
Neither here nor there just right beside you
I'll be under the stairs forever

Neither here nor there just right beside you 

ainda me lembro: ouvi na rádio que os smashing pumpkins tinham um trabalho novo, disseram que se chamava «melancholy and the infinite sadness» e recordo ter logo pensado “com um título assim só pode ser um grande disco”. não me enganei...

e continha ainda vários bónus extra: ser duplo, o título incluir o divertido trocadilho da «melancholy» ser afinal «mellon collie» e, entre as inúmeras boas canções presentes, conter pelo menos duas que se vieram a tornar canções da minha vida. esta é uma delas.



By starlight I'll kiss you
And promise to be your one and only
I'll make you feel happy
And leave you to be lost in mine
And where will we go, what will we do?
Soon said I, will know
Dead eyes, are you just like me?
Cause her eyes were as vacant as the seas
Dead eyes, are you just like me?
And all along, we knew we'd carry on
Just to belong
By starlight I know you
As lovely as a wish granted true
My life has been empty, my life has been untrue
And does she really know, who I really am?
Does she really know me at last
Dead eyes, are you just like me?

os smashing pumpkins, agora pouco mais do que uma memória, escreveram pelo menos três ou quatro canções para mim imortais, aquelas que volta e meia temos forçosamente que voltar a ouvir.

uma é esta, que acordou hoje comigo e tenho andado todo o dia a cantarolar, sabem como é?

What moonsongs
Do you sing your babies?
What sunshine do you bring?

Who belongs
Who decides who's crazy
Who rights wrongs where others cling?

I'll sing for you
If you want me to
I'll give to you
And it's a chance I'll have to take
And it's a chance I'll have to break

I go along
Just because I'm lazy
I go along to be with you

And those moonsongs
That you sing your babies
Will be the songs to see you through

I'll hear your song
If you want me to
I'll sing along
And it's a chance I'll have to take
And it's a chance I'll have to break

I'm in love with you
I'm in love with you
I'm in love with you

I'm in love with you
So in love
I'm in love with you
With you
I'm in love with you