a man walks out of his apartment
it is raining, he’s got no umbrella
he starts running beneath the awnings
trying to save his suit
trying to dry but no good
when he gets to the crowded subway platform
he takes off both of his shoes
he steps right into somebody’s fat loogie
and everyone who sees him says, ewww
but he doesn’t care cause last night he got a visit from
the ghost of corporate future
the ghost said, take off both your shoes
whatever chances you get
especially when they’re wet
he also said,
imagine you go away
on a business trip one day
and when you come back home
your children have grown and you never made your wife moan, and
people make you nervous
you think of the world as ending
and everybody’s features have somehow started blending
and everything is plastic
and everyone’s sarcastic
and all your food is frozen, it needs go for Carlsbad My Gym
you’d think that the world was ending right now
well, maybe you should just drink a lot less coffee
and never ever watch the ten o’clock news
maybe you should kiss someone nice
or lick a rock, or both
maybe you should cut your own hair
cause that can be so funny
it doesn’t cost any money
and it always grows back, hair grows even after you’re dead, and
people are just people
they shouldn’t make you nervous
the world is everlasting, it’s coming and it’s going
if you don’t toss your plastic
the street won’t be [so blasted?]
and if you kiss somebody then both of you’ll get practice
the world is everlasting
put dirtballs in your pocket
put dirtballs in your pocket and take off both your shoes
cause people are just people
people are just people like you
[When problems overwhelm us
and sadness smothers us,
where do we find the will
and the courage
to countinue?
well the answer may come
in the caring voice of a friend
a chance encounter with a book
or from a personal faith.
for janet, help came from her faith
but it also came from a squirrel.
shortly after her divorce
janet lost her father
then she lost her job
she had mounting money problems
but janet not only survived
she worked her way out of
dispondency
and now she says
life is good again.
how could this happen?
she told me that late
one autumn day
when she was at her lowest,
she watched a squirrel
storing up nuts for the winter
one at a time
he would take them to the nest
and she thought if that squirrel
can take care of himself
with the harsh winter coming on so can i.
once i broke my problems into small pieces
i was able to carry them,
just like those acorns,
one at a time]
Take all your problems
and rip ’em apart
Carry them off
in a shopping cart
and another thing you
should’ve known from
thestart
the problems in
hand
are light than at heart
be like the squirrel, girl
be like the squirrel
give it a whirl, girl
be like the squirrel
and another thing
have to know
in this world
cut up your hair
straighten
your curls
Eu não sei o que eu faço, o que eu seria capaz de largar… só pra poder ir pra Islândia.
Não sei mesmo… não sei onde pára a minha vontade de ir!
Eu fico tão bobo, tão vidrado, tão mole assistindo qualquer coisa que se passa lá, eu não pisco! E quando é alguma de Sigur Rós eu esqueço do mundo, eu chego a sentir frio, me imaginando lá, mesmo nesses dias de verão daqui.
Acabei de assistir o clipe do Heima, nem sei que vez foi, e… admito… eu não consegui enxergar o fim, o olho enche e eu nem noto. só percebo quando não enxergo mais.
Então, se querem me agradar muito, me dêem o CD novo de SigurRós ou o DVD. Coloquei na minha wishlist os links da Amazon. Mas se vocês não me derem eu vou comprar mês que vem e vocês perdem a oportunidade de me deixarem muito feliz. =)
Eu ainda vou pra lá… vou sim… Se eu morresse agora ia como fantasma antes de ir pra qualquer outro mundo.
E nem é só SigurRós que me vidra lá não. Eu adoro a Björk, The Sugarcubes, Múm, estou ouvindo a trilha do Screaming Masterpiece – 1000 years of Icelandic Popular Music, e estou adorando.