Driven Under

Mientras youtubeaba esta tarde buscando diferentes versiones de Immortality (Pearl Jam) me econtré con que Seether había grabado un cover de esta canción (acá) y así me enteré de que habían lanzado un disco acústico "One Cold Night" en el 2006. La canción que posteré a continuación es el segundo track de éste album que cuenta con una perfecta ejecución por parte de la banda y una no menos poderosa y desgarradora voz de su Vocalista Shaun Morgan.

Do you think I'm faking
when i'm lying next to you
do you think that I am blind
there's nothing left for me to lose
There must be something on your mind
something lost and left behind
Do you know I’m faking now?

Do you know I’m faking
when I’m lying next to you?
Do you know that I am blind to everything you ever do?
Must be something on your mind
something lost for me to find
Do you know I’m faking?

But then she told me she had a gun
it sounded like she’d used it once before on him
Then she told me she had a gun
it sounded like she’d used it once before, oh man.

I guess you know I’m faking
when I tell you I love you
I guess you know that I am blind
to everything you say and do
Must be something on my mind
there’s nothing left for me to hide
Do you know I’m faking?

Then she told me she had a gun
it sounded like she’d used it once before on him
Then she told me she had a gun
it sounded like she’d used it once before, oh man.

We have to succumb to the feelings we can never face
I need you. I breathe you.
I can’t go through this all again.
We have to succumb to
the feelings we can never face I need you.
I breathe you. I can’t go through this…

Then she told me she had a gun
it sounded like she’d used it once before
Then she told me she had a gun
it sounded like she’d used it once before on him
Then she told me she had a gun
it sounded like she’d used it once before, oh man
Then she told me she had a gun
she says she wants to use it on me now…

Seether

Yellow Ledbetter en vivo en el Rock im Park

Una nota curiosa sobre este video es que la canción originalmente dice "I don't wanna stay" o "no me quiero quedar" pero Eddie al ver sorprendido la reacción del público durante su presentación cambia la letra por "I wouldn't mind if I stay" (no me importaría quedarme). Gran presentación, gran canción, gran banda, disfruten.

Immortality

Vacate is the word
Vengeance has no place on me or her
Cannot find the comfort in this world
Artificial tear...vessel stabbed...next up, volunteers
Vulnerable, wisdom can't adhere
A truant finds home
And a wish to hold on
But there's a trapdoor in the sun.

Immortality...

As privileged as a whore
Victims in demand for public show
Swept out through the cracks beneath the door
Holier than thou, how?
Surrendered...executed anyhow
Scrawl dissolved, cigar box on the floor...
A truant finds home
And a wish to hold on too
He saw the trapdoor in the sun.

Immortality...

I cannot stop the thought
I'm running in the dark
Coming up a which way sign
All good truants must decide...
Oh, stripped and sold, mom
Auctioned forearm...
And whiskers in the sink...
Truants move on
cannot stay long
Some die just to live...

Pearl Jam

Don't Follow

Hey, I ain't never coming home.
Hey, I'll just wander my own road.
Hey-hey, I can't meet you here tomorrow - no, no.
Say goodbye don't follow -
Misery so hollow.

Hey you, you're livin' life full throttle.
Hey you, pass me down that bottle, yeh...
Hey-hey you, you can't shake me round now.
I get so lost and don't know how, yeh...
It hurts to care, I'm goin' now.

Well I forgot my woman, lost my friends
Things I've done and where I've been,
Sleep in sweat - the mirror's cold -
Seen my face? It's growin' old -
Scared to death, no reason why
Do whatever to get me by,
Think about the things I've said
Read the page its cold and dead

An' take me home!
Yeah! Take me home!
Oh-oh... take me home
Take me home, yeah.
Take me home. Yeah, oh.
Say goodbye. Don't follow.

Alice in Chains

Four walls

A pesar de que desde hace bastante tiempo tengo la discografía completa de Staind no fue sino hasta la pasada semana que "descubrí" esta canción la cual es la última pista de su primer disco independiente "Tormented". Tormented, que trata temas referentes a el dolor, el odio y la depresión; viene a ser un trabajo conceptual que gira en torno a la historia de un individuo sumido en la depresión que eventualmente comete suicidio, por lo que es sin duda alguna el disco más lúgubre (aunque no por eso de menor calidad) de la banda hasta la fecha. Sin más Four Walls:

The thoughts from my mind
Command my lips say I hate you
The thoughts from my mind
Command my hands to cut your silken flesh
The thoughts from my mind
Command my feet to stomp your head
The thoughts from my mind have one question...
When will this ever end?

Not much to the life I live
Same 4 Walls
I have nothing left to give
Please take it all away....
Same 4 Walls.

The thoughts from my mind
Feel the pain as rats claw at my flesh
The thoughts from my mind
Feels the joy as the needle hits my vein
The thoughts from my mind
Smells the stench as shit runs down my leg
The thoughts from my mind ask for sanity
Now for this I beg.

Not much to the life I live
Same four Walls
I have nothing left to give
Please take it all away....
Same four Walls.

my mind is like today.
damp dark dreary
as the rain falls outside beating,
though it hits the ground
i can feel it
slipping away
dying without decay
dying like my soul
from the inside out.
i can only prey
it won't be long
it won't be long now
it can't be long
it can't be long now...
help me...
(where do i go from here?)

The thoughts from my mind
Command my lips say I hate you
The thoughts from my mind
Command my hands to cut your silken flesh
The thoughts from my mind
Command my feet to stomp your head
The thoughts from my mind have one question...
WHEN WILL I BE DEAD?

Not much to the life I live
Same four Walls
I have nothing left to give
Please take it all away....
This is the life I have to live
Same four Walls.
There's nothing left for me...

Staind.
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Para Cinthya

Hoy uso palabras de Bob Marley para tratar de ponerle un nombre a lo que siento, aunque no creo que alguna vez pueda llegar a hacerlo.

I wanna love you and treat you right;
I wanna love you every day and every night:
We'll be together with a roof right over our heads;
We'll share the shelter of my single bed;
we'll share the same room
Jah provide da bread
Is this love - is this love - is this love -
Is this love that I'm feelin'?
Is this love - is this love - is this love -
Is this love that I'm feelin'?
I wanna know - wanna know - wanna know now!
I got to know - got to know - got to know now!

I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I - I'm willing and able,
So I throw my cards on your table!
I wanna love you - I wanna love and treat - love and treat you right;
I wanna love you every day and every night:
We'll be together, yeah! - with a roof right over our heads;
We'll share the shelter, yeah, oh now! - of my single bed;
We'll share the same room, yeah! - Jah provide da bread
Is this love - is this love - is this love -
Is this love that I'm feelin'?
Is this love - is this love - is this love -
Is this love that I'm feelin'?
Wo-o-o-oah! Oh yes, I know; yes, I know - yes, I know now!
Yes, I know; yes, I know - yes, I know now!

I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I - I'm willing and able,
So I throw my cards on your table!
See: I wanna love ya, I wanna love and treat ya -
love and treat ya right.
I wanna love you every day and every night:
We'll be together,yeah with a roof right over our heads!
We'll share the shelter of my single bed;
We'll share the same room, yeah! Jah provide da bread
We'll share the shelter of my single bed.

Is this Love by Bob Marley.

Tears in heaven

Would you know my name
if I saw you in heaven?
Would it be the same
if I saw you in heaven?
I must be strong and carry on
'Cause I know I don't belong here in heaven...

Would you hold my hand
if I saw you in heaven?
Would you help me stand
if I saw you in heaven?
I'll find my way through night and day
'Cause I know I just can't stay here in heaven...

Time can bring you down, time can bend your knees
Time can break your heart, have you begging please...begging please

Beyond the door there's peace I'm sure
And I know there'll be no more tears in heaven...

Would you know my name
if I saw you in heaven?
Would it be the same
if I saw you in heaven?
I must be strong and carry on
'Cause I know I don't belong here in heaven...

Traducción:

¿Sabrías mi nombre
Si te viera en el cielo?
¿Sería todo igual
Si te viera en el cielo?
Debo ser fuerte y seguir adelante
Porque se que no me corresponde estar aquí en el cielo…

¿Tomarías mi mano
Si te viera en el cielo?
¿Me ayudarías a levantarme
Si te viera en el cielo?
Hallaré mi camino a través de la noche y el día
Porque sé que no me puedo quedar
Aquí en el cielo…

El tiempo puede derribarte
El tiempo puede doblar tus rodillas
El tiempo puede romper tu corazón
Y ponerte a rogar por favor.

Más allá de la puerta hay paz, estoy seguro,
y sé que no habrán más lágrimas en el cielo…

¿Sabrías mi nombre
Si te viera en el cielo?
¿Sería todo igual
Si te viera en el cielo?
Debo ser fuerte y seguir adelante
Porque se que no me corresponde estar aquí en el cielo…

Eric Clapton.

Come Back

Hace pocos días escuché esta balada mientras veía el concierto Imagine en Cornice (Italia 2006) y desde la primera vez que la escuché me cautivó:

If I keep holding out
Will the light shine through?
Under this broken roof
It's only rain that I feel
I've been wishin' out the days
Oh oh oh
Come back.

I have been planning out
All that I'd say to you
Since you slipped away
Know that I still remain true
I've been wishin' out the days
Please say that if you hadn't have gone now
I wouldn't have lost you another way
From wherever you are
Oh oh oh oh
Come back.

And these days, they linger on, yeah, yeah
And in the night, I've been waiting for
The real possibility that I may meet you in my dreams
I go to sleep.

If I don't fall apart
Will my memory stay clear?
So you had to go
And I had to remain here
But the strangest thing today
So far away and yet you feel so close
I'm not going to question it any other way
There must be an open door for you
To come back.

And the days they linger on, yeah
And every night what I'm waiting for
Is the real possibility that I may meet you in my dreams
Sometimes you're there and you're talking back to me
Come the morning I could swear that you're next to me
And it's ok.

It's ok, it's ok.

I'll be here
Come back, come back
I'll be here
Come back, come back
I'll be here
Come back, come back.

Traducción:

¿Si sigo esperando
Brillará la luz?
Bajo este techo roto
Sólo siento lluvia
He estado contando los días
Regresa.

He estado planeando
Todo lo que te diría
Sabes que desde que te marchaste
Permanezco auténtico
He estado contando los días
Por favor di que si no te hubieras ido ahora
No te hubiera perdido
De donde sea que estés
Regresa.

Y estos días, son interminables
Y en la noche espero
La posibilidad de encontrarme contigo en mis sueños
Me voy a dormir.

¿Si no me desmorono
Mi memoria permanecerá clara?
Tú tuviste que irte
Y yo tuve que permanecer aquí
Pero lo más extraño
Es que aún estando tan distante te siento tan cerca
No voy a cuestionarlo
Debe haber una puerta abierta para ti
Para que regreses.

Y estos días, son interminables
Y en la noche espero
La posibilidad de encontrarme contigo en mis sueños
Algunas veces estás allí, hablando conmigo
Y cuando llega la mañana puedo jurar que estás a mi lado
Y está bien.

Está bien.
Yo estaré aquí
Regresa, Regresa
Yo estaré aquí
Regresa.

Pearl jam

Why don't you get a job

Una viejita pero que trae buenos recuerdos:

My friend's got a girlfriend
Man he hates that bitch
He tells me every day
He says "man I really gotta lose my chick
In the worst kind of way"

She sits on her ass
He works his hands to the bone
To give her money every payday
But she wants more dinero just to stay at home
Well my friend
You gotta say:

I won't pay, I won't pay ya, no way
(now now) Why don't you get a job
Say no way, say no way ya, no way
(now now) Why don't you get a job.

I guess all his money, well it isn't enough
To keep her bill collectors at bay
I guess all his money, well it isn't enough
Cause that girl's got expensive taste.

I won't pay, I won't pay ya, no way
(now now) Why don't you get a job
Say no way, say no way ya, no way
(now now) Why don't you get a job.

Well I guess it ain't easy doing nothing at all oh yeah
But hey man free rides just don't come along
every day.

(Let me tell you about my other friend now!)

My friend's got a boyfriend man and she hates that dick (and the guy!)
She tells me every day (woo! everyday now)
He wants more dinero just to stay at home (stay at home!)
Well my friend
You gotta say: (gotta say!)

I won't pay, I won't pay ya (woo), no way (no way!)
(now now) Why don't you get a job (woo - get a job!)
Say no way, say no way ya, no way
(now now) Why don't you get a job
(oh yeah!)
I won't give ya no money
I always pay
(now now) Why don't you get a job (get a job!)
Say no way, say no way ya, no way
(now now) Why don't you get a
job!

Hey that's something everyone can enjoy!

The Offsprings.

Viernes

Un año, dos años, tres años, cuatro años. Los viejos hábitos son duros de matar. La noche del viernes promete unos cuantos besos, esperemos que sea suficiente...esperemos. Scott a seis pies del borde del abismo sigue creyendo que hay algo esperando por él. ¿Será muy tarde?, ¿será muy tarde? A seis pies del borde del abismo hay esperanza, ¿la habrá a un paso? Y Eddie, otra vez Eddie, siempre Eddie, y los porqués, las preguntas sin respuestas, las interrogantes que nos atormentan por el resto de nuestra vida. Luego entro en un episodio casi espiritual lleno de tranquilidad y profunda reflexión, pero sé que nunca me he perdido, que nunca me han encontrado y sé que mi presencia no hace ninguna diferencia.

Escuchando: Old Habits Die Hard, One Last Breath, Black, King Without a Crown y Mistake.

Old Habits Die Hard

I thought I shook myself free
You see I bounce back quicker than most
But I’m half delirious, it’s too mysterious
You walk through my walls like a ghost
And I take every day at a time
I'm proud as a lion in his lair
Now there's no denying it, and no decrying it
You're all tangled up in my head.

Old habits die hard
Old soldiers just fade away
Old habits die hard
Harder than November rain
Old habits die hard
Old soldiers just fade away
Old habits die hard
Hard enough to feel the pain.

We haven't spoken in months
You see I’ve been counting the days
I dream of such humanities, such insanities
I'm lost like a kid and im late
But I’ve never taken your calls
You see, I put a block on my phone
I act like an addict, I just got to have it
I never can leave it alone.

Old habits die hard
Old soldiers just fade away
Old habits die hard
Harder than November rain
Old habits die hard
Old soldiers just fade away
Old habits die hard
Hard enough to feel the pain.

And I can't give you up
Can't leave you alone
And it’s so hard, so hard
And it’s hard enough to feel the pain.

Old habits die hard (old habits die hard)
Old habits die hard
Harder than November rain
Old habits die hard
Old soldiers just fade away
Old habits die hard.

Mick Jagger & Dave Stewart.

One last Breath

Please come now I think I'm falling
I'm holding on to all I think is safe
It seems I found the road to nowhere
And I'm trying to escape
I yelled back when I heard thunder
But I'm down to one last breath
And with it let me say
Let me say.

Hold me now
I'm six feet from the edge and I'm thinking
maybe six feet
Ain't so far down.

I'm looking down now that it's over
Reflecting on all of my mistakes
I thought I found the road to somewhere
Somewhere in His grace
I cried out 'Heaven save me'
But I'm down to one last breath
And with it let me say
Let me say.

Hold me now
I'm six feet from the edge and I'm thinking
maybe six feet
Ain't so far down
Hold me now
I'm six feet from the edge and I'm thinking
maybe six feet
Ain't so far down
I'm so far down.

Sad eyes follow me
But I still believe there's something left for me
So please come stay with me
Cause I still believe there's something left for you and me
For you and me
For you and me.

Hold me now
I'm six feet from the edge and I'm thinking...

Hold me now
I'm six feet from the edge and I'm thinking
maybe six feet
Ain't so far down
Hold me now
I'm six feet from the edge and I'm thinking
maybe six feet
Ain't so far down.

Please come now I think I'm falling
I'm holding on to all I think is safe.

Creed.
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King without a Crown

You're all that I have and you're all that I need
Each and every day I pray to get to know you please
I want to be close to you, yes I'm so hungry
You're like water for my soul when it gets thirsty
Without you there's no me
You're the air that I breathe
Sometimes the world is dark and I just can't see
With these, demons surround all around to bring me down to negativity
But I believe, yes I believe, I said I believe
I'll stand on my own two feet
Won't be brought down on one knee
Fight with all of my might and get these demons to flee
Hashem's rays fire blaze burn bright and I believe
Out of darkness comes light, twilight unto the heights
Crown Heights burnin' up all through till twilight
Said thank you to my God, now I finally got it right
And I'll fight with all of my heart, and all a' my soul, and all a' my might.

What's this feeling?
My love will rip a hole in the ceiling
I give myself to you from the essence of my being and I
Sing to my god, songs of love and healing
I want Moshiach now, time we start revealing
What's this feeling?
My love will rip a hole in the ceiling
I give myself to you from the essence of my being and I
Sing to my god, songs of love and healing
I want Moshiach now, time we start revealing.

Strippin’ away the layers and reveal your soul
Got to give yourself up and then you become whole
You're a slave to yourself and you don't even know
You want to live the fast life but your brain moves slow
If you're trying to stay high, bound to stay low
You want God but you can't deflate your ego
If you're already there then there's nowhere to go
If you're cup's already full then its bound to overflow.

If you're drowning in the water's and you can't stay afloat
Ask Hashem for mercy, and he'll throw you a rope
You're looking for help from God you say he couldn't be found
Searching up to the sky and looking beneath the ground
Like a King without his Crown
You keep fallin' down
You really want to live but can't get rid of your frown
Tried to reach unto the heights and wound bound down on the ground
Given up your pride and the you heard a sound
Out of night comes day and out of day comes light
Nullified to the One like sunlight in a ray,
Makin' room for his love and a fire gone blaze.

What's this feeling?
My love will rip a hole in the ceiling
I give myself to you from the essence of my being and I
Sing to my god, songs of love and healing
I want Moshiach now, time we start revealing.

See I lift up my eyes where my help come from
And I seen it circling around from the mountain
Thunder!
You feel it in your chest
You keep my mind at ease and my soul at rest
You're not vexed
Look to the sky where my help come from
Seen it circling around from the mountain.

Matisyahu.
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Mistake

As I sift and drift through bullshit,
That plagues from day to day,
Would you ever really notice I've gone away?

I'm over the wall,
Over the hill,
Over at your place,
I'm over the safeties,
Over the phone calls,
Over the rage,
What a mistake.

When you've lost the stones to throw,
The ones I found to make a fire,
And all the lonely souls that say so get fired.

I'm over the wall,
Over the hill,
Over at your place,
I'm over the safeties,
Over the phone calls,
Over the rage,
What a mistake.

What a mistake,
What a mistake,
What a mistake,
What a mistake,

I've never been lost,
I've never been found,
And it makes no difference, if I'm around,
There's never been words,I've never made actions
Never made promises that i never kept.

I'm over the wall,
Over the hill,
Over at your place.

Interlude by both Chad & Ryan:

I just can't seem to get out of this,(I'm over the safeties)
Pulling on a thread,(Over the phone calls)
I'm always pulling on a thread,(Over the rage)
I'm always pulling on a thread,
And I'm always
What a mistake, mistake.

So as i sift and drift through bullshit,
That plagues from day to day,
Would you ever really notice I've gone away?

Cover by Nickelback.
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