agosto 30, 2012

Soledades

Soledades

Ellos tienen razón
esa felicidad
al menos con mayúscula
no existe
ah pero si existiera con minúscula
seria semejante a nuestra breve
presoledad.

Después de la alegría viene la soledad
después de la plenitud viene la soledad
después del amor viene la soledad.

Ya se que es una pobre deformación
pero lo cierto es que en ese durable minuto
uno se siente
solo en el mundo.

Sin asideros
sin pretextos
sin abrazos
sin rencores
sin las cosas que unen o separan
y en es sola manera de estar solo
ni siquiera uno se apiada de uno mismo.

Los datos objetivos son como sigue.

Hay diez centímetros de silencio
entre tus manos y mis manos
una frontera de palabras no dichas
entre tus labios y mis labios
y algo que brilla así de triste
entre tus ojos y mis ojos
claro que la soledad no viene sola.

Si se mira por sobre el hombro mustio
de nuestras soledades
se vera un largo y compacto imposible
un sencillo respeto por terceros o cuartos
ese percance de ser buena gente.

Después de la alegría
después de la plenitud
después del amor
viene la soledad.

Conforme
pero
que vendrá después
de la soledad.

A veces no me siento
tan solo
si imagino
mejor dicho si se
que mas allá de mi soledad
y de la tuya
otra vez estas vos
aunque sea preguntándote a solas
que vendrá después
de la soledad.

junio 17, 2012

Always


Here today
And gone tomorrow
Crack the bone, get to the marrow
To be the bee
And the flower
Before the sweetness turns to sour

What we have we're gonna keep...Always
What we've lost we don't need...Always
What is it that won't let you sleep...Always

Be the arrow
And the target
Put your head over the parapet
Be uncool
Yes, be awkward
And don't look in the obvious place
The soul needs beautiful a soul mate

Get down off your holy cloud... Always
God will not deal with the proud... Always
Well if you dream then dream out loud... Always
Eternally yours...Always

I want you
I want you
I want you

Touching the other side
I wanted to be in love
I wanted to call

You say come to know yourself... Always
Don't find yourself in someone else... Always
And always wear a safety belt... Always
Wait for me I'm running late... Always
This is the moment that we share... For always
Turn each song into a prayer... Always

Now and forever
For always
For always
For always
For always

Smile


Gravity is not pulling me
I won't be a picture with no sign
Decaying I'm praying
You are my abbot
I need the ground to kneel upon
And love can't be your song
I don't want to see you smile

I'm breaking it taking it
I'm breaking it slowly in mind
I'm seeing it freeing it
I know love is in this soul of mine
It's not in your eyes

I don't want
I don't want to see you smile

I started light-hearted
It won't be easy like you said
I'm going flowing
I'm leaving on the day of the dead
I will never get, you will never get
I don't want to see you smile

God knows it, knows it
Knows it, knows it
You sing
Hear me love
Sing it again
Going out blind
The smoke machine is yours not mine
I don't want to see you smile

I will live again
You will live again
I just don't want to see you smile

a

junio 04, 2012

Casualties reloaded. The Mission UK, México 2012

Esto escuché el sábado 02 de junio en vivo en la ciudad de México. No tuve pila en mi móvil ni para grabarlo. En fin, no more comments.

mayo 14, 2012

Video Games



Swinging in the backyard
Pull up in your fast car
Whistling my name

Open up a beer
And you say, "Get over here
And play a video game."

I'm in his favorite sun dress
Watching me get undressed
Take that body downtown

I say, "You the bestest."
Lean in for a big kiss
Put his favorite perfume on

Go play a video game

It's you, it's you, it's all for you
Everything I do
I tell you all the time
Heaven is a place on earth with you
Tell me all the things you want to do
I heard that you like the bad girls
Honey, is that true?
It's better than I ever even knew
They say that the world was built for two
Only worth living if somebody is loving you
Baby, now you do

Singing in the old bars
Swinging with the old stars
Living for the fame

Kissing in the blue dark
Playing pool and wild darts
Video games

He holds me in his big arms
Drunk and I am seeing stars
This is all I think of

Watching all our friends fall
In and out of Old Paul's
This is my idea of fun
Playing video games

It's you, it's you, it's all for you
Everything I do
I tell you all the time
Heaven is a place on earth with you
Tell me all the things you want to do
I heard that you like the bad girls
Honey, is that true?
It's better than I ever even knew
They say that the world was built for two
Only worth living if somebody is loving you
Baby, now you do

Now you do
Now you do
Now you do

Now you do
Now you do
Now you do

It's you, it's you, it's all for you
Everything I do
I tell you all the time
Heaven is a place on earth with you
Tell me all the things you want to do
I heard that you like the bad girls
Honey, is that true?
It's better than I ever even knew
They say that the world was built for two
Only worth living if somebody is loving you
Baby, now you do

Now you do

abril 15, 2012

I'm in the Mood for Love

I'm in the mood for love
Simply because you're near me
Funny, but when you're near me
I'm in the mood for love

Heaven is in your eyes
Bright as the stars we're under
Oh, is it any wonder?
I'm in the mood for love

Why stop to think of whether
This little dream might fade?
Let's put our hearts together
Now we are one, I'm not afraid

If there's a cloud above
If it should rain, we'll let it
But for tonight forget it
I'm in the mood for love

Why stop to think of whether
This little dream might fade?
Let's put our hearts together
Now we are one, I'm not afraid

If there's a cloud above
If it should rain, we'll let it
But, for tonight, forget it
I'm in the mood for love

febrero 04, 2012

La mujer herida

Solamente si alguna vez amaste
con uñas y con dientes
sin red
sin salvavidas
aciertes a entender el vértigo insondable
que se extiende a los pies del desengaño.

Ella creyó encontrar la fuente del principio
cuando lo conoció, en medio de la tierra,
sin más escudo que su piel de hombre
bruñida por el sol igual que el oro viejo.

Lo amó sin precipicios ni preguntas
tiernamente, en silencio
con esa gratitud voluptuosa
que provoca la lluvia en primavera.

Todo era tan sencillo.

Los versos inflamados de poetas infinitos
parecían seguirla a todas partes
como si el corazón se hubiera convertido
en un fiel animal domesticado.

Porque no existe nada que perdure
una noche aprendió, como tantos lo hicieran
antes y después de ella,
que el amor es un río con cataratas propias
y remansos ajenos
que siempre desemboca en el océano.

 Míralo de este modo: la vida te ha enseñado
siguiendo su costumbre de incansable maestra
cómo el alma dibuja
serenas cicatrices sobre viejas heridas.

R.L.

enero 05, 2012

"Gracias por estar ahí, tan lejos y tan cerca"


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 turnin' but you're upside down.
You say when he hits you, you don't mind
Because when he hurts you, you feel alive.
Oh, 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 shows.
And 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 thing.

If I could stay, then the night would give you up.
Stay, and the day would keep its trust.
Stay, and the night would be enough.

Faraway, so close
Up with the static and the radio.
With satellite television
You can go anywhere:
Miami, New Orleans
London, Belfast and Berlin.

And, if you listen, I can't call.
And, if you jump, you just might fall.
And, if you shout, I'll only hear you.

If I could stay, then the night would give you up.
Stay, and the day would keep its trust.
Stay with the demons you drowned.
Stay with the spirit I found.
Stay, and the night would be enough.

Three o'clock in the morning
It's quiet, 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.