Whisful thinking

I
Vou viver, até quando eu não sei.
Que me importa o que serei..
Quero é viver.
Amanhã, espero sempre um amanhã,
e acredito que será mais um prazer.
E a vida é sempre uma curiosidade
que me desperta com a idade,
interessa-me o que está para vir.
A vida em mim é sempre uma certeza
que nasce da minha riqueza
do meu prazer em descobrir.
Encontrar, renovar, vou fugir ao repetir.


II
Regrets collect like old friends
Here to relive your darkest moments
I can see no way, I can see no way
And all of the ghouls come out to play
And every demon wants his pound of flesh
But I like to keep some things to myself
I like to keep my issues strong
It's always darkest before the dawn

And I've been a fool and I've been blind
I could never leave the past behind
I can see no way, I can see no way
I'm always dragging that horse around
All of these questions, such a mournful sound
Tonight I'm gonna bury that horse in the ground
Cause I like to keep my issues strong
It's always darkest before the dawn

Shake it out, Shake it out, Shake it out, Shake it out
Shake it out, Shake it out, Shake it out, Shake it out
And it's hard to dance with a devil on your back
So shake him off

And I am done with my graceless heart
So tonight I'm gonna cut it all and then restart
Cause I like to keep my issues strong
It's always darkest before the dawn

Shake it out, Shake it out, Shake it out, Shake it out
Shake it out, Shake it out, Shake it out, Shake it out
And it's hard to dance with a devil on your back
So shake him off

And it's hard to dance with a devil on your back
And given half the chance, would I take any of it back
It's a final mess but it's left me so undone
It's always darkest before the dawn

And I'm damned if I do and I'm damned if I don't
So here's to drinks in the dark at the end of my road
And I run into suffer and I run into hope
It's a shot in the dark and right at my throat
Cause looking for heaven, for the devil in me
Looking for heaven, for the devil in me
But why the hell did I let it happen to me, yeah

Shake it out, Shake it out, Shake it out, Shake it out
Shake it out, Shake it out, Shake it out, Shake it out
And it's hard to dance with a devil on your back
So shake him off


III
Something has changed within me
Something is not the same
I'm through with playing by the rules
of someone else's game.

Too late for second-guessing
Too late to go back to sleep
It's time to trust my instincts
Close my eyes and leap!

It's time to try defying gravity
I think I'll try defying gravity
Kiss me goodbye, I am defying gravity
and you won’t bring me down!

I'm through accepting limits
‘cause someone says they're so
Some things I cannot change
But till I try, I'll never know!

Too long I've been afraid of losing love
I guess I've lost
Well, if that's love
it comes at much too high a cost!

I'd sooner buy defying gravity
Kiss me goodbye, I'm defying gravity
I think I'll try defying gravity
and you won’t bring me down!


IV
Do you see the way that tree bends?
Does it inspire?
Leanin' out to catch the sun's ray
A lesson to be applied
Are you getting something out of this
All-encompassing trip

You can spend your time alone
redigesting past regrets
Or you can come to terms and realize
you're the only one who cannot forgive yourself
Makes much more sense to live in the present tense

Have you ideas on how this life ends?
Checked your hands and studied the lines?
Have you the belief that the road ahead
ascends off into the light?

Seems that needlessly it's gettin' harder
to find an approach and a way to live
Are we gettin' something out of this
All-encompassing trip

You can spend your time alone
redigesting past regrets
Or you can come to terms and realize
you're the only one who cannot forgive yourself
Makes much more sense to live in the present tense


V
I've been roaming around
always looking down at all I see
Painted faces, fill the places I can’t reach

You know that I could use somebody

Someone like you and all you know and how you speak
Countless lovers under cover of the street

You know that I could use somebody
Someone like you

Off in the night, while you live it up, I'm off to sleep
Waging wars to shape the poet and the beat
I hope it's gonna make you notice
Someone like me
Someone like me, somebody

Go and let it out
Someone like you, somebody

I've been roaming around,
always looking down at all I see


VI
Não importa sol ou sombra,
camarotes ou barreiras,
toureamos ombro a ombro
as feras.
Ninguém nos leva ao engano
toureamos mano a mano
só nos podem causar dano
esperas.
Entram guizos, chocas e capotes
e mantilhas pretas,
entram espadas, chifres e derrotes
e alguns poetas,
entram bravos, cravos e dichotes
porque tudo o mais
são tretas.
Entram vacas depois dos forcados
que não pegam nada.
Soam brados e olés dos nabos
que não pagam nada
e só ficam os peões de brega
cuja profissão
não pega.
Com bandarilhas de esperança
afugentamos a fera,
estamos na praça
da Primavera.
Nós vamos pegar o mundo
pelos cornos da desgraça
e fazermos da tristeza
graça.
Entram velhas doidas e turistas,
entram excursões,
entram benefícios e cronistas,
entram aldrabões,
entram marialvas e coristas,
entram galifões
de crista.
Entram cavaleiros à garupa
do seu heroísmo,
entra aquela música maluca
do passodoblismo,
entra a aficionada e a caduca
mais o snobismo
e cismo...
Entram empresários moralistas,
entram frustrações,
entram antiquários e fadistas
e contradições
e entra muito dólar muita gente
que dá lucro as milhões.
E diz o inteligente
que acabaram as canções.


VII
If I should die this very moment
I wouldn't fear
for I've never known completeness
like being here
wrapped in the warmth of you
loving every breath of you
still my heart this moment
oh it might burst..

Could we stay right here
till the end of time until the earth stops turning?
Wanna love you until the seas run dry
I've found the one I've waited for

All this time I've loved you
and never known your face,
all this time I've missed you
and searched this human race
Here is true peace,
here my heart knows calm,
safe in your soul,
bathed in your sighs..
Wanna stay right here
till the end of time
till the earth stops turning,
gonna love you until the seas run dry
I've found the one I've waited for..

All I've known
all I've done
all I've felt was leading to this,
all I've known
all I've done
all I've felt was leading to this..

Wanna stay right here
till the end of time till the earth stops turning..
Gonna love you till the seas run dry
I've found the one I've waited for..


VIII
All those concrete things like net
And hold it
You would like to spend
More time
Now that our days are full of people
And cars
And million species
All those concrete things
The concrete things
The trees and days
The look and cook
The object the subject
Why and where are those concrete things?
So just get away
Of this time
Feeling all the nature
The animals
The fresh air
The blue sky
Those nightlives are really gone
Are really gone
Are really really gone
And now here I am
In this weird places with nothing more
Nothing more
With air
With food
And natural flowers
Waiting and waiting for hours
For those concrete things
Sitting and thinking in a problem, so normal
In love or drama
Missing the TV near me
Million species
Million cars
Languid lights like the cinemas
More than love
More than that
Working and working for the word concrete


IX
Ó senhor da loja, já que a vida é curta, diga-me lá, se souber quantos metros tem a dor. E já que ainda por cima a vida é pesada diga-me lá, se puder, quantos quilos tem o amor. E já que a paciência tem os seus limites diga-me lá quantos são, que é p'ra eu saber se espero ou não quando for desesperar. Ó senhor da loja, já que a vida é bela, diga-me lá se souber em que espelho a devo olhar. Mas, se por outro lado, diz que a vida é dura, arranje-me aí, se tiver, um capacete p'ra eu marrar. E já que a vida é feita de pequenos nadas guarde-me aí quatro ou cinco que é p'ra quando for domingo eu os poder saborear. Ó senhor da loja, já que a vida é breve, arranje-me aí os ponteiros dum relógio que atrasar. E já que no fundo vai tudo dar ao mesmo diga-me se o mesmo é mesmo tudo o que ainda vai mudar. E já que é preciso deitar contas à vida, desconte-me aí os meses em que apenas fiz as vezes doutro que não era eu. Já que a vida é curta e o futuro diz que está aqui já (sei lá), já que o futuro vem em peças separadas p'ra montar (ah! ah! ah! ah!), antes que se esgote reserve desde já o seu exemplar. Caramba, está-se p'raqui a dançar na corda bamba sem se saber para que lado é que se cai nem com que pé é que se samba.


X
I wanna live life and never be cruel
I wanna live life and be good to you
And I wanna fly and never come down
And live my life and have friends around
We never change, do we? no, no
We never learn, do we?
So I wanna live in a wooden house
I wanna live life and always be true
I wanna live life and be good to you
And I wanna fly and never come down
And live my life and have friends around
We never change, do we? No, no
We never learn, do we?
So I wanna live in a wooden house
where making more friends would be easy
Oh, and I don´t have a soul to save
Yes, and I sin every single day
We never change, do we?
We never learn, do we?
So I wanna live in a wooden house
Where making more friends would be easy
I wanna live where the sun comes out


XI
Tonight you're mine completely
You give your love so sweetly
Tonight the light of love is in your eyes
Will you love me tomorrow?

Is this a lasting treasure
Or just a moment's pleasure?
Can I believe the magic of your sighs?
Will you still love me tomorrow?

Tonight with words unspoken
And you say that I'm the only one, the only one, yeah
But will my heart be broken
When the night meets the morning star?

I'd like to know that your love
Is love I can be sure of
So tell me now, cause I won't ask again
Will you still love me tomorrow?


XII
The lights go on
the lights go off
When things don't feel right
I lie down like a tired dog
licking his wounds in the shade

When I feel alive
I try to imagine a careless life,
a scenic world where the sunsets are all
breathtaking.