Sufjan Stevens – Jacksonville

Such a beautiful song from Sufjan Stevens. My second favourite after "Chicago". For some reason, I love this song and it makes me feel happy, calm and in good mood :)

I'm not afraid of the black man running,
He's got it right, he's got a better life coming.
I don't care what the captain said,
I fold it right at the top of my head.
I lost my sight and the state packs in,
I follow my heart and it leads me right to Jackson.

Oh, Keller, oh, oh, oh, oh.
She gave us a medal, she gave us a map.
Oh, Canner Row, oh, oh, oh.
If seeing is right, then look where you're at.

I'm not afraid of Nichol's Park,
I ride the train and I ride it after dark.
I'm not afraid to get it right,
I turn around and I give it one more try.
I said things that I meant to say,
The bandstand chairs and the Dewey Day parade.
I go out to the golden age,
The spirit is right and the spirit doesn't change.

Oh, Keller, oh, oh, oh, oh.
She gave us a mirror, she gave us a map.
Oh, Canner Row, oh, oh, oh.
If seeing is right, then look where you're at.

Andrew Jackson, all I'm asking,
Show us the wheel and give us the wine.
Woohoo! Woohoo!
Raise the banner, Jackson hammer,
Everyone goes to the capitol line.
Woohoo! Woohoo!
Colored preacher, nice to meet you!
The spirit is here and the spirit is fine!
Woohoo! Woohoo!
Education, ask the nation,
You gave us our sight and the hearing is fine.
Woohoo! Woohoo!
Andrew Jackson, all I'm asking,
Give us the wheel and give us the wine.

In the river...

Vetusta Morla comes back with their new album “Mapas” (Maps). My favorite song from this LP is “En el río”, meaning “In the river”.

This song is about a basket full of ideas that you leave on a river. Then the current of the society moves it around and creates a complex weave of thinkings and emotions. A real mesh which is hard to unwind...

 

Vetusta Morla - En el río (lyrics) 


Antes de ir
Se hacen y deshacen planes, culpas y cadenas.
Forman un telar
Que han tejido eternamente Aracne y Atenea.

Ya no estás,
Te dejé al borde del río metidito en esa cesta.
Y ahora tu vacío
Gira y gira para siempre dentro de una rueca.

En el río, en el río…
La orilla es una jaula hay muchos gallos de pelea.
Suenan cantos de sirena…
Se dan muerte a garrotazos, una estampa muy goyesca.
En la noche, en la noche…
Gira el mundo, gira el hambre y un revólver en la mesa.
En el río, en el río…
Se oyen gritos en el río, alguien no saldrá de esta.

En el río, en el río
Suenan cantos de sirena
Que en la noche, que en la noche
Todavía me despiertan.

En el río, en el río…
Antes de ir
Suenan cantos de sirena…
Se hacen y deshacen planes, culpas y cadenas.
Que en la noche, que en la noche…
Forman un telar
Todavía me despiertan…
Que han tejido eternamente Aracne y Atenea.

 

 

Sinking Stone...

Untying this sinking stone…

ALISON KRAUSS – Sinking Stone

I called you today
wanting a change.
I never meant to hurt anyone,
never meant for you to pull out your guns.

But feelings won't stay
in this meager parade.
You're beating to a different drum
in this lack of all luster we've become.

Save your breath,
you know we've both tried our best
but it's leaving.

This might as well be done.
I'm falling with the sun,
when the hours getting sour,
won't save with time.

And I'm waving off the one
who wouldn't let me run.
Though we try, it's a lie.
I can't keep dragging on.
I'm untying this sinking stone...

Don't sit on the fence,
living past tense,
holding on to wishes and words,
folding out a picture we blur.

Cause here in the end
I'm losing a friend.
Fighting back a tear when it burns,
dividing up the pieces that we were.

Save your breath,
you know we've both tried our best
but it's leaving.

This might as well be done.
I'm falling with the sun,
when the hours getting sour,
won't save with time.

And I'm waving off the one
who wouldn't let me run.
Though we try, it's a lie.
I can't keep dragging on.
I'm untying this sinking stone...

I can't say you're all alone.
I'm accepting what I own,
here lies a blanket, not a bandage.

I'm unable to restrain,
when the wake that we became
is drawing me under.

This might as well be done.
I'm falling with the sun,
when the hours getting sour,
won't save with time.

And I'm waving off the one
who wouldn't let me run.
Though we try, it's a lie.
I can't keep dragging on.
I'm untying this sinking stone...

This might as well be done.
I'm falling with the sun,
when the hours getting sour,
won't save with time.

And I'm waving off the one
who wouldn't let me run.
Though we try, it's a lie.
I can't keep dragging on.
I'm untying this sinking stone...

 

Seal - Kiss From A Rose

This is a song that remained in my head for many years. I didn't know which melody it was or where I listened to it. Finally, I determined myself to search for it. I had a feeling that I heard it in a movie. Then, I realized it could be a Batman movie... and so I got it! "Kiss from a rose", a very romantic song... and also quite cloying. Anyway, it stayed for so many time in my head that it deserves this little place in my blog.




There used to be
a graying tower
alone on the sea.

You became
the light on the
dark side of me.

Love remained
a drug that's the high
and not the pill.

But did you know
that when it snows,
my eyes become large and
the light that you shine
can be seen?

Baby!
I compare you to
a kiss from a rose
on the grave.

Ooh,
The more I get of you,
the stranger it feels,
yeah.

And now that
your rose is in bloom
a light hits the gloom
on the grave.

There is so much
a man can tell you,
so much he can say.

You remain
my power,
my pleasure,
my pain.

Baby!

To me you're like a
growing addiction
that I can't deny.

Won't you tell me
is that healthy, baby?

But did you know
that when it snows,
my eyes become large and
the light that you shine
can be seen?

Baby!
I compare you to
a kiss from a rose
on the grave.

Ooh,
The more I get of you,
the stranger it feels,
yeah.

Now that your
rose is in bloom
a light hits the gloom
on the grave.

I've been
kissed by a rose
on the grave.

I've been
kissed by a rose
on the grave.

I've been
kissed by a rose
on the grave.

And if i should fall
along the way.

I've been
kissed by a rose
on the grave.

There is so much a
man can tell you,
so much he can say.

You remain
my power,
my pleasure,
my pain.

To me you're like a
growing addiction
that I can't deny.

Won't you tell me
is that healthy, baby?

But did you know
that when it snows,
my eyes become large and
the light that you shine
can be seen?

Baby!
I compare you to
a kiss from a rose
on the grave.

Ooh,
The more I get of you,
the stranger it feels,
yeah.

Now that your
rose is in bloom
a light hits the gloom
on the grave.

Yes, I compare you to
a kiss from a rose
on the grave.

Ooh,
The more I get of you,
the stranger it feels,
yeah.

Now that your
rose is in bloom
a light hits the gloom
on the grave.

Now that your
rose is in bloom
a light hits the gloom
on the grave.

The greatest

Dedicated to my friends: they are the greatest.

Cat Power - The Greatest

Once I wanted to be the greatest
No wind or waterfall could stall me
And then came the rush of the flood
Stars at night turned deep to dust

Melt me down
Into big black armour
Leave no trace
Of grace
Just in your honor
Lower me down
To culprit south
Make ‘em wash
A space in town
For the lead and the dregs of my bed
I’ve been sleeping
Lower me down
Pin me in
Secure the grounds
For the later parade

Once I wanted to be the greatest
Two fists of solid rock
With brains that could explain
Any feeling

Lower me down
Pin me in
Secure the grounds
For the lead and the dregs of my bed
I’ve been sleeping
For the later parade

Once I wanted to be the greatest
No wind or waterfall could stall me
And then came the rush of the flood
Stars of night turned deep to dust

Smoke Fairies - Summer Fades (lyrics)

This is my attempt to write down the lyrics of this amazing song from Smoke Fairies.

I know my English skills are not very good, so please, let me know any correction I should make on these lyrics :)

Summer Fades



As the summer fades
to a watery light
and autumn’s hues
are coming into life.

Can we start something new
just me and you?
Through low light and trees
a future unseen
is a future I can believe.

Through the cold
these months
I held onto
a day in hope
that flickered in you.

Can we start something new
further than you?
A step is the path
the Moon to the Earth.
Find a future I can believe.

Can you hold me like you held someone
you shouldn't have let go?
Can you keep me deep inside
like the regrets that burnt a hole?
Can you love me like you loved someone
you loved so long ago?

Take me far away
the late night drive.
See her lights flash
in a stranger's eyes.

And then start something new
just me and you.
Through low light and trees
a future unseen
is a future I can believe.

Can you hold me like you held someone
you shouldn't have let go?
Can you keep me deep inside
like the regrets that burnt a hole?
Can you love me like you loved someone
you loved so long ago?

Can you hold me like you held someone
you shouldn't have let go?
Can you keep me deep inside
like the regrets that burnt a hole?
Can you love me like you loved someone
you loved so long ago?

Massive Attack - Babel (lyrics)

My version of the lyrics of this song. It wasn't easy to find the proper ones, but these are the most accurate lyrics I could do after comparing with so many versions.

Hope you enjoy it :)


Massive Attack - Babel

Said it was your paper
Said it was my Babel
It was my Babel
Tell on paper

Now you know it's over rolling off her shoulder
You can take a ladder to the shadows and forget
Was it how she kissed you and then dismissed you?
Was it purposeful and was it just to hook you in?

Hallucinating, chasing, changing, racing
Breaking, hating till you're lost in I
Where it was your girlfriend, she was not your way
Where you were going, you were on your own

He was quick to burning
He was slow to learning
Though inside you're misted
He still kissed her when she cried
You did your best to replace her
And didn't up and leave her
You befriended the harsh way it ended, now sleep tight

Hallucinating, chasing, changing, racing,
Breathing, breaking if you lost it all
Cause I know you'll do it, we come to do it
And when you do it, I will curve in love

You wanna be the one that shoots that truth to my death
I'm running so far out of my head
This sprain of heart that ripples my day
Can never sail by thinking away