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When I Died

Raul Seixas

Quando Eu Morri

Quando eu morri em dezembro
De mil novecentos e setenta e dois
Esperava ressuscitar e juntar os pedaços

Da minha cabeça
Um tempo depois um psiquiatra disse
Que eu forçasse a barra
E me esforçasse pra voltar à vida
E eu parei de tomar ácido lisérgico
E fiquei quieto lambendo minha própria ferida
Sem saber se era crime ou castigo

E se havia outro cordão no meu umbigo
Pra de novo arrebentar
Pois eu fui puxado à ferro
Arrancado do útero materno
E apanhei pra poder chorar
Quando eu morri suando frio
Vi Jimi Hendrix tocando nuvens distorcidas
Eu nem consegui falar
E depois por um momento
O céu virou fragmento do inferno
Em que eu tive que entrar
Eu sentia tanto medo, só queria dormir cedo

Pra noite passar depressa
E não poder me agarrar
Noites de garras de aço
Me cortavam em mil pedaços
E no outro dia eu tinha que me remendar
E se a vida pede a morte
Talvez seja muita sorte eu ainda estar aqui
E a cada beijo do desejo
Eu me entorpeço e me esqueço
De tudo que eu ainda não entendi

When I Died

When I died in December
Of nineteen seventy-two
I expected to resurrect and put the pieces together

From my head
Some time later a psychiatrist said
That I should push myself
And make an effort to come back to life
And I stopped taking lysergic acid
And stayed still licking my own wound
Without knowing if it was a crime or punishment

And if there was another cord in my belly button
To break again
Because I was pulled by force
Torn from the maternal womb
And beaten so I could cry
When I died sweating cold
I saw Jimi Hendrix playing distorted clouds
I couldn't even speak
And then for a moment
The sky turned into a fragment of hell
That I had to enter
I felt so much fear, I just wanted to go to bed early

For the night to pass quickly
And not be able to cling to me
Nights of steel claws
Cut me into a thousand pieces
And the next day I had to patch myself up
And if life asks for death
Maybe it's very lucky that I'm still here
And with every kiss of desire
I numb myself and forget
Everything I still don't understand

Escrita por: Marcelo Nova