Amor e Ócio (I)

Acordei com vontade de ouvir Elvis Costello e decidi que seria no mínimo justo partilhar este impulso com quem nos lê. Still, do álbum North, uma canção que sempre associei ao Outono mas que me apetece desfrutar neste dia tímido de Verão. Sejam felizes. Eu tenho pela frente um longo dia de trabalho.


These few lines I'll devote
To a marvelous girl covered up in my coat
Pull it up to your chin
I'll hold you until the day will begin

Still
Lying in the shadows this new flame will cast

Upon everything we carry from the past
You were made of every love and each regret
Up until the day we met

There are no words that I'm afraid to hear
Unless they are "Goodbye, my dear"

Still
I was moving very fast
But in one place
Now you speak my name and set my pulse to race
Sometimes words may tumble out but can't eclipse
The feeling when you press your fingers to my lips

I want to kiss you in a rush
And whisper things to make you blush
And you say, "Darling, hush
Hush
Still, still"