Tornant a una música més humana, aquests dies sona al meu cap una cançó que sembla haver-se convertit en un himne dels modernillos: "Hallelujah" de Leonard Cohen. A la xarxa trobareu versions de Rufus Wainwright, Regina Spektor, Beirut, etc... feu un cop d'ull a YouTube per més informació.
La versió que em sona als meus auriculars mentre de nit esbufego pels carrers de la ciutat és aquesta llarga, i segurament un pèl sobreactuada versió de Jeff Buckley:
HALLELUJAH
Now I've heard there was a secret chord
That David played, and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for music, do you?
It goes like this
The fourth, the fifth
The minor fall, the major lift
The baffled king composing Hallelujah
Hallelujah ( x4)
Your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you
She tied you
To a kitchen chair
She broke your throne, and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah
Baby I have been here before
I know this room, I've walked this floor
I used to live alone before I knew you.
I've seen your flag on the marble arch
Love is not a victory march
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah
Hallelujah ( x4)
There was a time you let me know
What's really going on below
But now you never show it to me, do you?
And remember when I moved in you
The holy dove was moving too
And every breath we drew was Hallelujah
Hallelujah ( x4)
You say I took the name in vain
I don't even know the name
But if I did, well really, what's it to you?
There's a blaze of light
In every word
It doesn't matter which you heard
The holy or the broken Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
I did my best, it wasn't much
I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch
I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you
And even thoughIt all went wrong
I'll stand before the Lord of Song
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah
Hallelujah...
En AQUESTA adreça trobareu una altra versió de Buckley al YouTube (amb embedding deshabilitat: "mal dolor les pegue").
