lunes, 11 de abril de 2011

Human Touch, Bruce Springsteen


Human Touch forma parte del álbum homónimo lanzado al mercado en 1992 junto con Lucky Town. Desde siempre, ambos discos, (sobre todo Human Touch) se han considerado una obra menor de Bruce. Algo que yo no comparto. Quizás haya una descompensación entre canciones “blandas” y “duras” a favor de las primeras, pero esto quizás revitalizó la búsqueda constante de nuevas formas, de algún modo se le puede considerar una renovación, un principio. Y veces los principios no son fáciles, tienen un precio: Bruce prescindió su famosa banda, la E Street Band, y un premio: se sucedieron los nacimientos de sus dos primeros hijos (Evan y Jessica) con su esposa Scialfa. El cantante intentó plasmar su felicidad, su vida familiar en las catorces canciones del disco, una de ellas es la que presentamos hoy, un tema que nos habla del amor y las ciudades grises repletas de extraños. Dedicada a los que buscan, en vez de conexión a Internet en los bares, conexiones humanas.



You and me we were the pretenders
We let it all slip away
In the end what you don't surrender
Well the world just strips away
Girl, ain't no kindness in the face of strangers
Ain't gonna find no miracles here
Well you can wait on your blesses my darlin'
But I got a deal for you right here

I ain't lookin' for praise or pity
I ain't comin' 'round searchin' for a crutch
I just want someone to talk to
And a little of that Human Touch
Just a little of that Human Touch

Ain't no mercy on the streets of this town
Ain't no bread from heavenly skies
Ain't nobody drawin' wine from this blood
It's just you and me tonight
Tell me, in a world without pity
Do you think what I'm askin's too much
I just want something to hold on to
And a little of that Human Touch
Just a little of that Human Touch

Oh girl that feeling of safety you prize
Well it comes at a hard hard price
You can't shut off the risk and the pain
Without losin' the love that remains
We're all riders on this train

So you've been broken and you've been hurt
Show me somebody who ain't
Yeah, I know I ain't nobody's bargain
But, hell, a little touchup
and a little paint...
You might need somethin' to hold on to
When all the answers, they don't amount to much
Somebody that you could just to talk to
And a little of that Human Touch

Baby, in a world without pity
Do you think what I'm askin's too much
I just want to feel you in my arms
Share a little of that Human Touch
Feel a little of that Human Touch
Give me a little of that Human Touch



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