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