Ed è anche con ragione che mi si richiama all'ordine È un po' che tesi, presentazioni e altre amenità del genere mi stanno sfinendo e, diciamocelo, alla lunga ti passa la fantasia! Cmq per ricominciare oggi volevo ritornare sul disco dei Green Day, in particolare su una canzone, Give Me Novocaine

Take away the sensation inside
Bitter sweet migraine in my head
Its like a throbbing tooth ache of the mind
I can't take this feeling anymore

Drain the pressure from the swelling,
The sensations overwhelming,
Give me a long kiss goodnight
and everything will be alright
Tell me that I won't feel a thing
So give me Novocaine

Out of body and out of mind
Kiss the demons out of my dreams
I get the funny feeling, that’s alright
Jimmy says it's better than air,
I’ll tell you why

Drain the pressure from the swelling,
The sensations overwhelming,
Give me a long kiss goodnight
and everything will be alright
Tell me that I won't feel a thing,
So give me Novacaine

Oh Novocaine

Drain the pressure from the swelling,
The sensations overwhelming
Give me a long kiss goodnight
and everything will be alright
Tell me Jimmy I won't feel a thing,
So give me Novocaine

Come già detto, un gran disco, un'opera rock quando tutti producono cd con dentro una o due canzoni decenti e tanta, tanta spazzatura... Cmq, al di là di questo, la canzone mi piace particolarmente perché è una di quelle che ti spiazzano. L'atmosfera è da notte hawaiana, da romance sdolcinato, mentre il testo come vedete va in tutt'altra direzione. Gioco allo spaesamento di cui sono maestri i Barenaked Ladies, che non posso che raccomandare per la genialità degli arrangiamenti e la surreale bellezza dei testi, come per esempio in questa I Live with It Every Day.

On August first, nineteen-eighty-one
I cycled to Scott's house with a BB gun
We were almost twelve, but we looked thirteen
He had baby-blue eyes that I shot him between
Nature provides for us a safety net
Whatever we do, we can never forget

[Chorus]
I live with it every day
Even though we moved away
Our yesterdays are on a loop;
A marathon of heartbreaking moments
I live with it every day
For every step I have to pay
The only thing that they can't take:
The guilt that spirals in my wake

The day they found me asleep on the floor
Engine running, closed garage door
Was the day the For Sale sign arrived on the lawn
Two weeks later, and we were gone
Everyone falls through time and the funnel it makes
But I'm staying here inside my biggest mistake

[Chorus]

The love I put away
Like games that children play
The hearts you choose to break
Like cars dumped in the lake
The laugh lines on your face
The life I won't embrace
The cold house I won't leave
The guests I won't receive