É um dos raros e legítimos herdeiros de uma tradição que tem em Bob Dylan o seu núcleo artístico e simbólico: o americano Ryan Adams (nascido em Jacksonville, Carolina do Norte, 5 nov. 1974) não pára e já lançou o seu primeiro álbum de 2025 ("primeiro" porque, se a lógica se mantiver, o ano trará mais uns quatro ou cinco...). Chama-se Another Wednesday e é feito de registos ao vivo (sobretudo de canções do álbum Wednesdays, 2020), simples e sofisticados, numa palavra, intimistas — para já, eis o tema de abertura: When You Cross Over.
There were pictures on the wall
And the pain is lighter
The house is empty now and only shadows fall
And when you cross over
I hope she's waiting there for you
When you cross over
Into the spaces of the blue
When you cross over
Please know that I'll always love you
And may your pain return into the light
When you cross over tonight
My brother
Born in Alabama just as winter calmed
My family moved to Carolina
In the shadows of the pines and lumberyards
And when you cross over
I hope they're waiting there for you
When you cross over
Please know that I'll always love you
When you cross over
Into the spaces in the blue
And may your pain return into the light
When you cross over tonight
I know you didn't wanna leave this way
I know you tried your best to hide it
I'm gonna love you now, anyway
In Carolina
Roses bloom beside the house
Your brother and your sister, your mother and your father
All of your friends gather around
And when you cross over
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