Poemas em palco (1)

THE WHOLE OF THE MOON
The Waterboys
Letra e música: Mike Scott

Se há canções que apelam a divagações metafóricas, vertiginosas e saborosamente inconclusivas, The Whole of the Moon, é, seguramente, um dos mais extraordinários exemplos (mesmo quando tudo parece encenar-se num espaço romântico — I spoke about wings / you just flew). E se é verdade que The Waterboys não encaixam no rótulo "alternativo", não é menos verdade que o seu rock, garboso e nunca alheado das raízes folk, foi exemplarmente "não-alinhado": o álbum This Is the Sea (1985), de que The Whole of the Moon era a faixa nº 2, ficou como uma das maravilhas insólitas da década de 80 [capas: single e álbum]. Este registo, dirigido por Meiert Avis, tem por cenário o palco do Lyceum Theater, em Londres — foi em Novembro de 1985.

I pictured a rainbow
you held it in your hands
I had flashes
but you saw the plan
I wandered out in the world for years
you just stayed in your room
I saw the crescent
You saw the whole of the moon
The whole of the moon...

You were there in the turnstiles
with the wind at your heels
you stretched for the stars
and you know how it feels
To reach too high, too far, too soon
You saw the whole of the moon

I was grounded
while you filled the skies
I was dumbfounded by truth
you cut through lies
I saw the lone empty valley
You saw Brigadoon
I saw the crescent
You saw the whole of the moon

I spoke about wings
you just flew
I wondered I guessed and I tried
you just knew
I sighed
but you swooned
I saw the crescent
You saw the whole of the moon
The whole of the moon...

With a torch in your pocket
and the wind at your heels
you climbed on the ladder
and you know how it feels
to get too high, too far, too soon
You saw the whole of the moon
The whole of the moon...

Unicorns and cannonballs, palaces and piers
trumpets, towers, and tenements
wide oceans full of tears
flags, rags, ferryboats, scimitars and scarves
Every precious dream and vision underneath the stars
You climbed on the ladder
with the wind in your sails
you came like a comet
blazing your trail
too high, too far, too soon
You saw the whole of the moon!