Friday, February 13, 2009

shifting between darkness and shadowy light




In praise of shadows, again.


David Sylvian, "Orpheus"

Standing firm on this stony ground
The wind blows hard
Pulls these clothes around
I harbour all the same worries as most
The temptations to leave or to give up the ghost
I wrestle with an outlook on life
That shifts between darkness and shadowy light
I struggle with words for fear that they'll hear
But Orpheus sleeps on his back still dead to the world

Sunlight falls, my wings open wide
There's a beauty here I cannot deny
And bottles that tumble and crash on the stairs
Are just so many people I knew never cared
Down below on the wreck of the ship
Are a stronghold of pleasures I couldn't regret
But the baggage is swallowed up by the tide
As Orpheus keeps to his promise and stays by my side

Tell me, I've still a lot to learn
Understand, these fires never stop
Believe me, when this joke is tired of laughing
I will hear the promise of my Orpheus sing

Sleepers sleep as we row the boat
Just you, the weather, and I gave up hope
But all of the hurdles that fell in our laps
Were fuel for the fire and straw for our backs
Still the voices have stories to tell
Of the power struggles in heaven and hell
But we feel secure against such mighty dreams
As Orpheus sings of the promise tomorrow may bring

Tell me, I've still a lot to learn
Understand, these fires never stop
Please believe, when this joke is tired of laughing
I will hear the promise of my Orpheus sing...


2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Esta canção de David Sylvian é simplesmente soberba e faz parte de um álbum, Secrets of the Beehive, que considero um dos discos da minha vida.
O teu blogue esta a dar a conhecer música absolutamente fantástica. Nunca tinha ouvido falar Nina Kinert ou Thomas Feiner. Parei de me actualizar musicalmente algures em 1989 ou 1990. Daí que estas sugestões que se afastam do mainstream sejam particularmente preciosas. Antigamente ainda se conseguia ouvir música de qualidade na rádio. Agora é simplesmente impossível.

DK said...

Quase toda a música que tenho colocado aqui tem um link em comum: a fabulosa etiqueta da Samadhisound (http://www.samadhisound.com/) de David Sylvian. Se queres actualizar-te musicalmente, só posso recomendar que assines a mailing list deles. É muito discreta e esporádica, mas quando anuncia algum lançamento, podes ter a certeza de que é um pequeno tesouro. Por ex., o mais recente lançamento da Samadhisound, "Twice Born Men" dos Sweet Billy Pilgrim é sublime, sublime. Um must absoluto.
Quanto à Nina Kinert (que é sueca, tal como Thomas Feiner), descobri-a também através de David Sylvian e do irmão, Steve Jansen, com quem tem colaborado. Ela tem uma interpretação recente fabulosa de um tema de Sylvian, "Playground Martyrs", disponível no site dela: http://www.myspace.com/ninakinert.