Questa canzone mi ha folgorato tanti anni fa. E da quel giorno, ogni volta che l’ascolto, è sempre un brivido. E’ uno scrigno che tengo sempre nascosto, che ogni tanto tiro fuori. La tratto con cura… è una canzone speciale… non l’ascolto spesso, perché non voglio che si sciupi. Non è come tutte le altre!
Questa canzone si chiama “Stay (Far Away, So Close)” ed è stata scritta da una delle band più popolari del mondo, gli U2. Non so se l’apprezzate quanto l’apprezzo io, se vi trasmette le stesse sensazioni…
…vi riporto il testo completo:
Stay (Faraway, So Close!)
Green light, Seven Eleven
You stop in for a pack of cigarettes
You don’t smoke, don’t even want to
Hey now, check your change
Dressed up like a car crash
Your wheels are turning but you’re upside down
You say when he hits you, you don’t mind
Because when he hurts you, you feel alive
Oh no, is that what it is?Red lights, grey morning
You stumble out of a hole in the ground
A vampire or a victim
It depends on who’s around
You used to stay in to watch the adverts
You could lip synch to the talk showsAnd if you look, you look through me
And when you talk, you talk at me
And when I touch you, you don’t feel a thingIf I could stay… then the night would give you up
Stay, and the day would keep its trust
Stay, and the night would be enoughFaraway, so close
Up with the static and the radio
With satellite television
You can go anywhere
Miami, New Orleans, London, Belfast, and BerlinAnd if you listen I can’t call
And if you jump, you just might fall
And if you shout I’ll only hear youIf I could stay… then the night would give you up.
Stay then the day would keep its trust
Stay with the demons you drowned
Stay with the spirit I found
Stay and the night would be enoughThree o’clock in the morning
It’s quiet and there’s no one around
Just the bang and the clatter
As an angel runs to ground
Just the bang and the clatter
As an angel hits the ground