Es Springsteen hablando del struggle for life y del tremendo absurdo que tapa:Seen a man standin' over a dead dog
by the highway in a ditch.
He's lookin' down kinda puzzled
pokin' that dog with a stick.
Got his car door flung open
he's standin' by the highway 31
like if he stood there long enough
that dog'd get up and run
by the highway in a ditch.
He's lookin' down kinda puzzled
pokin' that dog with a stick.
Got his car door flung open
he's standin' by the highway 31
like if he stood there long enough
that dog'd get up and run
Y hay que creer, tío.
Pienso en cómo cada momento puede parecer una meta en sí mismo y traer consigo la sensación de lo cumplido, finito, acabado, caramba. Es cómo Eef Barzelay dice:
The years are like the clouds up in the sky:
they come and go
and everything that lives will someday die.
But our love still grows
'cause every moment must make way
for one that's new
But just before it does,
remember I love you .
they come and go
and everything that lives will someday die.
But our love still grows
'cause every moment must make way
for one that's new
But just before it does,
remember I love you .
y otra vez Springsteen responde:
Everything dies, baby, that's a fact
but maybe everything that dies someday comes back
but maybe everything that dies someday comes back
Pienso en esto que estoy escribiendo, en el exhibicionismo famélico que nos impulsa a todos, escuchantes y dicentes, y en esa otra cosa que nos lanza a los unos hacia los otros y luego nos aparta de un empujón y no deja nada más que una sensación de gratuidad, de correr entre nubes de algodón con los brazos por delante gritando "gracias" y "perdón" y "he sido yo el que no lo ha entendido". Y, claro, Nick Drake:
When the day is done
down to earth then sinks the sun
along with everything that was lost and won
when the day is done
down to earth then sinks the sun
along with everything that was lost and won
when the day is done
Y acabo escribiéndolo todo aquí como para demostrar algo, no sé si a mí mismo o a la hipermosca que no quiere entender de estaciones y me hace compañía esta mañana en la que también veo con ojos de mosca. Esta monótona, monótona mañana de noviembre. Y Tom Waits:
No prayers for November to linger longer
Stick your spoon in the wall, we'll slaughter them all.
Stick your spoon in the wall, we'll slaughter them all.



