Bruce Springsteen - "Badlands"

"You spend your life waiting for a moment that just won't come"

Por vezes, deparamo-nos com aquele tema que descreve minuciosamente, palavra por palavra, o nosso estado de alma.
Mais raras vezes, esse tema é cantado da mesma forma que a nossa alma liberta o sentimento estampado nessas palavras.


Há uma razão que explica a minha devoção à arte de Bruce Springsteen. Ele, como nenhum outro artista consegue fazer, condensa o meu estado de alma em música. Especialmente neste álbum - "Darkness On The Edge Of Town" - que em dias é um periscópio para as profundezas do meu sub-consciente.

Tudo o que tenho a dizer por hoje, confio-o ao Bruce. Palavra a palavra:

"Lights out tonight, trouble in the heartland
Got a head-on collision, smashin' in my guts, man
I'm caught in a crossfire, that I don't understand
But there's one thing I know for sure, girl
I don't give a damn for the same old played out scenes
I don't give a damn for just the in-betweens
Honey, I want the heart, I want the soul, I want control, right now
You better listen to me baby
Talk about a dream, try to make it real
You wake up in the night with a fear so real
You spend your life waiting for a moment that just won't come
Well don't waste your time waiting

BADLANDS, you gotta live it everyday
Let the broken hearts stand
As the price you've gotta pay
We'll keep pushin' till it's understood
and these badlands start treating us good

Workin' in the fields 'til you get your back burned
Workin' 'neath the wheel 'til you get your facts learned
Baby, I got my facts learned real good right now,
You better get it straight, darling,
Poor man wanna be rich, rich man wanna be king
And a king ain't satisfied 'til he rules everything
I wanna go out tonight, I wanna find out what I got

I believe in the love that you gave me
I believe in the faith that can save me
I believe in the hope and I pray
That some day it may raise me, above these...

BADLANDS, you gotta live it everyday
Let the broken hearts stand
As the price you've gotta pay
We'll keep pushin' till it's understood
and these badlands start treating us good

For the ones who had a notion, a notion deep inside
That it ain't no sin to be glad you're alive
I wanna find one face that ain't looking through me
I wanna find one place,
I wanna spit in the face of these...

BADLANDS, you gotta live it everyday
Let the broken hearts stand
As the price you've gotta pay
We'll keep pushin' till it's understood
and these badlands start treating us good"