Compré sus albumes, con el grupo llamado Matchbox Twenty, aún cuando costaban mucho más de lo normal al ser de importación. Los escuchaba mil y un veces en las noches y en mis interminables viajes a Cuernavaca en el primer año de universidad. Las canciones que más me animan y más me deprimen han sido tocadas por él y su banda.
Ahora, en su segundo disco como solista, ha sacado una cancion hermosa dedicada a una de las dos mujeres más importantes en su vida, o quizás ambas: Su madre, quien luchó fieramente contra el cáncer y su esposa, víctima de una enfermedad inmuno-supresora.
"Her diamonds", su primer sencillo, nos habla sobre esas mujeres y la impotencia de poder hacer algo más que estar ahí para ellas. Sinceramente unas lágrimas salieron de mis ojos cuando la escuché por primera vez, y aún ahora siguen causando el mismo efecto.
Su disco, "CraddleSongs" sale a la venta a finales de este mes.
Her Diamonds
(Para tí, mamá)
oh, what the hell, she says, I just can't win for losing
And she lays back down
Man there's so many times I don't know what I'm doing
Like I don't know now
By the light of the moon she rubs her eyes
Says its funny how the night can make you blind
Well, I can just imagine
And I don't know what I'm supposed to do
But if she feels bad then I do too
So I let her be
(chorus)
and she says "Oh,
I can't take no more"
Her tears like diamonds on the floor
And her diamonds bring me down
Cuz I can't help her now
She's down in it
She tried her best and now she can't win - it's hard
To see them on the ground
Her diamonds falling down
She sits down and stares into the distance
And it takes all night
And I know I could break her concentration
But it don't feel right
By the light of the moon she rubs her eyes
Sits down on the bed and starts to cry
And there's something less about her
And I don't know what I'm supposed to do
So I sit down and I cry too
But don't let her see
She shuts out the night
And tries to close her eyes
If she can find daylight she'll be alright
She'll be alright
Just not tonight.
(Para tí, mamá)
oh, what the hell, she says, I just can't win for losing
And she lays back down
Man there's so many times I don't know what I'm doing
Like I don't know now
By the light of the moon she rubs her eyes
Says its funny how the night can make you blind
Well, I can just imagine
And I don't know what I'm supposed to do
But if she feels bad then I do too
So I let her be
(chorus)
and she says "Oh,
I can't take no more"
Her tears like diamonds on the floor
And her diamonds bring me down
Cuz I can't help her now
She's down in it
She tried her best and now she can't win - it's hard
To see them on the ground
Her diamonds falling down
She sits down and stares into the distance
And it takes all night
And I know I could break her concentration
But it don't feel right
By the light of the moon she rubs her eyes
Sits down on the bed and starts to cry
And there's something less about her
And I don't know what I'm supposed to do
So I sit down and I cry too
But don't let her see
She shuts out the night
And tries to close her eyes
If she can find daylight she'll be alright
She'll be alright
Just not tonight.
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