In the mood for melancholy

O moço aí, Ray LaMontagne, é a minha descoberta dessa semana. Com 34 anos, ele é um cantor folk norte-americano cujo trabalho, dizem, tem algo a ver com o de Damien Rice, aquele da trilha sonora do filme Closer. Não sei, ainda preciso aprender muito sobre os dois para emitir opinião.
O fato é que gostei dessa voz meio sussurrante cantando letras melancólicas. Logo abaixo segue o vídeo de uma apresentação dele na BBC. A música chama-se "Empty", mas recomendo de cara outra música, "You can bring me flowers", que só não coloquei junto porque não encontrei um vídeo dela. No site oficial dele dá para ouvir outras músicas, vai lá: http://www.raylamontagne.com/uk/listen.php




EMPTY
She lifts her skirt up to her knees,
walks through the garden rows with her bare feet, laughing.
i never learned to count my blessings,
i choose instead to dwell in my disasters.
i walk on down a hill,
through grass, grown tall and brown
and still its hard somehow to let go of my pain.
on past the busted back of that old and rusted cadillac
that sinks into this field, collecting rain.
will i always feel this way?
so empty, so estranged

and of these cut- throat busted sunsets,
these cold and damp white mornings
i have grown weary.
if though my cracked and dusted dime-store lips
i spoke these words out loud would no one hear me?
lay your blouse across the chair,
let fall the flowers from from your hair
and kiss me with that country mouth, so plain.
outside, the rain is tapping on the leaves,
to me it sounds like they're applauding us the quiet love we made.
will i always feel this way?
so empty, so estranged

well i looked my demons in the eyes,
laid bare my chest, said do your best, destroy me.
you see, i've been to hell and back so many times,
i must admit you kind of bore me.
there's a lot of things that can kill a man,
there's a lot of ways to die,
listen, some already did that walked beside me.
there's alot of things i don't understand,
why so many people lie.
its the hurt i hide inside that fuels the fire inside me.
will i always feel this way?
so empty, so estranged