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Sheryl Suzanne Crow, oltre ad essere una delle mie più grandi icone è sempre stata una musa dal multiforme ingegno: sempre così diversa eppure uguale a se stessa, complessa, ricca di sfumature e sempre immediatamente riconoscibile e identificabile: con una personalità così non è assolutamente necessario operare brusche e repentine svolte: il suo percorso artistico è sempre stato fluido e lineare come quello di un fiume: ora straripante e impetuoso, ora placido e sereno, ma sempre immutabile nel suo scorrere verso il mare, eppure nel 2005 qualcosa cambia, il corso delle acque viene deviato, nuovi paesaggi, familiari ma diversi sovvengono alle orecchie dell'ascoltatore, e nasce così "Wildflower".
Sicuramente l'album più meditato, riflessivo e forse più femminile della carriera di Sheryl: un sound ricco di orchestrazioni, caldo, denso, pastoso e avvolgente, che raggiunge vette emozionali da pelle d'oca nella canzone che dà il titolo al disco, in cui quella voce di cui mi sono follemente innamorato si trasforma in un soffio, in un gentile lamento che vaga con la grazia di una farfalla sugli arpeggi di una discreta chitarra folk e sui lenti e malinconici vortici di una base di archi; una canzone che diventa il fulcro dell'intero album, in cui tutte le altre in qualche modo si rispecchiano e ne diventano quasi delle variazioni sul tema: testi e melodie che sono un po' come un leggero sorriso mentre una lacrima scende sulla guancia, cantate da una voce che scalda il cuore: canzoni che crescono con slancio, con assoluta naturalezza come "I Don't Wanna Know", "Perfect Lie", "Good Is Good", "I Know Why" e la più articolata e blueseggiante "Letter To God", oppure "Where Has All The Love Gone", estatica e liberatoria e "Always On Your Side", magia pura sotto forma di piano-ballad mozzafiato, cantata come solo Sheryl può e sa fare, con quel "Butterflies are free to fly and so they fly away" che sembra quasi un omaggio ad Elton John, che SC quasi reinterpreta in chiave strettamente personale in questa meravigliosa canzone che contende a "Wildflower" la palma di momento più alto dell'album.
Disco di bellezza rara e particolare, cromaticamente un verde naturale sfumato in varie tonalità "Wildflower" non è però un album perfetto, se non altro perché brani più ritmati come "Live It Up" o "Lifetimes", apprezzabili se presi a se stanti, sembrano quasi dei corpi estranei in un contesto così specifico e definito, ma resta uno scrigno prezioso in cui Sheryl, la rosa selvaggia del Missouri depone un pezzo della sua anima, le sue incertezze, le sue riflessioni, e la sua incrollabile forza d'animo, raggiungendo così il suo apice come songwriter.
"I know why the heart gets lonely every time you give your love away, and if you think you're only a shadow in the wind rolling round but when you go and let somebody in they might fade away" - "I Know Why"
"And everything I know just fades away, and where the wildflower grows it picks its space, and that's the way it is when nature plays its lovely hand, we'll understand everything" - "Wildflower"
"A solid case for the innocent, could be made and laid to rest they say, it won't do if you aren't like us, then you've failed the final test" - "Letter To God"
"Well they say that love is in the air, but never is it clear how to pull it close and make it stay, butterflies are fly to fly and so they flu away, and I'm left to carry on and wonder why, even through it all I'm always on your side." - "Always On Your Side".
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04 Chances Are (05:16)
I was lost inside a daydream
Swimming through the saline
I looked at you and you breathed in
Well that's the way it's always been
It all comes down to creating time
You don't always have to make it rhyme
We'll all drive by in our hybrid lives
Chances are we'll make it back
I was doing time in the LA jail
My crime was living inside a failure
No matter how it don't matter now
Rest assured the rest is blurred
It all comes down to doing time
We don't always have to make it a crime
We'll all drive off in our hybrid lives
Chances are we'll make it back
We'll make it back... We'll make it back
Terrence McKenna said
It is better to explore within
We were apes before we spoke of sin
The cosmos sits on the tip of a pin
It all comes down to creating time
You don't always have to make it alright
We'll all drive by with our hybrid lives
Chances are... Chances are... Chances are
We'll make it back... We'll make it back
We'll make it back... We'll make it back
05 Wildflower (03:57)
Quiet EYES
You have always been my wildflower
Showing up wherever beauty's lost its way
Your heart must break
I was free
Until I heard the song you sang me to me
Pulling me away from everything I knew
To be with you
And everything I know just fades away
And every time you go it hurts me so
I don't know why WHEN I know we're free
Free to fly
Here we are
Burning faster than the CLOSEST star
Falling back down to the Earth
I love you so it sometimes hurts
Closer still
You will find me standing on the hill
Waiting for you with my arms stretched open wide
Now, come inside
And everything I know just fades away
And every time you go it hurts me so
I don't know why WHEN I know we're free
Free to fly
And everything I know just fades away
And where the wildflower grows it picks its space
And that's the way it is when nature plays its lovely hand
We'll understand everything
Everything, everything
06 Lifetimes (04:12)
Take off your halo, take off your golden crown
The spotlight's off, the shades are down
Where are your friends now, they're ghosts in a windowpane
Sometimes it's hard to stay the same
We can live lifetimes in a single day
No matter what you do, I love you anyway
You say if you're lost inside; well, I get lonely, too
Even in the worst of times, I give my best to you
I dreamed I was swimming, fighting the undertow
Drifting in circles, no place to go
And when I woke up, I was wringing wet
So much stronger than before
We can live lifetimes in a single day
No matter what you do, I love you anyway
You say if you're lost inside; well, I get lonely, too
Even in the worst of times, I give my best to you
The words escape
The silence made
The looks betray
I'm not afraid
We can live lifetimes in a single day
No matter what you do, I love you anyway
You say if you're lost inside; well, I get lonely, too
Even in the worst of times, I give my best to you
Even in the worst of times, I give my best to you
07 Letter to God (04:04)
I woke up late
Put my sweater on
And I walked down to the shop
I stood in line
'Til the line was gone
And my turn to win was lost
What do you do
When you look to the left and to the right
And find no clue?
Well I'm sending a letter to God
How will it be when I'm gone?
And what if everyone is wrong?
I took you in
Made a bed for you
And in turn you gave me some
Words to go on
Told me I was saved
But you never said what from
What do you do
When you look to the left and to the right
And find no clues
To the questions you ask yourself at night?
Who will come through?
You'll be sending a letter to God
How will it be when you're gone?
And what if everyone is wrong?
A solid case
For the innocent
Could be made and laid to rest
They say, "it won't do
If you aren't like us
Then you've failed the final test"
What do you feel
When you look to the east and to the west
If this is real
Does it feel like some never ending test?
A finance deal
If this is my one last chance to invest
I've one request
I'll be sending a letter to God
To know where will I go when I'm gone
And what if everyone is wrong?
08 Live It Up (03:42)
You get high-jacked, waiting at the bus stop
By Jesus, who's working at the pawn shop
Escaped by, barely in the picture
But never far from the lens
You'd never risk it, inherently self-conscious
So twisted, resting on your haunches
So mystic, paintin' in a poncho
You better get ready
Everybody's out to have a good time
Live it up, like there's no time left
Just like there's no tomorrow
Live it up, like there's no time left
And there's no time to kill
Live it up, like there's no time left
And no time left to borrow
Why don't you try to get it right this time
Get it right this time
You get worked up, jammed and overloaded
Your time's up, before you even know it
But you can't stop, working on the outcome
You're hawking your latest sins
Put on your backpack, take a trip to nowhere
You're sidetracked, on your way to somewhere
You wind up right back where you started
You better get ready
Everybody's out to have a good time
Live it up, like there's no time left
Just like there's no tomorrow
Live it up, like there's no time left
And there's no time to kill
Live it up, like there's no time left
And no time left to borrow
Why don't we try to get it right this time
This time
No reason to worry, even if it isn't goin' our way
Forget about tomorrow, because all we really have is today
Live it up, like there's no time left
Just like there's no tomorrow
Live it up, like there's no time left
And there's no time to kill
Live it up, like there's no time left
And no time left to borrow
Why don't we try to get it right
Why don't we try to get it right
Why don't we try to get it right this time
Get it right this time
Get it right this time
All right
10 Always on Your Side (04:15)
My yesterdays are all boxed up and neatly put away
But every now and then you come to mind
Cause you were always waiting to be picked to play the game
But when your name was called, you found a place to hide
When you knew that I was always on your side
Well everything was easy then, so sweet and innocent
But your demons and your angels reappeared
Leavin' all the traces of the man you thought you'd be
Leavin' me with no place left to go from here
Leavin' me so many questions all these years
But is there someplace far away, someplace where all is clear
Easy to start over with the ones you hold so dear
Or are you left to wonder, all alone, eternally
This isn't how it's really meant to be
No it isn't how it's really meant to be
Well they say that love is in the air, but never is it clear,
How to pull it close and make it stay
Butterflies are free to fly, and so they fly away
And I'm left to carry on and wonder why
Even through it all, I'm always on your side
But is there someplace far away, someplace where all is clear
Easy to start over with the ones you hold so dear
Or are we left to wonder, all alone, eternally
But is this how it's really meant to be
No is it how it's really meant to be
Well if they say that love is in the air, never is it clear
How to pull it close and make it stay
If butterflies are free to fly, why do they fly away
Leavin' me to carry on and wonder why
Was it you that kept me wondering through this life
When you know that I was always on your side
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