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QUINDICI ANNI FA...
Il 1994 è stato un anno particolare. L'anno di una caduta in un vuoto, in un giorno come tanti. Un vuoto esistenziale indecifrabile. Vuoto inteso come nulla, come qualcosa che porta addirittura al suicidio. Quella sensazione era stata espressa fino in fondo in un lavoro chiamato "The Downward Spiral", uno dei dischi fondamentali degli anni '90, composto interamente da Trent Michael Reznor, ossia il deus ex machina del progetto Nine Inch Nails.
CINQUE ANNI DOPO...
1999: la storia continua. C'è chi è sopravvissuto alla Spirale Discendente. Eppure dentro di sè gli è rimasto un segno indelebile, qualcosa che non lo lascerà mai. Dentro di sè ha la fragilità. La rottura della propria personalità. L'animo inghiotte un rospo che è rimasto in gola. Le parole da esprimere sono strozzate, bocconi amari duri da masticare.
"tried to save myself but myself keeps slipping away..."
Ma non si è rotto qualcosa solo dentro di sè, ma tutto il mondo è diviso in due. Si è disperso, disintegrato, sparito. Rimane solo lo smarrimento in un vortice. Un vortice da cui bisogna fuggire. Fuggire da tutto e da tutti, attraverso chissà quale via. Ma dove sono tutti, ci si chiederà. Sono rimasti tutti ipnotizzati da maledetti stereotipi e falsi miti? E' complicato saperlo, è complicato.
"I can still feel you
even so far away"
Si prega pur di trovare una via d'uscita. C'è il bisogno di cercarla, scavando più in profondità. No, non si può uscire, dice una voce misteriosa ed arrabbiata. Eppure, nello stesso tempo, si può. Si può provare a ricostruire tutto quello che è stato distrutto. Ricreare l'ordine dal caos. Scoprire l'arcano, nel corso di una lenta risalita.
"all that we were is gone we have to hold on
when all our hope is gone we have to hold on
all that we were is gone but we can hold on"
E allora via, in un'avventura che si sviluppa in due dischi, in un continuo crescendo di suoni, tra chitarre, bassi, batterie, orchestre, rumori stridenti, dentro una specie di tunnel schizofrenico e claustrofobico. Qualcosa che è velato di dolore e tristezza, ma allo stesso tempo caratterizzato dalla necessità di trovare il coraggio di risorgere dalle ceneri, cercando di agire nel modo migliore possibile. Ne rimarrà il ricordo, di questa fuga, ma non si potrà che essere fieri del proprio viaggio.
"È molto, molto difficile mettere d'accordo cuore e cervello. Pensa che, nel mio caso, non si rivolgono nemmeno la parola" diceva Woody Allen. Nessuno di noi sa se Trent Reznor conosce o meno questa frase. Eppure in qualche modo lui c'è riuscito. E' riuscito a far andare d'accordo questi due organi.
Perché quest'esperienza sonora altro non è che un disco fatto con il cuore e arrangiato con il cervello. Forse "The Fragile" è la versione "orchestrale" (si fa per dire) della Spirale Discendente. Forse no. Chi può dirlo.
"You remain
I am stained"
Perlomeno noi continueremo sempre a ricostruire il vuoto creatosi dentro di noi...
Elenco tracce testi samples e video
01 Somewhat Damaged (04:31)
So impressed with all you do
Tried so hard to be like you
Flew too high and burnt the wing
Lost my faith in everything
Lick around divine debris
Taste the wealth of hate in me
Shedding skin succumb defeat
This machine is obsolete
Made the choice to go away
Drink the fountain of decay
Tear a hole exquisite red
Fuck the rest and stab it dead
Broken bruised forgotten sore
Too fucked up to care any more
Poisoned to my rotten core
Too fucked up to care any more
Broken bruised forgotten sore
Too fucked up to care any more
Poisoned to my rotten core
Too fucked up to care any more
In the back, off the side, and far away
is a place, where i hide, where i stay
tried to say, tried to ask, i needed to
all alone, by myself, where were you?
how could i ever think it's funny how
everything that swore it wouldn't change is different now
just like you would always say we'd make it through
then my head fell apart and where were you?
how could i ever think it's funny how
everything you swore would never change is different now
like you said, you and me, make it through
didn't quite, fell apart, where the fuck were you?
02 The Day the World Went Away (04:33)
I'd listen to the words he'd say
But in his voice I heard decay
The plastic face forced to portray
All the insides left cold and gray
There is a place that still remains
It eats the fear it eats the pain
The sweetest price he'll have to pay
The day the whole world went away
Na na nah
Na na na, nah
Na na nah
Na na na , nah
04 The Wretched (05:25)
Just a reflection
Just a glimpse
Just a little reminder
Of all the what abouts
And all the might of beens
Could have beens
Another day
Some other way
But not another reason to continue
And now you're one of us
The wretched
The hopes and prays
The better days
The far aways
Forget it
It didn't turn out the way you wanted it to
It didn't turn out the way you wanted it did it?
It didn't turn out the way you wanted it to
It didn't turn out the way you wanted it did it?
Now you know
This is what it feels like
Now you know
This is what it feels like
The clouds will part and the sky cracks open
And God himself will reach his fucking arm
Through
Just to push you down
Just to hold you down
Stuck in this hole with the shit and the piss
And it's hard to believe it could come down to this
Back at the beginning
Sinking
Spinning
And in the end
We still pretend
The time we spend
Not knowing when
You're finally free
And you could be
But it didn't turn out the way you wanted it to
It didn't turn out quite the way that you wanted it
Now you know
This is what it feels like
Now you know
This is what it feels like
You can try to stop it but it keeps on coming
You can try to stop it but
05 We're in This Together (07:16)
I've become impossible
holding on to when
when everything seemed to matter more
the two of us
(all used) all used and beaten up
watching fate, as it flows
down the path, we have chose
you and me
we're in this together now
none of them can stop us now
we will make it through somehow
you and me
if the world should break in two
until the very end of me
until the very end of you
awake to the sound
as they peel apart the skin
they pick and they pull
trying to get their fingers in
well they've got to kill what we've found
well they've got to hate what they fear
well they've got to make it go away
well they've got to make it disappear
the farther i fall i'm beside you
as lost as i get i will find you
the deeper the wound i'm inside you
forever and ever i'm a part of
you and me
we're in this together now
none of them can stop us now
we will make it through somehow
you and me
if the world should break in two
until the very end of me
until the very end of you
the world is gone we have to hold on x3
the world is gone but we can hold on
you and me
we're in this together now
none of them can stop us now
we will make it through somehow
you and me
even after everything
you're the queen and i'm the king
nothing else means anything
06 The Fragile (04:35)
She shines
In a world full of ugliness
She matters
When everything is meaningless
Fragile
She doesn't see her beauty
She tries to get away
Sometimes
It's just that nothing seems worth saving
I can't watch her slip away
I won't let you fall apart (x4)
She reads the minds of all the people as they pass her by
Hoping someone can see
If I could fix myself i'd -
but it's too late for me
I won't let you fall apart (x4)
We'll find the perfect place to go where we can run and hide
I'll build a wall and we can keep them on the other side
...but they keep waiting
...and picking and picking and picking and picking...
It's something I have to do
I won't let you fall apart
I was there, too
I won't let you fall apart
Before everything else
I won't let you fall apart
I was like you
I won't let you fall apart
08 Even Deeper (05:47)
I woke up today
to find myself in the other place
with a trail of my footprints
from where I ran away
it seems everything I've heard
just might be true
and you know me
(well you think you do)
sometimes, I have everything-
yet I wish I felt something
do you know how far this has gone?
just how damaged have I become?
when i think I can overcome
it runs even deeper
and in a dream I'm a different me
with a perfect you
we fit perfectly
and for once in my life I feel complete-
and I still want to ruin it
afraid to look
as clear as day
this plan has long been underway
I hear them call
I cannot stay
the voice inviting me away
do you know how far this has gone?
just how damaged have I become?
when I think I can overcome
it runs even deeper
everything that matters is gone
all the hands of hope have withdrawn
could you try to help me hang on?
it runs...
I'm straight
I won't crack
on my way
and I can't turn back
I'm okay
I'm on track
on my way
and I can't turn back
I stayed
on this track
gone too far
and I can't come back
I stayed
on this track
lost my way
can't come back
11 La Mer (04:37)
Lyrics are french, which I've translated into english.
Et quand le jour arrive
Je deviendra le ciel
Et je deviendrai la mer
Et la mer viendra pour m'embrasser pour moi
Vais à la maison
Rien peut m'arrêter maintenant
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And when the day arrives
I'll become the sky
And i'll become the sea
And the sea will come to kiss me
For i am going Home
Nothing can stop me now
12 The Great Below (05:17)
Staring at the sea
Will she come?
Is there hope for me
After all is said and done
Anything at any price
All of this for you
All the spoils of a wasted life
All of this for you
All the world has closed her eyes
Tired faith all worn and thin
For all we could have done
And all that could have been
Ocean pulls me close
And whispers in my ear
The destiny I've chose
All becoming clear
The currents have their say
The time is drawing near
Washes me away
Makes me disappear
And I descend from grace
In arms of undertow
I will take my place
In the great below
I can still feel you
Even so far away
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Altre recensioni
Di Tzunami
Fiumi di parole non basterebbero a descrivere la sua monumentale opera.
Parole come lame nelle fragili carni.
Di Mike76
Summa della loro opera è stato “The Fragile” lavoro difficilmente battibile in quanto a pomposità, eccessiva durata, dispersività.
Reznor abbia atteso tanto tempo per la pubblicazione del disco per opposizione della casa discografica che forse stavolta non aveva tutti i torti: magari ci saremmo risparmiati due ore di noia.
Di Omega Kid
Un doppio album degno di un posto d’onore accanto alle grandi opere del rock.
The Fragile è un meraviglioso specchio incrinato, capolavoro più emozionale che tecnico.
