terça-feira, abril 17, 2007

O mundo e as balas...

É um post sentido... Ontem numa universidade americana mais um massacre... Um massacre não por ter havido mais de três dezenas de mortos... Bastaria um... É um massacre porque não há nada pior do que uma morte imprevista... Aquelas pessoas estavam numa situação quotidiana e foram surpreendidas pela morte... Fez-me lembrar uma música que fala de uma morte... Uma morte apenas, 41 balas... A história pode ser visitada aqui ou aqui... O maior medo humano é que podemos ser mortos apenas por estarmos vivos...



41 shots/American Skin
Bruce Springsteen

(41 shots)
(41 shots)
(41 shots)
(41 shots)
(41 shots)
(41 shots)
(41 shots)
(41 shots)
[spoken:] We need some quiet

41 shots, and we'll take that ride
'Cross this bloody river to the other side
41 shots, cut through the night
You're kneeling over his body in the vestibule
Praying for his life

Well, is it a gun, is it a knife
Is it a wallet, this is your life
It ain't no secret (it ain't no secret)
It ain't no secret (it ain't no secret)
No secret my friend
You can get killed just for living in your American skin

(41 shots)
(41 shots)
(41 shots)
(41 shots)

41 shots, Lena gets her son ready for school
She says "On these streets, Charles
You've got to understand the rules
If an officer stops you, promise me you'll always be polite
And that you'll never ever run away
Promise Mama you'll keep your hands in sight"

Well, is it a gun, is it a knife
Is it a wallet, this is your life
It ain't no secret (it ain't no secret)
It ain't no secret (it ain't no secret)
No secret my friend
You can get killed just for living in your American skin

(41 shots)
(41 shots)
(41 shots)
(41 shots)

(41 shots)
(41 shots)
(41 shots)
(41 shots)

Is it a gun, is it a knife
Is it in your heart, is it in your eyes
It ain't no secret (it ain't no secret)
It ain't no secret (it ain't no secret)
It ain't no secret (it ain't no secret)

41 shots, and we'll take that ride
'Cross this bloody river to the other side
41 shots, got my boots caked in this mud
We're baptized in these waters (baptized in these waters)
And in each other's blood (and in each other's blood)

Is it a gun, is it a knife
Is it a wallet, this is your life
It ain't no secret (it ain't no secret)
It ain't no secret (it ain't no secret)
It ain't no secret (it ain't no secret)
No secret my friend
You can get killed just for living in
You can get killed just for living in
You can get killed just for living in
You can get killed just for living in
You can get killed just for living in your American skin

(41 shots)
You can get killed just for living in
(41 shots)
You can get killed just for living in
(41 shots)
You can get killed just for living in
(41 shots)
You can get killed just for living in
(41 shots)
You can get killed just for living in
(41 shots)
You can get killed just for living in
(41 shots)
You can get killed just for living in [fades out]

Assim vai o mundo...

2 comentários:

Vanda disse...

Enfim podia argumentar mais uma vez contra a estupidez infinita dos americanos, na qual se inclui venderem armas como se de comida ou roupa se tratasse, mas nao e' o caso.
Infelizmente,nada se pode fazer para trazer essas pessoas de volta.
Apenas se pode esperar que alguem aprenda com isto e que nao volte a acontecer!

Francisco del Mundo disse...

No caso de ontem é isso mesmo... O caso da canção é mais complicado!
Beijo