Quando Eu Morri

When I Died

Quando Eu Morri

When I died in DecemberQuando eu morri em dezembro
Of nineteen seventy-twoDe mil novecentos e setenta e dois
I expected to resurrect and put the pieces togetherEsperava ressuscitar e juntar os pedaços

From my headDa minha cabeça
Some time later a psychiatrist saidUm tempo depois um psiquiatra disse
That I should push myselfQue eu forçasse a barra
And make an effort to come back to lifeE me esforçasse pra voltar à vida
And I stopped taking lysergic acidE eu parei de tomar ácido lisérgico
And stayed still licking my own woundE fiquei quieto lambendo minha própria ferida
Without knowing if it was a crime or punishmentSem saber se era crime ou castigo

And if there was another cord in my belly buttonE se havia outro cordão no meu umbigo
To break againPra de novo arrebentar
Because I was pulled by forcePois eu fui puxado à ferro
Torn from the maternal wombArrancado do útero materno
And beaten so I could cryE apanhei pra poder chorar
When I died sweating coldQuando eu morri suando frio
I saw Jimi Hendrix playing distorted cloudsVi Jimi Hendrix tocando nuvens distorcidas
I couldn't even speakEu nem consegui falar
And then for a momentE depois por um momento
The sky turned into a fragment of hellO céu virou fragmento do inferno
That I had to enterEm que eu tive que entrar
I felt so much fear, I just wanted to go to bed earlyEu sentia tanto medo, só queria dormir cedo

For the night to pass quicklyPra noite passar depressa
And not be able to cling to meE não poder me agarrar
Nights of steel clawsNoites de garras de aço
Cut me into a thousand piecesMe cortavam em mil pedaços
And the next day I had to patch myself upE no outro dia eu tinha que me remendar
And if life asks for deathE se a vida pede a morte
Maybe it's very lucky that I'm still hereTalvez seja muita sorte eu ainda estar aqui
And with every kiss of desireE a cada beijo do desejo
I numb myself and forgetEu me entorpeço e me esqueço
Everything I still don't understandDe tudo que eu ainda não entendi