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Ocean Colour Scene – Better Day

Ocean Colour SceneEsta semana me ha llegado esta recomendación de Sahib, pero me la voy a apropiar vilmente porque ya la tenía en mis borradores.

Aún no había puesto nada de Ocean Colour Scene, propulsores del indie y el britpop allá por los 90. Sobre todo en una época durilla para despuntar, dado que sólo parecía que hubiese dos bandas: Blur vs. Oasis.

Esta melodía que proclama por un mejor día (y que, sin embargo, no me parece nada optimista) está sacada del álbum Marchin’ Already (1997). Interesante la frase: When youre giving everything away, everybody lets you pay.

Letra:

Sonny signed his name up for tomorrow
And laughed with all this friends
At all the little men who borrow tunes
They heard just yesterday

Davey got us down but we got away
And drank to all the days
That we had whiled away
Just playing robin hood a little out of phase

[estribillo]
And then the nightmares come
And you get blown away
And up in your room your walls are cold
You find your head is holding out
For the welcome of a better day
And then the nightmares come
And you get blown away
And up in your room
Your walls are getting colder
Like you’re getting on a roller coaster
You cant find the breaks

Stevie burned the sky when he flew away
And left us things to say
When all the world was falling down
Around our shoulders; cold and grey

Harry carried on in his usual way
And Minnie went inside
He came out once and we both cried
And Minnie blew my head away

[estribillo]

When youre giving everything away
Everybody lets you pay
Youre saving up for a better day
Seeing things in a better way
When you know you’ve got to live
Theres nothing you wont give
To hear the phone and not let it ring
Every monday morning

Shughie found love and he almost cried
We laughed and wondered why
We loved the sky and found the space
And gazed out over stevies plane

And then the nightmares come
when your friends go away
And up in your room your walls are cold
You find your head is holding out
For the welcome of a better day
And then the nightmares come
And you get blown away
And up in your room
Your walls are getting colder
Like youre getting on a roller coaster
You cant find the breaks

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