Stones taught me to fly

Se você que está lendo esse texto acompanha um pouco de cinema ou já foi ver o filme Closer ou conversa um pouco comigo, com certeza já está de saco cheio de ouvir falar em um tal de Damien Rice. Também, o cara é foda. Ele nasceu na Irlanda da década de 70 e depois de montar uma banda sem sucesso (Juniper) saiu vagando pela Europa em 1999. Um ano depois, de volta a seu país e cheio de idéias na cabeça, gravou um demo e encantou o compositor e produtor David Arnold (Bjork, James Bond), que deu uma guinada na carreira de Damien.

Lançou a música The Blower's Daughter (a do filme) em setembro de 2001, alcançando grande sucesso. Seu primeiro e até agora único cd chegou em fevereiro de 2002 com elogios rasgados de crítica e público. Mesmo tendo três anos, só agora que O (nome do álbum), devido a estréia de Perto Demais no circuito nacional, está sendo descoberto pelos brasileiros.

O cd é uma obra prima. Eu não estou exagerando. As músicas são emocionantes, tristes, inteligentes. Bem diferente também: muita orquestração, violino, cello, soprano (!) ... destaque para a voz triste de Lisa Hannigan, com quem Damien divide o vocal em algumas músicas. Infelizmente só se pode ouvir Damien Rice pelo seu site ou baixando pela internet. O ainda não está a venda no Brasil e importá- lo não sai por menos de R$70.

Além de The Blower's Daughter, ganham destaque entre as composições do irlandês Cannonball, Volcano e Delicate (as letras dessas músicas seguem em baixo). Acham- se alguns clips dele ao vivo pela internet, e dá para se ter uma idéia melhor do que eu estou falando aqui. De curiosidade vale ouvir a versão dele para o sucesso I Still Haven't Found ... de seus conterrâneos do U2 (baixe aqui a música. No final tem um trecho de The Blower's...)

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Volcano

Don't hold yourself like that
You'll hurt your knees
I kissed your mouth and back
But that's all I need
Don't build your world around volcanoes melt you down

What I am to you is not real
What I am to you you do not need
What I am to you is not what you mean to me
You give me miles and miles of mountains
And I'll ask for the sea

Don't throw yourself like that
In front of me
I kissed your mouth your back
Is that all you need?
Don't drag my love around volcanoes melt me down

What I am to you is not real
What I am to you you do not need
What I am to you is not what you mean to me
You give me miles and miles of mountains
And I'll ask for what I give to you
Is just what i'm going through
This is nothing new
No no just another phase of finding what I really need
Is what makes me bleed
And like a new disease she's still too young to treat
Volcanoes melt me down
She's still too young
I kissed your mouth
You do not need me

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Delicate

We might kiss when we are alone
When nobody's watching
We might take it home
We might make out when nobody's there
It's not that we're scared
It's just that it's delicate

So why do you fill my sorrow
With the words you've borrowed
From the only place you've know
And why do you sing Hallelujah
If it means nothing to you
Why do you sing with me at all?

We might live like never before
When there's nothing to give
Well how can we ask for more
We might make love in some sacred place
The look on your face is delicate

So why do you fill my sorrow
With the words you've borrowed
From the only place you've know
And why do you sing Hallelujah
If it means nothing to you
Why do you sing with me at all?

So why do you fill my sorrow
With the words you've borrowed
From the only place you've know
And why do you sing Hallelujah
If it means nothing to you
Why do you sing with me at all?

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Cannonball

Still a little bit of your taste in my mouth
Still a little bit of you laced with my doubt
Still a little hard to say what's going on

Still a little bit of your ghost your witness
Still a little BIT of your face I haven't kissed
You step a little closer EACH DAY
Still I can't SAY what's going on

Stones taught me to fly
Love taught me to lie
Life taught me to die
So it's not hard to fall
When you float like a cannonball

Still a little bit of your song in my ear
Still a little bit of your words I long to hear
You step a little closer TO ME
So close that I can't see what's going on

Stones taught me to fly
Love taught me to lie
Life taught me to die
So it's not hard to fall
When you float like a cannon

Stones taught me to fly
Love taught me to cry
So come on courage!
Teach me to be shy
'Cause it's not hard to fall
And I don't WANNA scare her
It's not hard to fall
And I don't wanna lose
It's not hard to grow