Song des Tages: Cloudy Now

(Blackfield: "Cloudy Now", aus dem Album "Blackfield", 2004)

In a violent place we can call our country
Is a mixed up man and I guess that's me.
The sun's in the sky but the storm never seems to end.

It's a place of sorrow but we call it a home,
And the darkest thoughts, yeah, I guess they're my own.
There's wealth in the bank but there's nothing to show inside.

- It's cloudy now ... -
- It's getting cloudy now ... -

In a special place that I call my life
The father was cruel and he lost his wife.
But I don't see either 'cause I live across the street.

It's a beautiful thing when it starts to rain,
A man who drinks just to drown the pain.
And I can't stop from dreaming there's something else.

- It's cloudy now ... -
(The sun's in the sky but the storm never seems to end)
- It's cloudy now ... -
(And I can't stop from dreaming there's something else)
- It's getting cloudy now ... -

WE ARE A FUCKED-UP GENERATION
- It's cloudy now ... -
A FUCKED-UP GENERATION
- It's cloudy now ... -
WE GOTTA GET OUT OF HERE
- It's cloudy now ... -
A FUCKED-UP GENERATION
- It's cloudy now ... -

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Anmerkung: Hat man jemals ein schöneres, traurigeres Lied gehört? Für mich drückt es die Stimmung perfekt aus, die beim Betrachten des Zustandes und des Weges der Welt entsteht.

Etwas Ähnliches hatte wohl auch der Komponist - der israelische Musiker Aviv Geffen - im Sinn, als er den Song schrieb. Für die Zusammenarbeit Geffens mit dem Porcupine-Tree-Sänger Steven Wilson in dem Bandprojekt Blackfield hat er den ursprünglich in Hebräisch geschriebenen Text ins Englische übersetzt.