I wonder what they meant when they said Repent Repent
27/10/2015 § Σχολιάστε
Plaisir: Leonard Cohen
«The Future»
Give me back my broken night
my mirrored room, my secret life
it’s lonely here,
there’s no one left to torture
Give me absolute control
over every living soul
And lie beside me, baby,
that’s an order!
Give me crack and anal sex
Take the only tree that’s left
and stuff it up the hole
in your culture
Give me back the Berlin wall
give me Stalin and St Paul
I’ve seen the future, brother:
it is murder.
Things are going to slide, slide in all directions
Won’t be nothing
Nothing you can measure anymore
The blizzard, the blizzard of the world
has crossed the threshold
and it has overturned
the order of the soul
When they said REPENT REPENT
I wonder what they meant
When they said REPENT REPENT
I wonder what they meant
When they said REPENT REPENT
I wonder what they meant
You don’t know me from the wind
you never will, you never did
I’m the little jew
who wrote the Bible
I’ve seen the nations rise and fall
I’ve heard their stories, heard them all
but love’s the only engine of survival
Your servant here, he has been told
to say it clear, to say it cold:
It’s over, it ain’t going
any further
And now the wheels of heaven stop
you feel the devil’s riding crop
Get ready for the future:
it is murder
Things are going to slide …
There’ll be the breaking of the ancient
western code
Your private life will suddenly explode
There’ll be phantoms
There’ll be fires on the road
and the white man dancing
You’ll see a woman
hanging upside down
her features covered by her fallen gown
and all the lousy little poets
coming round
tryin’ to sound like Charlie Manson
and the white man dancin’
Give me back the Berlin wall
Give me Stalin and St Paul
Give me Christ
or give me Hiroshima
Destroy another fetus now
We don’t like children anyhow
I’ve seen the future, baby:
it is murder
Things are going to slide …
When they said REPENT REPENT …
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There’ll be a next time for dear ol’ Boks…
25/10/2015 § Σχολιάστε
South African Springboks team -World Cup 2015
Defending champions New Zealand booked their place in the Rugby World Cup Final thanks to a 20-18 win over South Africa at Twickenham on Saturday.
Villain of the match:
The scorers:
For South Africa:
Pens: Pollard 5, Lambie
Yellow card: Habana
For New Zealand:
Tries: Kaino, Barrett
Cons: Carter 2
Pen: Carter
Drop: Carter
Yellow card: Kaino
South Africa: 15 Willie le Roux, 14 JP Pietersen, 13 Jesse Kriel, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Handré Pollard, 9 Fourie du Preez (c), 8 Duane Vermeulen, 7 Schalk Burger, 6 Francois Louw, 5 Lood de Jager, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Frans Malherbe, 2 Bismarck du Plessis, 1 Tendai Mtawarira.
Replacements: 16 Adriaan Strauss, 17 Trevor Nyakane, 18 Jannie du Plessis, 19 Victor Matfield, 20 Willem Alberts, 21 Ruan Pienaar, 22 Pat Lambie, 23 Jan Serfontein.
New Zealand: 15 Ben Smith, 14 Nehe Milner-Skudder, 13 Conrad Smith, 12 Ma’a Nonu, 11 Julian Savea, 10 Daniel Carter, 9 Aaron Smith, 8 Kieran Read, 7 Richie McCaw (c), 6 Jerome Kaino, 5 Samuel Whitelock, 4 Brodie Retallick, 3 Owen Franks, 2 Dane Coles, 1 Joe Moody.
Replacements: 16 Keven Mealamu, 17 Ben Franks, 18 Charlie Faumuina, 19 Victor Vito, 20 Sam Cane, 21 Tawera Kerr-Barlow, 22 Beauden Barrett, 23 Sonny Bill Williams.
Venue: Twickenham, London
Referee: Jérôme Garcès (France)
Assistant Referees: Romain Poite (France), Johnny Lacey (Ireland)
TMO: George Ayoub (Australia)
Και οι εραστές καπνίζουν σιωπηλοί πράσινα φύλλα
24/10/2015 § Σχολιάστε
Ερωτικό
Κι αν γεννηθείς κάποια στιγμή
Μιαν άλλη που δε θα υπάρχω
Μη φοβηθείς
Και θα με βρείς είτε σαν άστρο
Όταν μονάχος περπατάς στην παγωμένη νύχτα
Είτε στο βλέμμα ενός παιδιού που θα σε προσπεράσει
Eίτε στη φλόγα ενός κεριού που θα κρατάς
Διαβαίνοντας το σκοτεινό το δάσος
Γιατί ψηλά στον ουρανό που κατοικούνε τ’ άστρα
Μαζεύονται όλοι οι ποιητές
Και οι εραστές καπνίζουν σιωπηλοί πράσινα φύλλα
Μασάν χρυσόσκονη πηδάνε τα ποτάμια
Και περιμένουν
Να λιγωθούν οι αστερισμοί και να λιγοθυμήσουν
Να πέσουν μεσ’ στον ύπνο σου
Να γίνουν αναστεναγμός στην άκρη των χειλιών σου
Να σε ξυπνήσουν και να δεις απ’ το παραθυρό σου
Το προσωπό μου φωτεινό
Να σχηματίζει αστερισμό
Να σου χαμογελάει
Και να σου ψιθυρίζει
Καλή νύχτα
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Μάνος Χατζιδάκις, από τη συλλογή “Μυθολογία’, (1966)
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