The Saints Are Coming by U2 & Green Day

Em 1978, os The Skids compuseram a música que hoje me anda pôr maluquinha, The Saints Are Coming, muito bem interpretada pelos meus ídolos U2 e pelos Green Day.
Na altura, tinha eu acabado de nascer, a música dos The Skids (banda britânica de pop punk) tinha sido composta para dar a voz a um homem que enfrentava uma grande tempestade e os seus medos internos.
Passados 28 anos, os U2 e os Green Day pegaram na mesma música e deram-lhe novamente voz, no sentido de ajudarem as vítimas do furacão Katrina, uma vez que a sua letra fala precisamente de tempestades.

Já devem ter reparado que é a minha música do momento. E é mesmo, passo o dia a trauteá-la.
Para que fiquem com ela na cabeça também, ouçam-na vezes sem conta.



The Saints Are Coming - U2 & Green Day

There is a house in New Orleans,
they call the rising sun,
It's been the ruin of many a poor boy,
and God, I know I'm one.

I cried to my daddy on the telephone,
how long now?
Until the clouds unroll and you come down,
the line went.
But the shadows still remain since your descent,
your descent.

I cried to my daddy on the telephone,
how long now?
Until the clouds unroll and you come home,
the line went.
But the shadows still remain since your descent,
your descent.

Lo-Cha-Hey!

The saints are coming, the saints are coming.
I say no matter how I try, I realise there's no reply.
The saints are coming, the saints are coming.
I say no matter how I try, I realise there's no reply.

A drowning sorrow floods the deepest grief,
how long now?
Until the weather change condemns belief,
how long now?
When the night watchman lets in the thief,
what's wrong now?

Boom! Cha! Hey!

The saints are coming, the saints are coming
I say no matter how I try, I realise there's no reply.
The saints are coming, the saints are coming
I say no matter how I try, I realise there's no reply.
I say no matter how I try, I realise there's no reply.
I say no matter how I try, I realise there's no reply.


PS: Eu disse-te, Sara, que tinha de te roubar a música. Espero que não te importes. ;)