Lyssnade på en låt idag. En låt jag lyssnat på tusentals gånger innan. Min favoritgrupp. Hörde den första gången 1996 och sen dess har den levt med mig. Konstigt nog var det inte förrän nu ikväll jag blev träffad av texten. Hur nära den ligger mig… Hemskt och underbart.
TURN AWAY
(Sullivan) 1994
The candle flickers and the shadows move distorted on the wall
There’s a wire slowly stretching
And now you ask him all the questions, the same ones as before
But you know that he is lying
And with your arms around him now, you’re begging please
But he moves towards the open door
And you find you’re screaming ‘no’
But something breaks this time, you find you cannot move
Is it wrong to let him walk into the water?
Close your eyes for just one moment
You get so tired the endless days of watching over
And is it wrong as the waves boil up to greet him
To turn away - he disappears into the tide
All your love it cannot save him
All your love it cannot save him
Sen hörde jag nästa låt, den har varit med i mitt liv ännu längre. Sen 1993. Och samma dusch sköljde över mig igen.
UNDERSTAND U
(Sullivan/Heaton) 1991
Tonight, as you stare at the ceiling again
With you lover turning away
Disappointment closing in like the walls
And you try, you try to talk about love
And they put their arms around you
But still you feel all alone - wonder why
They don’t understand you
None of them understand you
And it doesn’t have to be this way
I know you try to do the things they say
Just because you don’t know what it is that you feel
Doesn’t mean you can hide it away
Well you try to be less than you are but they know
Yes they know - and silence is a dangerous game
And words are dangerous too
And you’ve spoken the best that you can
They don’t understand you
None of them understand you
And it doesn’t have to be this way
I know you’ve tried to do everything that they say . . .