Right where it belongs - Nine Inch Nails

Altra canzone suggerita da Kallastra che ringrazio.

Questa volta abbiamo a che fare con una canzone introspettiva, "davvero profonda e angosciosa... testo, musica e interpretazione parlano da soli, credo... "

Io vi intivo a leggervi con calma il testo, che come ha detto Kallastra, parla da solo, se poi volete leggere un commento fatto bene e masticate un po' d'inglese fatte un salto su SongMeanings.




Traduzione in italiano su Shadow Land.


See the animal in his cage that you built
Are you sure what side you're on?
Better not look him too closely in the eye
Are you sure what side of the glass you are on?
See the safety of the life you have built
Everything where it belongs
Feel the hollowness inside of your heart
And it's all
Right where it belongs

[Chorus:]
What if everything around you
Isn't quite as it seems?
What if all the world you think you know
Is an elaborate dream?
And if you look at your reflection
Is it all you want it to be?
What if you could look right through the cracks?
Would you find yourself
Find yourself afraid to see?

What if all the world's inside of your head
Just creations of your own?
Your devils and your gods
All the living and the dead
And you're really all alone?
You can live in this illusion
You can choose to believe
You keep looking but you can't find the woods
While you're hiding in the trees

[Chorus:]
What if everything around you
Isn't quite as it seems?
What if all the world you used to know
Is an elaborate dream?
And if you look at your reflection
Is it all you want it to be?
What if you could look right through the cracks
Would you find yourself
Find yourself afraid to see

Hurt - Johnny Cash

Ringrazio il lettore anonimo per il suggerimento, soprattutto perché come spesso accade questa era una canzone che bene o male conoscevo, sulla quale però non mi ero mai soffermata più di tanto.
La cosa che più mi ha sorpresa è stato scoprire che è una cover dei Nine Inch Nails perché sembra veramente fatta su misura per Johnny Cash, il quale sembra quasi dare un significato in più al testo, un uomo che con la voce segnata dagli anni si guarda indietro e con sofferenza ripensa alla sua vita. La cosa più triste è proprio questa, arrivare ad un certo punto della propria vita, sentire tutto l'amaro che essa ti ha riservato e chiedersi "Cosa sono diventato?".


Versione originale dei Nine Inch Nails:



La cover di Johnny Cash:



Traduzione in italiano: qui


I hurt myself today,
to see if i still feel,
I focus on the pain,
the only thing thats real,

The needle tears a hole,
the old familiar sting,
try to kill it all away,
but I remember everything,

(Chorus)
what have I become,
my sweetest friend,
everyone i know,
goes away in the end,

and you could have it all,
my empire of dirt,
I will let you down,
I will make you hurt,

I wear this crown of thorns,
upon my liars chair,
full of broken thoughts,
I cannot repair,

beneath the stains of time,
the feelings dissapear,
you are someone else,
I am still right here,

What have I become,
my sweetest friend,
everyone I know,
goes away in the end,

and you could have it all,
my empire of dirt,
I will let you down,
I will make you hurt,

if I could start again,
a million miles away,
I will keep myself,
I would find a way