Poesía

TINDERSTICKS (Travelling light)

Hay lugares que no recuerdo

Momentos y días que no me dicen nada

He estado mirando algunas fotos antiguas

No me ayudan a refrescar la memoria

Por las mañanas no me despierto; me quedo mirando la pared

No quito de en medio las cajas, esparcidas por el suelo

He estado mirando algunas fotos antiguas

Esos rostros ya no me dicen nada

Viajo ligero

Tú viajas ligero.

Todo lo que hecho

Dices que puedes justificarlo, mmm, tú viajas ligero

No puedo escogerlo, no puedo meterlo en estas tristes bolsas desgastadas

Hay cosas que pierdes por el camino

Los tiempos son duros, lo pondré de relieve, ¡si pudiera volver atrás!

¿Te acuerdas de lo mucho que me querías?

Dices que no tienes sitio para ello en tu vieja cabezota

Eso viene con el dolor y la culpa; si tuviera

Que responder de mis recuerdos nunca me levantaría de la cama

En el tejado hay una ranura por donde se cuela el agua

Ese es el lugar en el que siempre decides sentarte

Sí, aquí estoy horas, con el agua resbalándome (resbalándote) por la cara

¿Te crees tenerlo todo tan bien escondido?

No, pero viajo ligero

No viajas ligero.

(Traducción: Javier Parrilla Romero)

 

There are places I don't remember
There are times and days, they mean nothing to me
I've been looking through some of them old pictures
They don't serve to jog my memory

I'm not waking in the morning, staring at the walls these days
I'm not getting out the boxes, spread out all over the floor
I've been looking through some of them old pictures
Those faces they mean nothing to me no more

I travel light
You travel light
Everything I've done
You say you can justify, mmm you travel light

I You travel light
Everything I've done
You say you can justify, mmm you travel light

I can't pick them out, I can't put them in these sad old bags
Some things you have to lose along the way
Some things you have to lose along the way
Times are hard, I'll only pick them out, wish I was going back
Times are good, you'll be glad you ran away

I travel light
You travel light
Everything I've done
You say you can justify, mmm you travel light

Do you remember, how much you loved me?
You say you have no room in that thick old head
Well it comes with the hurt and the guilt, and the memories
If I had to take them with me I would never get up from my bed

There's a crack in the roof where the rain pours through
That's the place you always decide to sit
Yeah, I know I'm there for hours, the water running down (my) (your)face
Do you really think you keep it all that well hid?

No but I travel light
You don't travel light
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