Când vine vorba de muzică, mi-e foarte greu să mă limitez la un singur artist sau o singură melodie, plus că în ultimul timp am cam abandonat-o în favoarea filmelor; însă oricât de mult mi-ar plăcea o piesă, întotdeauna mă întorc la Leonard Cohen. E singurul artist pe care l-aş asculta tot timpul fără să mă plictisesc… Nu ştiu să fi existat o melodie de-a lui care să nu îmi placă… la fel şi cu versurile. Mi-ar fi plăcut să le scriu eu pe toate…
Nu îmi amintesc când a fost prima mea întâlnire cu piesele lui, e ca şi când le-aş fi ştiut dintotdeauna. E greu să am preferinţe, poate Master Song… dar pentru azi aleg Paper Thin Hotel:
Paper Thin Hotel (Death Of A Ladies’ Man 1977)
The walls of this hotel are paper-thin
Last night I heard you making love to him
The struggle mouth to mouth and limb to limb
The grunt of unity when he came in
I stood there with my ear against the wall
I was not seized by jealousy at all
In fact a burden lifted from my soul
I heard that love was out of my control
A heavy burden lifted from my soul
I heard that love was out of my control
I listened to your kisses at the door
I never heard the world so clear before
You ran your bath and you began to sing
I felt so good I couldn’t feel a thing
I stood there with my ear against the wall …
And I can’t wait to tell you to your face
And I can’t wait for you to take my place
You are The Naked Angel In My Heart
You are The Woman With Her Legs Apart
It’s written on the walls of this hotel
You go to heaven once you’ve been to hell
A heavy burden lifted from my soul
I heard that love was out of my control
