Too Obstinate

Del álbum El Cuerpo

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Fotografía: C. N. Mileham · Darjeeling, India · 2009

Sobre la canción

Too Obstinate explora la frontera entre la determinación y el orgullo. Su voz desafiante puede escucharse como una afirmación de perseverancia o como una advertencia sobre la facilidad con que la convicción se transforma en terquedad. El humor deja abierta esa tensión.

Letra

Huesos
Thirteen and the plane lifts, India-bound
Left a house too heavy, a mother's weight, a sound
She held too close, unhappy, and I was the only door
Salty tears down cheeks — I don't live there anymore

Slats at half mast, pre-dawn dim
The voices start their hymn
Ignore them, deny them, befriend them if you can
Aquí estoy — still a standing man

Grab the wee dangly bits of fate and squeeze
Face lifted to the sun — I bend, I do not kneel
Body, médula, huesos — take what you need
I'm just too obstinate, too obstinate to leave

Twenty-four years married, then the marrow cracked
The register will shut up and march — no going back
Two wives, three continents, the ceiling fan still spins
Poor wives — the hot air blowing where the fog begins

The water runs deep, la confusión runs deeper
Mild/moderate, said the reaper
I wasn't, I shan't, I can't — then still, aquí estoy
Death's bony claws — and yet, this stubborn joy

Grab the wee dangly bits of fate and squeeze
Face lifted to the sun — I bend, I do not kneel
Body, médula, huesos — take what you need
I'm just too obstinate, too obstinate to leave

Más luz, por favor — more light
The vessel cracked, did it let it in or out?
No sé, no sé
Adelantado — flag planted, machete, pen
The advance scout who owns nothing, claims it anyway

Crack on. Crack on
Grab the wee dangly bits of fate and squeeze
Face lifted to the sun — I bend, I do not kneel
Body, médula, huesos — take what you need
Too obstinate, too obstinate—

Eighty-five now, and mi madre and I are good
Returned the borrowed shroud — no, not yet, I misunderstood
The journey, the destination, the stumble on The Way