domingo, 26 de junho de 2011

Arctic Monkeys - Crying Lightning



Outside the cafe by the cracker factory
You were practicing a magic trick
And my thoughts got rude as you talked and chewed
On the last of your pick and mix

You said "You're mistaken if you're thinking that I haven't been called 'cold' before"
As you bit into your strawberry lace
Then offered me your attention in the form of a gobstopper
It's all you had left and it was going to waste

Your pastimes, consisted of the strange
The twisted and deranged
And I loved that little game you had called
'Crying lightning'
And how you liked to aggravate the ice-cream man on rainy afternoons

The next time that I caught my own reflection
It was on its way to meet you
Thinking of excuses to postpone.
You never looked like yourself from the side
But your profile could not hide
The fact you knew I was approaching your throne.

With folded arms you occupied the bench like toothache,
Stood and puffed your chest out like you'd never lost a war
Although I tried so not to suffer the indignity of a reaction
There was no cracks to grasp or gaps to claw

And your past-times, consisted of the strange
And twisted and deranged
And I hate that little game you had called
'Crying lightning'
And how you like to aggravate the icky man on rainy afternoons

Uninviting
But not half as impossible as everyone assumes you are
'Crying Lightning'

Your past-times, consisted of the strange
And twisted and deranged
And I hate that little game you had called
Crying lightning
Crying lightning
Crying lightning
Crying lightning

Your past-times, consisted of the strange
And twisted and deranged
And I hate that little game you had called
Crying

domingo, 12 de junho de 2011

Sérgio Godinho - O primeiro dia



A principio é simples, anda-se sozinho
passa-se nas ruas bem devagarinho
está-se bem no silêncio e no borborinho
bebe-se as certezas num copo de vinho
e vem-nos à memória uma frase batida
hoje é o primeiro dia do resto da tua vida
hoje é o primeiro dia do resto da tua vida

Pouco a pouco o passo faz-se vagabundo
dá-se a volta ao medo e dá-se a volta ao mundo
diz-se do passado que está moribundo
bebe-se o alento num copo sem fundo
e vem-nos à memória uma frase batida
hoje é o primeiro dia do resto da tua vida
hoje é o primeiro dia do resto da tua vida

E é então que amigos nos oferecem leito
entra-se cansado e sai-se refeito
luta-se por tudo o que se leva a peito
bebe-se, come-se e alguém nos diz: bom proveito
e vem-nos à memória uma frase batida
hoje é o primeiro dia do resto da tua vida
hoje é o primeiro dia do resto da tua vida

Depois vêm cansaços e o corpo fraqueja
olha-se para dentro e já pouco sobeja
pede-se o descanso, por curto que seja
apagam-se dúvidas num mar de cerveja
e vem-nos à memória uma frase batida
hoje é o primeiro dia do resto da tua vida
hoje é o primeiro dia do resto da tua vida

E enfim duma escolha faz-se um desafio
enfrenta-se a vida de fio a pavio
navega-se sem mar, sem vela ou navio
bebe-se a coragem até dum copo vazio
e vem-nos à memória uma frase batida
hoje é o primeiro dia do resto da tua vida
hoje é o primeiro dia do resto da tua vida

E entretanto o tempo fez cinza da brasa
e outra maré cheia virá da maré vazia
nasce um novo dia e no braço outra asa
brinda-se aos amores com o vinho da casa
e vem-nos à memória uma frase batida
hoje é o primeiro dia do resto da tua vida

domingo, 29 de maio de 2011

Sade - Smooth operator



Diamond life, lover boy
He move in space with minimum waste and maximum joy
City lights and business nights
When you require streetcar desire for higher heights

No place for beginners or sensitive hearts
When sentiment is left to chance
No place to be ending but somewhere to start

No need to ask
He's a smooth operator
Smooth operator
Smooth operator
Smooth operator

Coast to coast, LA to Chicago, western male
Across the north and south, to Key Largo, love for sale

Face to face, each classic case
We shadow box and double cross
Yet need the chase

A license to love, insurance to hold
Melts all your memories and change into gold
His eyes are like angels but his heart is cold

No need to ask
He's a smooth operator
Smooth operator
Smooth operator
Smooth operator

Coast to coast, LA to Chicago, western male
Across the north and south, to Key Largo, love for sale

Smooth operator, smooth operator
Smooth operator, smooth operator
Smooth operator, smooth operator
Smooth operator, smooth operator
Smooth operator, smooth operator

domingo, 22 de maio de 2011

Clã - Problema de expressão



Só p'ra dizer que te amo,
Nem sempre encontro o melhor termo,
Nem sempre escolho o melhor modo.

Devia ser como no cinema,
A língua inglesa fica sempre bem
E nunca atraiçoa ninguém.

O teu mundo está tão perto do meu
E o que digo está tão longe,
Como o mar está do céu.

Só p'ra dizer que te amo
Não sei porquê este embaraço
Que mais parece que só te estimo.

E até no momento em que digo que não quero,
E o que sinto por ti são coisas confusas.
E até parece que estou a mentir,
As palavras custam a sair,
Não digo o que estou a sentir.
Digo o contrário do que estou a sentir.

O teu mundo está tão perto do meu
E o que digo está tão longe,
Como o mar está do céu.

E é tão difícil dizer amor,
É bem melhor dizê-lo a cantar.

Por isso esta noite, fiz esta canção,
Para resolver o meu problema de expressão.
Ficar mais perto, bem mais de perto.
Ficar mais perto, bem mais de perto.

domingo, 15 de maio de 2011

Adele - Rolling in the deep



There's a fire starting in my heart
Reaching a fever pitch and it's bringing me out the dark

Finally, I can see you crystal clear
Go ahead and sell me out and a I'll lay your shit bare

See how I'll leave with every piece of you
Don't underestimate the things that I will do

There's a fire starting in my heart
Reaching a fever pitch and it's bring me out the dark

The scars of your love remind me of us
They keep me thinking that we almost had it all

The scars of your love, they leave me breathless
I can't help feeling

We could have had it all
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
Rolling in the deep
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
You had my heart inside of your hand
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
And you played it to the beat
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)

Baby, I have no story to be told
But I've heard one on you and I'm gonna make your head burn

Think of me in the depths of your despair
Make a home down there as mine sure won't be shared

The scars of your love remind me of us
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
They keep me thinking that we almost had it all
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
The scars of your love, they leave me breathless
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
I can't help feeling
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)

We could have had it all
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
Rolling in the deep
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
You had my heart inside of your hands
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
And you played it to the beat
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)

Could have had it all
Rolling in the deep
You had my heart inside of your hands
But you played it with a beating

Throw your soul through every open door
Count your blessings to find what you look for
Turn my sorrow into treasured gold
You'll pay me back in kind and reap just what you've sown

(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
We could have had it all
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
We could have had it all
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
It all, it all, it all
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)

We could have had it all
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
Rolling in the deep
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
You had my heart inside of your hands
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
And you played it to the beat
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)

Could have had it all
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
Rolling in the deep
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
You had my heart inside of your hands
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)

But you played it
You played it
You played it
You played it to the beat

domingo, 1 de maio de 2011

Amor Electro - A Máquina



Saber o que fazer
Com isto a acontecer
Num caso como o meu
Ter o meu amor
Para dar e p’ra vender
Mas sei que vou ficar
Por ter o que eu não tenho
Eu sei que vou ficar

É de pedir aos céus
A mim, a ti e a Deus
Que eu quero ser feliz
É de pedir aos céus

Porque este amor é meu
E cedo vou saber
Que triste é viver
Que sina, ai, que amor

Já nem vou mais chorar
Gritar ligar voltar
A máquina parou
Deixou de tocar

Sentir e não mentir
Amar e querer ficar
Que pena é ver-te assim
Já sem saberes de ti

Rasguei o teu perdão
Quis ser o que já fui
Eu não vou mais fugir
A viagem começou

Porque este amor é meu
E cedo vou saber
Que triste é viver
Que sina, ai, que amor

Já nem vou mais chorar
Gritar ligar voltar
A máquina parou
Deixou de tocar

É de pedir aos céus
A mim, a ti e a Deus
Que eu quero é ser feliz
É de pedir aos céus

Porque este amor é teu
E eu já só vou amar
Que bom não acabou
A máquina acordou

segunda-feira, 25 de abril de 2011

Foo Fighters - The Pretender



Keep you in the dark
You know they all pretend
Keep you in the dark
And so it all began

Send in your skeletons
Sing as their bones go marching in again
They need you buried deep
The secrets that you keep are ever ready
Are you ready?

I'm finished making sense
Done pleading ignorance
That whole defense

Spinning infinity, boy
The wheel is spinning me
It's never-ending, never-ending
Same old story

What if I say I'm not like the others?
What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays?
You're the pretender
What if I say I will never surrender?

What if I say I'm not like the others?
What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays?
You're the pretender
What if I say I will never surrender?

In time or so I'm told
I'm just another soul for sale. Oh well
The page is out of print
We are not permanent
We're temporary, temporary
Same old story

What if I say I'm not like the others?
What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays?
You're the pretender
What if I say I will never surrender?

What if I say I'm not like the others?
What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays?
You're the pretender
What if I say I will never surrender?

I'm the voice inside your head
You refuse to hear
I'm the face that you have to face
Mirrored in your stare
I'm what's left, I'm what's right
I'm the enemy
I'm the hand that will take you down
Bring you to your knees

So who are you?
Yeah, who are you?
Yeah, who are you?
Yeah, who are you?

Keep you in the dark
You know they all pretend

What if I say I'm not like the others?
What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays?
You're the pretender
What if I say I will never surrender?

What if I say I'm not like the others?
What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays?
You're the pretender
What if I say I will never surrender?


What if I say I'm not like the others?
(Keep you in the dark)
What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays?
(You know they all... pretend)
You're the pretender
What if I say I will never surrender?

What if I say I'm not like the others?
(Keep you in the dark)
What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays?
(You know they all... pretend)
You're the pretender
What if I say I will never surrender?

So who are you?
Yeah, who are you?
Yeah, who are you?

segunda-feira, 4 de abril de 2011

The Gift - OK! Do you want something simple?



OK! Do you want something simple?
OK! Do you want something simple?
OK! Do you want something simple?
OK! Do you want something simple?

The news
Do you want something simple?
The look
Do you want something simple?
The letters
Do you want something simple?
The jokes
Do you want something simple?
The games
Do you want something simple?
The nights
Do you want something simple?
The boys
Do you want something simple?
The girls
Do you want something simple?
The words
Do you want something simple?
The friends
Do you want something simple?
The rest
Do you want something simple?
And sex
Do you want something simple?

Why can't you understand
How I'm feeling now
Why don't you feel me
Why can't you understand
Please open your hand
When you don't know how to do
You want my life
But you've just said no more
Everything is just my fault
The life well done
I can't understand you more
And I can't understand you more

OK! Do you want something simple?
OK! Do you want something simple?
OK! Do you want something simple?
OK! Do you want something simple?

The films
Do you want something simple?
The songs
Do you want something simple?
And love
Do you want something simple?
The drinks
Do you want something simple?
Art pop
Do you want something simple?
TV
Do you want something simple?
The silence

Why can you decide
How I'm feeling now
Your heart is following mine
Behind this sacrifice
Can't you see the words
Can't you see the things
But I can go on
Why don't you find another
Why
Everything looks like a crash
When I used to fall
I can't understand you more
And I can't understand you more

And you cry
And your heart don't cry
And you're seated
Why can't you feel, can't you see
What is happening to me
All the thinking time
All the love you gave to me
Give it to me

I can't understand you
Why
Why this happens
Why can't you see I'm selling lies
Sitting at a table why
Why you want my life
Why do you want me
And I can't understand you
I can't understand you
I can't
Why this happening to me
Why this happening
Can't you see now
Can't you see now
Can't you see
I can't understand you
Why
Why this is happening to us

This song is too simple
This song is too simple
This song

domingo, 27 de março de 2011

The Strokes - Heart in a cage



I don't feel better when I'm f****** around
And I don't write better when I'm stuck in the ground
So don't teach me a lesson 'cause I've already learned
Yeah, the Sun will be shining and my children will burn

The heart beats in its cage

I don't want what you want
I don't feel what you feel
See, I'm stuck in a city
But I belong in a field

Yeah we got left, left, left, left, left, left, left
Now it's three in the morning and you're eating alone

The heart beats in its cage

All our friends they're laughing at us
All of those you loved you mistrust
Help me, I'm just not quite myself
Look around there's no one else left

I went to the concert and I fought through the crowd
Guess I got too excited when I thought you were around

Oh he gets left, left, left, left, left, left, left
I am sorry you were thinking I would steal your fire

Oh the heart beats in its cage
Yes the heart beats in its cage
Alright

The heart beats in its cage

domingo, 20 de março de 2011

Cristina Branco - Não há só tangos em Paris



Beijei teu retrato, esborratou-se a tinta
Num corpo abstracto que a saudade pinta
E a esquadrinhar teus traços já dei por mim louca
Diz-me lá Picasso onde ele tem a boca

Esse teu retrato vou expô-lo em Paris
Já usado e gasto, ver se alguém me diz
Onde é que te encontro, se não te perdi

Por te ter chorado desfiz o meu rosto
E num triste fado encontrei encosto
Dei-me a outros braços, mas nada que preste
Diz-me lá Picasso que namoro é este

Este meu retrato vou expô-lo em Paris
E assim ao teu lado eu hei-de ser feliz
Se nunca te encontro, nunca te perdi

Sei, não há só tangos em Paris
E nos fados que eu vivi
Só te encontro em estilhaços

Pois bem, tão certa espero por ti
Se com um beijo te desfiz
Com um beijo te refaço

Este meu retrato vou expô-lo em Paris
E assim ao teu lado eu hei-de ser feliz
Se nunca te encontro, nunca te perdi

Sei, não há só tangos em Paris
E nos fados que eu vivi
Só te encontro em estilhaços

Pois bem, tão certa espero por ti
Se com um beijo te desfiz
Com um beijo te refaço

Se com um beijo te desfiz
Com um beijo te refaço