CANCIONES PASADAS POR AGUA

P.J HARVEY
DOWN BY THE WATER

Cuando vivíamos en la calle Manifestación, teníamos un largo pasillo que decoramos con las fotos donadas por el Colectivo Anguila, tras una exposición itinerante por bares de la ciudad. Una de las fotos era PJ Harvey tomada en el Benicassim del año anterior, con un físico al borde de la anorexia, y una minifalda negra que sólo le quedaba bien a ella. Cada vez que recorría aquel pasillo en forma de L de madrugada resacoso en busca de la alianza agua- water, tenía la sensación de que me observaba desde la pared y movía los ojos como los cuadros de las películas de misterio, susurrando: “down by the water”.


DOWN BY THE WATER

I lost my heart
Under the bridge
To that little girl
So much to me
And now I moan
And now I holler
She'll never know
Just what I found
That blue eyed girl
{That blue eyed girl}
She said "no more"
{She said "no more"}
That blue eyed girl
{That blue eyed girl}
Became blue eyed whore
{Big blue eyed whore}
Down by the water
{Down by the water}
I took her hand
{I took her hand}
Just like my daughter
{Just like my daughter}
See her again
{See her again}

Oh help me jesus
Come through this storm
I had to lose her
Io do her harm
I heard her holler
{I heard her holler}
I heard her moan
{I heard her moan}
My lovely daughter
{My lovely daughter}
I took her home
{I took her home}

Little fish. big fish. swimming in the water.
Come back here, man. gimme my daughter.
Little fish. big fish. swimming in the water.
Come back here, man. gimme my daughter.
Little fish. big fish. swimming in the water.
Come back here, man. gimme my daughter.
Little fish. big fish. swimming in the water.
Come back here, man. gimme my daughter.
Little fish. big fish. swimming in the water.
Come back here, man. gimme my daughter.
Little fish. big fish. swimming in the water.
Come back here, man. gimme my daughter.
Little fish. big fish. swimming in the water.
Come back here, man. gimme my daughter.
Little fish. big fish. swimming in the water.
Come back here, man. gimme my daughter.

Hoy actua Patti Smith, y desde que conocí la música de Pj Harvey siempre he encontrado un gran parecido con la autora de "Horses". Una semejanza de las buenas, no de las replicas miméticas de usurpación de personalidad, sino de las de relevo generacional de alto contenido emocional.

Simón Zico