Leonard Cohen: "I' m your Man"
Tem-se ouvido (e visto), cá por casa, com agrado, o DVD de Leonard Cohen em Londres. Mais de duas horas de um reportório que fez História na música das últimas décadas, e onde se encontram alguns dos "musts" do cantor, poeta e compositor canadiano, nascido em Montreal no ano de 1934. Tudo nele é uma marca expressiva de um estilo próprio, da voz ao lirismo das palavras, da apresentação em palco á temática (por onde passa religião, pacifismo, amor e sexo, cidadania ou poder prepotente).
Leonard Norman Cohen. que começou a carreira de cantor tarde (“Songs of Leonard Cohen”, de 1967, foi um acontecimento que o projectou internacionalmente), conta com uma dúzia de álbuns, passou por Lisboa no ano passado, actuando no Passeio de Algés, e vai voltar dia 30, agora ao Pavilhão Atlântico, em Lisboa.
Não sei se me apetece um recinto como esse para ouvir Cohen. Não sei se não prefiro o ecrã do televisor e este registo de um concerto dado em Londres, “Live in London”, por acaso nada mal gravado, captando bem, e de forma discreta, o intimismo de uma comunicação que se quer perto.
Leonard Norman Cohen. que começou a carreira de cantor tarde (“Songs of Leonard Cohen”, de 1967, foi um acontecimento que o projectou internacionalmente), conta com uma dúzia de álbuns, passou por Lisboa no ano passado, actuando no Passeio de Algés, e vai voltar dia 30, agora ao Pavilhão Atlântico, em Lisboa.
Não sei se me apetece um recinto como esse para ouvir Cohen. Não sei se não prefiro o ecrã do televisor e este registo de um concerto dado em Londres, “Live in London”, por acaso nada mal gravado, captando bem, e de forma discreta, o intimismo de uma comunicação que se quer perto.
If you want a lover
I'll do anything you ask me to
And if you want another kind of love
I'll wear a mask for you
If you want a partner
Take my hand
Or if you want to strike me down in anger
Here I stand
I'm your man
If you want a boxer
I will step into the ring for you
And if you want a doctor
I'll examine every inch of you
If you want a driver
Climb inside
Or if you want to take me for a ride
You know you can
I'm your man
Ah, the moon's too bright
The chain's too tight
The beast won't go to sleep
I've been running through these promises to you
That I made and I could not keep
Ah but a man never got a woman back
Not by begging on his knees
Or I'd crawl to you baby
And I'd fall at your feet
And I'd howl at your beauty
Like a dog in heat
And I'd claw at your heart
And I'd tear at your sheet
I'd say please, please
I'm your man
I'll do anything you ask me to
And if you want another kind of love
I'll wear a mask for you
If you want a partner
Take my hand
Or if you want to strike me down in anger
Here I stand
I'm your man
If you want a boxer
I will step into the ring for you
And if you want a doctor
I'll examine every inch of you
If you want a driver
Climb inside
Or if you want to take me for a ride
You know you can
I'm your man
Ah, the moon's too bright
The chain's too tight
The beast won't go to sleep
I've been running through these promises to you
That I made and I could not keep
Ah but a man never got a woman back
Not by begging on his knees
Or I'd crawl to you baby
And I'd fall at your feet
And I'd howl at your beauty
Like a dog in heat
And I'd claw at your heart
And I'd tear at your sheet
I'd say please, please
I'm your man
Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin
Dance me through the panic 'til I'm gathered safely in
Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love
Oh let me see your beauty when the witnesses are gone
Let me feel you moving like they do in Babylon
Show me slowly what I only know the limits of
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the wedding now, dance me on and on
Dance me very tenderly and dance me very long
We're both of us beneath our love, we're both of us above
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the children who are asking to be born
Dance me through the curtains that our kisses have outworn
Raise a tent of shelter now, though every thread is torn
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin
Dance me through the panic till I'm gathered safely in
Touch me with your naked hand or touch me with your glove
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me through the panic 'til I'm gathered safely in
Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love
Oh let me see your beauty when the witnesses are gone
Let me feel you moving like they do in Babylon
Show me slowly what I only know the limits of
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the wedding now, dance me on and on
Dance me very tenderly and dance me very long
We're both of us beneath our love, we're both of us above
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the children who are asking to be born
Dance me through the curtains that our kisses have outworn
Raise a tent of shelter now, though every thread is torn
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin
Dance me through the panic till I'm gathered safely in
Touch me with your naked hand or touch me with your glove
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love
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