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Come si fa a parlare di amore o di musica? Ascoltando il cuore credo, forse perchè solo esso conosce tutte le cose. E proprio nei luoghi segreti del cuore Buckley trovava se stesso, dolce e delicato, quasi rassegnato.
Il disco parte e l'atmosfera è inconfondibile, gli applausi salgono e Jeff incalza in un'imbarazzato "merci" prima di introdurre "Lover, you should have come over", lenta e candida, come un respiro caldo e ritmato. l'illusione e l'abbandono, che seguiranno il disco fino all'ultima traccia, sono messi a nudo subito "baby i'm too young to hold on and to old to just break free and run...". Disperatamente umano. E disperatemente angelica è la sua voce, la passione. La tracklist propone i titoli più noti dell'autore, dalla potenza di "dream brother", alle graffianti "Eternal life" e "Kick out the jams" (cover della punk band MC5) degenerata dall'estensione vocale folle di questo figlio d'arte.
Ma la vera valvola di sfogo Jeff non la trova nei brani rabbiosi, come l'incauto e superficiale ascoltatore potrebbe immaginare. Perchè con la rabbia non si fa nulla. Le note appena arpeggiate di "Lilac wine" e della tanto attesa "Grace" cullano così il silenzio irreale di un pubblico attonito, il fruscio della musica, sensazioni e sogni si confondono, applausi. il rumore è nuovo e utile conforto. Jeff infrange il silenzio e gioca con la saggia ironia suonando i primi accordi di "Kashmir" (amato brano dei Led Zeppelin) e improvvisando un francese scolastico che entusiasma il pubblico parigino. Arriva così, sottovoce la dolce "Je n'en connais pas la fin", romantica e maliconica, parigina insomma. in "Hallelujah" Buckley ansima per ogni vibrazione del cuore, d'apprima destreggiando la voce nel falsetto per poi stanco sussurare "...well it's not a cry that you hear at night, it's not somebody who's the light, it's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah...".
il concerto è finito, applausi, ancora. Non è la fine però, il silenzio, quello creato dalle parole, non c'è più, ma quello del cuore sì, costode eterno di ricordi magici. Ed è solo di amore che Jeff Buckley cantava, quello puro e reale, quello per la vita.
Elenco tracce e testi
02 Hallelujah (00:00)
Well, I heard there was a secret chord
That David played, and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for music, do ya
Well, it goes like this: the fourth, the fifth
The minor fall and the major lift
The baffled king composing Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Well, your faith was strong, but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew ya
And she tied you to her kitchen chair
And she broke your throne and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Well, baby, I've been here before
I've seen this room and I've walked this floor
You know, I used to live alone before I knew ya
And I've seen your flag on the marble arch
And love is not a victory march
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Well, there was a time when you let me know
What's really going on below
But now you never show that to me, do ya
But remember when I moved in you
And the holy dove was moving too
And every breath we drew was Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Well, maybe there is a God above
But all I've ever learned from love
Was how to shoot somebody who outdrew ya
And it's not a cry that you hear at night
It's not somebody who's seen the light
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah
03 What Will You Say (00:00)
It's been such a long time
And I was just a child then
What will you say
When you see my face?
Time feels like it's flown away
The days just pass and fade away
What will you say
When they take my place?
It's funny now
I just don't feel like I'm a man
What will you say
When you see my face?
My face...
Mother dear, the world's gone cold
No one cares about love anymore
What will you say
When you see my face?
Father do you hear me?
Do you know me?
Do you even care?
What will you say
When they take my place?
My heart can't take this anymore
What will you say
When you see my face?
When you see my,
See my face...
I can feel your time crawling
To a slow end
I can feel my time crawling
To a slow end...
Mother dear, the world's gone cold
No one cares about love anymore
What will you say
When you see my face?
Father do you hear me?
Do you know me?
Did you even care?
What will you say
When you take my place?
Well it's so funny now
I just don't feel like I'm a man
What will you say?
04 Dream Brother (00:00)
There is a child sleeping near his twin
The pictures go wild in a rush of wind
That dark angel he is shuffling in
Watching over them with his black feather wings unfurled
The love you lost with her skin so fair
Is free with the wind in her butterscotch hair
Her green eyes bloom goodbyes
With her head in her hands and your kiss on the lips of another
Dream brother
With your tears scattered round the world.
Don't be like the one who made me so old
Don't be like the one who left behind his name
'Cause they're waiting for you like I waited for mine
And nobody ever came
I feel afraid and I call your name
I love your voice and your dance insane
I hear your words and I know your pain
Your head in your hands and her kiss on the lips of another
Your eyes to the ground
And the world spinning round forever
Asleep in the sand with the ocean washing over
05 Eternal Life (00:00)
Eternal life is now on my trail
Got my red glitter coffin, man
Just need one last nail
While all these ugly gentlemen play out their foolish games
There's a flaming red horizon that screams our names
And as your fantasies are broken in two
Did you really think this bloody road would pave the way for you?
You better turn around
And blow your kiss hello to life eternal, Angel
Racist everyman, what have you done?
Man, you've made a killer of your unborn son
Crown my fear your king at the point of a gun
All I want to do is love everyone
And as your fantasies are broken in two
Did you really think this bloody road would pave the way for you?
You better turn around
And blow your kiss hello to life eternal
Oh
There's no time for hatred
Only questions
Where is love?
Where is happiness?
What is life?
Where is peace?
When will I find the strength to bring me release?
And tell me where is the love in what your prophet has said?
Man, It sounds to me just like a prison for the walking dead
And I've got a message for you and your twisted hell
You better turn around and blow your kiss goodbye
To life eternal Angel
Angel
07 Lilac Wine (00:00)
I lost myself on a cool damp night
I gave myself in that misty light
Was hypnotized by a strange delight
Under a lilac tree
I made wine from the lilac tree
Put my heart in its recipe
It makes me see what I want to see
And be what I want to be
When I think more than I want to think
Do things I never should do
I drink much more that I ought to drink
Because it brings me back you
Lilac wine
Is sweet and heady
Like my love
Lilac wine
I feel unsteady
Like my love
Listen to me
I cannot see clearly
Isn't that she
Coming to me
Nearly here
Lilac wine
Is sweet and heady
Where's my love
Lilac wine
I feel unsteady,
Where's my love
Listen to me
Why is everything so hazy
Isn't that she
Or am I just going crazy, dear?
Lilac wine
I feel unready for my love
Feel unready
For my love
08 Grace (00:00)
There's the moon asking to stay
Long enough for the clouds to fly me away
Well it's my time coming
I'm not afraid to die
My fading voice sings of love
But she cries to the clicking of time
Of time
Wait in the fire
Wait in the fire
And she weeps on my arm
Walking to the bright lights in sorrow
Oh drink a bit of wine we both might go tomorrow
Oh my love
And the rain is falling and I believe
My time has come
It reminds me of the pain
I might leave
Leave behind
Wait in the fire
Wait in the fire
And I feel them drown my name
So easy to know and forget with this kiss
I'm not afraid to go but it goes so slow
Wait in the fire
Wait in the fire
Wait in the fire
Wait in the fire
Wait in the fire
Wait in the fire
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