Gosto de imaginar que ilhas significam-se ― fazem-se dizer por signos ― mediante barcos que se aventuram nas águas que as separam, mas também as unem: as águas podem ser oceânicas ou simples veredas, salgadas ou doces, profundas, turbulentas e mais difíceis de navegar, ou arroios cristalinos que escorrem transparentes entre pedras e vegetação de grande frescor. Os barcos, as palavras. E tudo o mais que diz respeito à palavra afeto, no sentido de afetar, atravessar. Escrever e ler são pontas de ilhas que se fazem significar ― os trajetos dependem dos barcos, das ilhas, das águas que as separam. Este blog não pretende nada, exceto lançar barcos que eventualmente alcancem outras ilhas. Barquinhos de papel.


segunda-feira, 30 de agosto de 2010

"It’s not dark yet, but it’s getting there" - Bob Dylan

Not Dark Yet, canção do CD Time Out Of Mind, é das coisas mais belas e tristes que o Bob Dylan já fez. Algo como um blues que se estivesse ouvindo ao fundo, ao longe. No vídeo, há uma deformação curiosa das imagens. Não escureceu ainda, mas está quase lá.

Shadows are falling and I’ve been here all day
It’s too hot to sleep, time is running away
Feel like my soul has turned into steel
I’ve still got the scars that the sun didn’t heal
There’s not even room enough to be anywhere
It’s not dark yet, but it’s getting there

Well, my sense of humanity has gone down the drain
Behind every beautiful thing there’s been some kind of pain
She wrote me a letter and she wrote it so kind
She put down in writing what was in her mind
I just don’t see why I should even care
It’s not dark yet, but it’s getting there

Well, I’ve been to London and I’ve been to gay Paree
I’ve followed the river and I got to the sea
I’ve been down on the bottom of a world full of lies
I ain’t looking for nothing in anyone’s eyes
Sometimes my burden seems more than I can bear
It’s not dark yet, but it’s getting there

I was born here and I’ll die here against my will
I know it looks like I’m moving, but I’m standing still
Every nerve in my body is so vacant and numb
I can’t even remember what it was I came here to get away from
Don’t even hear a murmur of a prayer
It’s not dark yet, but it’s getting there

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