Cos'è "Wish"?
"Wish" è forse una stella cadente dall'andatura aliena: la puoi fissare nella tua notte preferita, con le orecchie drizzate, in cerca di un desiderio sepolto. È forse esso stesso un desiderio, lungo un'ora o poco più, come il suo nome suggerisce. O è forse tutt'attorno un desiderio, in quell'ora benedetta, che la stanza e le mura cedano e il letto sprofondi in un universo sotterraneo, caldo. È un desiderio d'Amore, nel senso primordiale del termine. Un desiderio formulato forse sotto un cielo spaventosamente stellato da un'anima dolce, Robert Smith, il cantore di sogni, il menestrello triste, l'autore di dolci ballate dal cuore di fiele. Lui, che apre il suo Desiderio con un urlo d'amarezza nei confronti di se stesso, un se stesso ebbro alle prese con i flussi di coscienza e i rimpianti e la bile che sale su su per lo stomaco e arriva a chi lo ascolta esterrefatto. "Non ne posso più/ È così che sono diventato/ È questo quello che mi spetta/ Ora che la mia vita sta perdendo senso...".
E, come se non bastasse già questo a sciogliere il cuore come burro su cucchiaio rovente, "E il modo in cui la pioggia cade giù, rumorosamente/ È il modo in cui mi sento...". Il cuore è aperto, ora. Largamente squarciato. Senza riserve. Si è pronti a tutto. A succhiare l'infinita dolcezza dell'amaro senza perderne una goccia. Perché, si sa, i desideri sono amari come le stelle che li balbettano alla nostra faccia. Questo è. Tenere dichiarazioni. Insonnie amorose. Promesse infrante. Disincanto. Poesia diretta, urlata senza reticenze, senza intellettualismi, come solo i bambini sanno fare. E di nuovo incanto, dolcezza. Una perpetua e solenne discesa nelle profondità della profondità di sé. "Urlare il proprio cuore è il miglior metodo per imparare a cantare". E lo mette in pratica, in un groviglio di nervi e viscere e cuore e sangue... e, alla fine, dopo l'immensità del desiderare cose impossibili, quella sensazione di malinconia e ristoro nel contempo, che è forse l'unica catarsi in un mondo che vuole rubarci i nostri desideri... alla fine di ciò, l'epilogo. Si ritorna nel baratro, per non dimenticare che siamo esseri fragili. Che la catarsi è solo momentanea. Che, alla fine, i desideri torneranno a splendere ad intermittenza in un blu-notte infinitamente soprastante le nostre lacrime e che a noi sarà dato unicamente di fissarli in stasi perpetua. Per l'eternità. "Penso di aver raggiunto il punto/ In cui ogni parola che scrivi/ Di ogni mare di sangue oscuro/ E ogni notte dall'anima nera/ E tutti i sogni in cui mi hai sognato/ E ogni perfetta assoluzione dal peccato/ E occhi in fiamme/ E cuori infuocati/ Sono solo la stessa vecchia canzone". Amen.
Elenco tracce testi samples e video
01 Open (06:51)
I really don't know what I'm doing here
I really think I should've gone to bed tonight but...
"Just one drink
And there're some people to meet you
I think that you'll like them
I have to say we do
And i promise in less than than an hour we will honestly go...
Now why don't I just get you another
While you just say hello... "
Yeah just say hello...
So I'm clutching it tight
Another glass in my hand
And my mouth and the smiles
Moving up as I stand up
Too close and too wide
And the smiles are too bright
And I breathe in too deep
And my head's getting light
But the air is getting heavier and it's closer
And I'm starting to sway
And the hands all on my shoulders don't have names
And they won't go away
So here I go
Here I go again...
Falling into strangers
And it's only just eleven
And I'm staring like a child
Until someone slips me heaven
And I take it on my knees
Just like a thousand times before
And I get transfixed
That fixed
And I'm just looking at the floor
Just looking at the floor
Yeah i look at the floor...
And I'm starting to laugh
Like an animal in pain
And I've got blood on my hands
And I've got hands in my brain
And the first short retch
Leaves me gasping for more
And I stagger over screaming
On my way to the floor
And I'm back on my back
With the lights and the lies in my eyes
And the colour and the music's too loud
And my head's all the wrong size
So here I go
Here I go again...
Yeah I laugh and I jump
And I sing and I laugh
And I dance and I laugh
And I laugh and I laugh
And I can't seem to think
Where this is
Who I am
Why I'm keeping this going
Keep pouring it out
Keep pouring it down
Keeping it going
Keep pouring it down
And the way the rain comes down hard...
That's the way I feel inside...
I can't take it anymore
This it I've become
This is it like I get
When my life's going numb
I just keep moving my mouth
I just keep moving my feet
I say I'm loving you to death
Like I'm losing my breath
And all the smiles that I wear
And all the games that I play
And all the drinks that I mix
And I drink until I'm sick
And all the faces I make
And all the shapes that I throw
And alll the people I meet
And all the words that I know
Makes me sick to the heart
Oh I feel so tired...
And the way the rain comes down hard...
That's how I feel inside...
02 High (03:37)
When I see you sky as a kite
As high as I might
I can't get that high
The how you move
The way you burst the clouds
It makes me want to try
When I see you sticky as lips
As licky as trips
I can't lick that far
But when you pout
The way you shout out loud
It makes me want to start
And when I see you happy as a girl
That swims in a world of magic show
It makes me bite my fingers through
To think I could've let you go
And when I see you
Take the same sweet steps
You used to take
I say I'll keep on holding you
My arms so tight
I'll never let you slip away
And when I see you kitten as a cat
Yeah as smitten as that
I can't get that small
The way you fur
The how you purr
It makes me want to paw you all
And when I see you happy as a girl
That lives in a world of make-believe
It makes me pull my hair all out
To think I could've let you leave
And when I see you
Take the same sweet steps
You used to take
I know I'll keep on holding you
In arms so tight
They'll never let you go
03 Apart (06:38)
He waits for her to understand
But she won't understand at all
She waits all night for him to call
But he won't call anymore
He waits to hear her say Forgive
But she just drops her pearl-black eyes
And prays to hear him say I love you
But he tells no more lies
He waits for her to sympathize
But she won't sympathize at all
She waits all night to feel his kiss
But always wakes alone
He waits to hear her say Forget
But she just hangs her head in pain
And prays to hear him say No more
I'll never leave again
How did we get this far apart?
We used to be so close together
How did we get this far apart?
I thought this love would last forever
He waits for her to understand
But she won't understand at all
She waits all night for him to call
But he won't call
He waits to hear her say Forgive
But she just drops her pearl black eyes
And prays to hear him say I love you
But he tells no more lies
How did we get this far apart?
We used to be so close together
How did we get this far apart?
I thought this love would last forever
04 From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea (07:44)
Every time we do this
I fall for her
Wave after wave after wave
It's all for her
"I know this can't be wrong" I say
(And I'll lie to keep her happy)
"As long as I know that you know
That today I belong right here with you"
Right here with you...
And so we watch the sun come up
From the edge of the deep green sea
And she listens like her head's on fire
Like she wants to believe in me
So I try
"Put your hands in the sky
Surrender
Remember
We'll be here forever
And we'll never say goodbye... "
I've never been so
Colourfully-see-through-head before
I've never been so
Wonderfully-me-you-want-some-more
And all I want is to keep it like this
You and me alone
A secret kiss
And don't go home
Don't go away
Don't let this end
Please stay...
Not just for today...
"Never never never never never let me go" she says
"Hold me like this for a hundred thousand million days"
But suddenly she slows
And looks down at my breaking face
"Why do you cry?
What did I say?"
"But it's just rain" I smile
Brushing my tears away...
I wish I could just stop
I know another moment will break my heart
Too many tears
Too many times
Too many years I've cried over you
How much more can we use it up?
Drink it dry?
Take this drug?
Looking for something forever gone
But something we will always want...
"Why why why are you letting me go" she says
"I feel you pulling back
I feel you changing shape"
And just as I'm breaking free
She hangs herself in front of me
Slips her dress like a flag to the floor
And hands in the sky
Surrenders it all...
I wish I could just stop
I know another moment will break my heart
Too many tears
Too many times
Too many years I've cried for you
It's always the same
Wake up in the rain
Head in pain
Hung in shame
A different name
Same old game
Love in vain
And miles and miles and miles and miles and miles
Away from home again...
05 Wendy Time (05:13)
You look like you could do with a friend she said
You look like you could use a hand
Someone to make you smile she said
Someone who can understand
Share your trouble comfort you
Hold you close and I can do
all of these... I think you need me here with you
You look like you could do with a sister she said
You look like you need a girl to call your own...
Like...Fabulous! fabulous! Call me fabulous!
And rubbing her hands so slow
You stare at me all strange she said
Are you hungry for more? I've had enough I said
Please leave me alone please go
It doesn't touch me at all
It doesn't touch me at all
You know that you could do with a friend she said
You know that you could use a word
Like feel or follow or fuck she said
And laughing away as she turned
You're everything but no-one
Like the last man on earth
And when I die I said I'll leave you it all
Door closes...leaves me cold
It doesn't touch me at all
It doesn't touch me at all
You really do need a sister she said
You really do need a girl to call your own... like...
Wonderful! wonderful! Call me wonderful!
And running her hands so slow
You stare at me all strange she said
Are you hungry for more? I've had enough i said
Please leave me alone please go...please go
07 Friday I'm in Love (03:38)
I don't care if Monday's blue
Tuesday's grey and Wednesday too
Thursday, I don't care about you
It's Friday, I'm in love
Monday you can fall apart
Tuesday, Wednesday break my heart
Thursday doesn't even start
It's Friday, I'm in love
Saturday, wait
Sunday always comes too late
But Friday never hesitates
I don't care if Monday's black
Tuesday, Wednesday heart attack
Thursday, never looking back
It's Friday, I'm in love
Monday you can hold your head
Tuesday, Wednesday stay in bed
Oh Thursday watch the walls instead
It's Friday, I'm in love
Saturday, wait
Sunday always comes too late
But Friday never hesitates
Dressed up to the eyes
It's a wonderful surprise
To see your shoes and your spirits rise
Throwing out your frown
And just smiling at the sound
As sleek as a shriek
Spinning round and round
Always take a big bite
It's such a gorgeous sight
To see you eat in the middle of the night
You can never get enough
Enough of this stuff
It's Friday, I'm in love
I don't care if Monday's blue
Tuesday's grey and Wednesday too
Thursday, I don't care about you
It's Friday, I'm in love
Monday you can fall apart
Tuesday, Wednesday break my heart
Thursday doesn't even start
It's Friday, I'm in love
08 Trust (05:32)
There is no-one left in the world
That I can hold onto
There is really no-one left at all
There is only you
And if you leave me now
You leave all that we were
Undone
There is really no-one left
You are the only one
And still the hardest part for you
To put your trust in me
I love you more than I can say
Why won't you just believe?
09 A Letter to Elise (05:14)
Oh Elise it doesn't matter what you say
I just can't stay here every yesterday
Like keep on acting out the same
The way we act out
Every way to smile
Forget
And make-believe we never needed
Any more than this
Any more than this
Oh Elise it doesn't matter what you do
I know I'll never really get inside of you
To make your eyes catch fire
The way they should
The way the blue could pull me in
If they only would
If they only would
At least I'd lose this sense of sensing something else
That hides away
From me and you
There're worlds to part
With aching looks and breaking hearts
And all the prayers your hands can make
Oh I just take as much as you can throw
And then throw it all away
Oh I throw it all away
Like throwing faces at the sky
Like throwing arms round
Yesterday
I stood and stared
Wide-eyed in front of you
And the face I saw looked back
The way I wanted to
But I just can't hold my tears away
The way you do
Elise... believe I never wanted this
I thought this time I'd keep all of my promises
I thought you were the girl always dreamed about
But I let the dream go
And the promises broke
And the make-believe ran out...
Oh elise
It doesn't matter what you say
I just can't stay here every yesterday
Like keep on acting out the same
The way we act out
Every way to smile
Forget
And make-believe we never needed
Any more than this
Any more than this
And every time I try to pick it up
Like falling sand
As fast as I pick it up
It runs away through my clutching hands
But there's nothing else I can really do
There's nothing else I can really do
There's nothing else
I can really do
At all...
10 Cut (05:55)
If only you'd never speak to me
The way that you do
If only you'd never speak like that
It's like listening to
A breaking heart
A falling sky
Fire go out and friendship die
I wish you felt the way that I still do
The way that I still do
If only you'd never look at me
The way that you do
If only you'd never look like that
When I look at you
I see face like stone
Eyes of ice
Mouth so sweetly telling lies
I wish you felt the way that I still do
The way that I still do
But you don't
You don't feel anymore
You don't care anymore
It's all gone
If only you'd never pull from me
The way that you do
If only you'd never pull like that
When I'm with you
I feel hopeless hands helplessly
Pulling you back close to me
I wish you felt the way that I still do
The way that I still do
If only you'd ever speak to me
The way you once did
Look at me the way you once did
Pull to me the way you once did
But you don't
You don't feel anymore
You don't care anymore
It's all gone
It's all gone
11 To Wish Impossible Things (04:43)
Remember how it used to be
When the sun would fill up the sky
Remember how we used to feel
Those days would never end
Those days would never end
Remember how it used to be
When the stars would fill the sky
Remember how we used to dream
Those nights would never end
Those nights would never end
It was the sweetness of your skin
It was the hope of all we might have been
That fills me with the hope to wish
Impossible things
To wish impossible things
To wish impossible things
But now the sun shines cold
And all the sky is grey
The stars are dimmed by clouds and tears
And all I wish is gone away
All I wish is gone away
All I wish is gone away
All I wish is gone away
All I wish is gone away
All I wish is gone away
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Altre recensioni
Di Overkill
"Wish rappresenta un compendio di stoica disperazione, rimpianto, sogno e voli pindarici, cadute vertiginose."
"Le nostre canzoni più dolci sono quelle che parlano delle storie più tristi."
Di Mariaelena
"Wish è molto fluttuabile e direi, uno squarcio di sole in un terribile temporale."
"Robert anima disperata, anima immensa, anima vera e unica, riesce sempre a dipingere quello che si vive dentro con paura."
Di braveheart
Un album straordinariamente lunatico in cui si passa facilmente dalla sfrenata euforia alla profonda malinconia.
To Wish Impossibile Things: un testo nostalgico che mostra un Robert Smith perso nel ricordo di giorni e notti passati.
Vedi anche
Heineken Jammin' Festival - Imola, 19/06/2004
Chandelier
Precedente
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (O.S.T.)
Successiva
Ozma
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4 set 05wish non è mai stato uno dei miei album preferiti ma dopo averli rivisti dal vivo a Taormina ho dato nuovo valore all'opera e amo ancora di più tutte le 12tracce.Open,Apart,Doing The Unstuck,From The Edge Of The Deep Green Sea,Friday I'm In Love e A Letter To Elise in particolar modo.Però stenterei a parlar di magia..direi che è molto più crudo e doloroso... io l'ho sempre definito l'album più stressato dei cure...anche se apparentemente può sembrare del tutto il contrario...
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4 set 05Anonimo
5 set 05cmq mi sei piaciuto, sei sempre delicato :*
loureedo
5 set 05"Wish" contiene comunque le ultime canzoni degne di nota dei Nostri, "Open" e "End" son pezzi dignitosi, il resto si perde tra gli urletti programmatici di un Robert Smith che ormai ha dato tutto. Non che questo tutto sia poco.. ma come cantava lui "qualche" anno prima...
"The more we grow, the less we show.."
Parole sante.
loureedo
5 set 05Anonimo
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23 dic 07Spero vi piacciano!
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