Uma canção de amor, para as ‘sereias’ que habitam entre nós
UMA DAS MAIS BONITAS MÚSICAS DE AMOR
Song To The Siren pode ser comparada, sem exageros, a uma espécie de hino ao amor. Foi composta em 1967 por Tim Buckley, um roqueiro folk e avant-garde, que morreu aos 28 anos, vítima de overdose.
Já foi gravada por Sinéad O’Connor, passando por George Michael e até pelo lendário Robert Plant, do Led Zeppelin. Aqui, na marcante interpretação de Elizabeth Fraser, da banda escocesa Cocteau Twins.
SONG TO THE SIREN
Long afloat on shipless oceans
I did all my best to smile
‘Til your singing eyes and fingers
Drew me loving to your isle
And you sang
Sail to me, sail to me
Let me enfold you
Here I am, here I am
Waiting to hold you
Did I dream you dreamed about me?
Were you hare when I was fox?
Now my foolish boat is leaning
Broken lovelorn on your rocks
For you sing
‘Touch me not, touch me not
Come back tomorrow
Oh my heart, oh my heart
Shies from the sorrow’
I am puzzled as the oyster
I am troubled as the tide
Should I stand amid your breakers?
Or should I lie with death my bride?
Hear me sing
‘Swim to me, swim to me
Let me enfold you
Here I am, here I am
Waiting to hold you’