venerdì 21 giugno 2013

Brown Bird

Brown Bird - By The Reins:




Lyrics:

I have not quite thrown
Enough of me away
I have tried to rip the rest of me apart
But still a little bit remains

But if you hold me too tightly by the reins
I will crumble to a powder
I will shatter and be swiftly swept away

I do still want for you to love me
I just don't know who I am
But I know that who I'm not is who I've been
And I will never be again

Please don't hold me too tightly by the reins
Or I will kick and I will buck
And I will run right out the nearest open gate

I may just graze until I'm lonesome
I might just run right back again
With my tail between my legs
And with a look that begs you baby to forgive

But if you hold me too tightly by the reins
I will crumble to a powder
I will shatter and be swiftly swept away

I do still want for you to love me
I just don't know who I am
But I know that who I'm not is who I've been
And I will never be again

Please don't hold me too tightly by the reins
Or I will kick and I will buck
And I will run right out the nearest open gate


Brown Bird - Danger & Dread (Live):




Lyrics:

Come on baby let me take your troubles away
Some mean old mama's got your head all in a horrible way
Still for all your crying and all your pain
You're just the sweetest woman that I've seen in my day
So come on pretty mama let me take your troubles away

I've heard you wake up crying from the evils lying under our bed
You say there's no use trying to protect you from the danger and dread
Though this world is made of fearsome beasts that bark and bite
We born to put these creatures through one hell of a fight
May we feast upon the flesh of any fever that befalls you tonight

Sooner sides will spread wide open 
we shall feast when darkness falls
sing until our jaws are broken
'neath the black and waters cold

Lay down your burdens don't you let them drag you into the ground
I know you're hurting but there's plenty of your pain to go around
Lord knows that everybody''s got a cross to bear
Don't see no use in trying to contrast and compare
There's always someone being slaughtered 
by a bigger stack of splinters somewhere

If one day should break in anger
Patience we can temper strong
Put our able hands to labor
We will work through what went wrong

4 commenti:

  1. Uno dei primi gruppi che mi hai fatto conoscere e da quando l'ho scoperta "Down to the River" non ha mai abbandonato la mia playlist by default!

    Ascolatandola mi immagino il classico bovaro americano, intento a guidare la sua diligenza, magari inseguito da qualche bandito...

    Oppure potrebbe ricordare una festa di qualche villaggio western con la banda che suona e i paesani che ballano (hai presente una scena simile in ritorno al futuro 3?).

    Molto coreografica ed evocativa!
    E mette molta allegria!

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  2. Ho sostituito il video di Danger & Dread con il live... Mi pareva ne valesse la pena!
    E' spettacolare The Davil Dancing!

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  3. Veramente notevole! Secondo me si apprezza ancora di più la voce del cantante, mooolto country! Hai visto la chitarra slide di cui ti parlavo?

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  4. Sì, ho visto che l'altro chitarrista suona la chitarra storta! :)
    E' godibilissima questa canzone dal vivo, non si distanzia troppo (quasi per niente dall'originale), ma gli dà quel tocco in più che nella registrazione si perde, come con Elliott Brood!

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