Shipwrecked... do fundo do baú....

Hoje aconteceu uma coisa extraordinária. Encontrei uma cassete colocada na aparelhagem da sala. Pensei que as tinha deitado todas fora, mas não. Lá estava ela. Carreguei na tecla play e apareceu-me esta música. A vida é tão curta e tão efémera e por vezes esquecemo-nos de pequenas coisas e de pequenos momentos, porque apenas recordamos o que de mau nos aconteceu. Por vezes no meio de tanta coisa negativa há pequenos detalhes que foram olvidados, absorvidos pelas más experiências. Este é um deles, retirado do baú. Adoro esta música e no entanto tinha-me esquecido que ela existia. E agora que a encontrei não consigo parar de a ouvir. É como se andasse 12 anos para trás na minha vida e a estivesse a ouvir novamente pela primeira vez. A sensação que ela me traz é a mesma, apesar de hoje ser uma pessoa diferente da que era em 1997. Mas todos mudamos de uma maneira ou de outra. Só uma coisa parece ser eterna... A paixão pela música, pela mensagem que ela transporta, pela sonoridade e musicalidade subjacentes em cada palavra que é cantada. Pela música que a acompanha, mas que sem a letra é apenas um meio sentir. E meio copo, seja meio copo vazio ou meio copo cheio de qualquer coisa não é sinónimo de plenitude. E chega de pseudo-filosofar. Aqui fica a minha descoberta no fundo do baú, ou melhor no deck da aparelhagem...

"Look at him now
Another used man
Wearing the passing of his dignity
With all the courage that he can
He stood in the storm
Carved out in stone
He said I've worn my honesty with pride
In everything I've done
So where were you when my ship went down
Where were you when I ran aground
Where were you when I turned it around
Where were you when they burned me down
So where were you when my ship went down
Where were you when I ran aground
Where were you when I turned it around
Where were you when they burned me down
Look at her now
All tired and worn
She never thought her life
Would come to be so cold or so alone
She walked in the light
Fought bondage for love
She said I cast off the chains that I was born with
But it never was enough
And where were you when my ship went down
Where were you when I ran aground
Where were you when I turned it around
Where were you when they burned me down
Silent souls washed upon the shores
Left to walk the sands
Evermore, evermore
Oh now where were you
When my ship went down
Look at us now, just chasing our lives
Make like the saviors of the planet
We're just trying to get by
You may walk the line
Now you may see it all throughI know you cry yourself to sleep at night
Just wondering what to do
And where were you when my ship went down
Where were you when I ran aground
Where were you when I turned it around
Where were you when they burned me down
And where were you when my ship went down
Where were you when I ran aground
Where were you when I turned it around
Where were you when they burned me down
Oh now where were you
When my ship went down
Where were you when my ship went down
Where were you when I ran aground
Where were you when I turned it around
Where were you when they burned me down"

(Big Country)