Para padres e hijos.

Desde el Ecuador, mitad del mundo: Todo lo que se nos ocurra!

Muchas de las veces me he puesto a pensar qué será la paternidad y todas las cosas que esto conlleva.
Me he encontrado con sentimientos que no pensé que podría engendrar. Durante el embarazo de una amiga cada vez que podía, estaba con ella, era una sesación de protección la que se hallaba en mí.
No sé explicarlo, pero siento y creo que sé lo que es ser padre o madre. Lo he visto a través de mi madre, a través de mi padre y ahora me encuentro con sensaciones que me acercan a ello.

La forma en que esas sensaciones se han revelado ante mí, ha sido ante todo por medio de la música, de la letra e interpretación de ciertas canciones; también de revistas (Men's health, la recomiendo mucho). A pesar de no ser padre aún, creo que los entiendo a todos ustedes que lo son.

Aquí les dejo tres canciones que para mí, simbolizan y expresan muy bien los sentimientos y emociones que producen a un ser humano el tener un hijo y también en las etapas de este.

A Song For Sleeping (Stone Temple Pilots)

Finally I've met you
The day has come
You're more than beautiful
And you're my son

I don't deserve this
I never thought it could be
Quite like the moment
When you first smiled at me
A toothless, wonderful feeling
Like I'd never seen

It's you, Noah, it's you...
And when you lie down to sleep
I'll protect you
From the demons of the night
While I'm watching you grow

I'll pray
There's so much I could teach you
If you only have the time
Pray
There's so much God can teach you
If you only have the time

So will you tell me the little things?
What does God look like?
And angels' wings?
I don't remember these things
So would you teach them to me?
So for the moment
I'll watch you breathe

And when you wake up in the morning
And I pour the coffee
You're always smiling... sweetly

The Cat's In The Cradle (Harry Chapin)

Finally I've met you
The day has come
You're more than beautiful
And you're my son

I don't deserve this
I never thought it could be
Quite like the moment
When you first smiled at me
A toothless, wonderful feeling
Like I'd never seen

It's you, Noah, it's you...
And when you lie down to sleep
I'll protect you
From the demons of the night
While I'm watching you grow

I'll pray
There's so much I could teach you
If you only have the time
Pray
There's so much God can teach you
If you only have the time

So will you tell me the little things?
What does God look like?
And angels' wings?
I don't remember these things
So would you teach them to me?
So for the moment
I'll watch you breathe

And when you wake up in the morning
And I pour the coffee
You're always smiling... sweetly

With Arms Wide Open (Creed)

Well I just heard the news today
It seems my life is going to change
I close my eyes, begin to pray
Then tears of joy stream down my face
With arms wide open
Under the sunlight
Welcome to this place
I'll show you everything
With arms wide open
Well I don't know if I'm ready
To be the man I have to be
I'll take a breath, take her by my side
We stand in awe, we've created life
With arms wide open
Under the sunlight
Welcome to this place
I'll show you everything
With arms wide open
Now everything has changed
I'll show you love
I'll show you everything
With arms wide open
If I had just one wish
Only one demand
I hope he's not like me
I hope he understands
That he can take this life
And hold it by the hand
And he can greet the world
With arms wide open...

Relaciones rotas...

Desde el Ecuador, mitad del mundo: Todo lo que se nos ocurra!

Quien en algún momento de su vida no ha sufrido un rompimiento, no dramático pero sí un tanto abrupto, con alguien a quien consideraba su amigo/a o tal vez algo más?

Aquí les dejo una canción que refleja exáctamente el después de esa ruptura, el sentir de una de las partes, tal vez de quien dijo adiós porque consideraba que esa relación no era la adecuada para sí. No se trata de pensar que la otra persona fuese mala, sólo que no era la persona indicada para él...

Con ustedes:

Flaw, My letter.



"This is my letter to you

We started following a certain description,
We started simple and fair once again
Before there wasn't any need for an answer
things were much different then

But now you question who I am, who I am inside
Now there nothing left to hide, so here it goes this is my letter

Hope you're alright, it's been rough for me
Thinking all night about the places I'd be
If I maybe just did a little bit more
you might've let me become a man for sure
And if I might, express one concern
it seems an issue, all day at every turn
What's the next step, the latest hole in my life
What's next for me to learn

Engulf myself into a permanent mystery,
no one day just as the next, not for me
It's so confusing when I look at my history,
I just can't handle that yet....no

Now you question who I am, who I am inside
Now there nothing left to hide,
so here it goes this is my letter

Hope you're alright, it's been rough for me
Thinking all night about the places I'd be
If I maybe just did a little bit more
you might've let me become a man for sure
And if I might, express one concern
it seems an issue, all day at every turn
What's the next step, the latest hole in my life
What's next for me to learn

One more friendship ends, and then for a while,
I can breath again.

Hope you're alright, it's been rough for me
Thinking all night about the places I'd be
If I maybe just did a little bit more
you might've let me become a man for sure
And if I might, express one concern
it seems an issue, all day at every turn
What's the next step, the latest hole in my life
What's next for me to learn

What's next for me to learn"

Live!

Desde el Ecuador, mitad del mundo: Todo lo que se nos ocurra!

Entre los grupos norteamericanos encontramos gran variedad, sobretodo en alt. rock. Hay muchos que componen con temas profundos pero pocos que lo hagan con tanta fuerza como lo hace uno de mis favoritos, Live. Liderado por Edward Kowalczyk, esta banda viene sonando desde los 90's. Algunos de sus sencillos más promocionados han sido "Selling the drama", "I alone", "Lightning crashes", etc. Pero no vengo a hablarles de lo que ya conocen. Seguramente sabrán que Live tiene mucha más música de la que ha sonado en la radio. Estuve escuchando algo de ellos estos días. Y me encontré con "The ride", una mirada a oriente. Bastó con escucharla una vez para que se convirtiera en una de mis preferidas. Aquí les dejo la letra:

The Ride - Live

in the east they can meditate
they can recreate the sound of all and bring us home
i think I'll go there some day
maybe for a holiday
maybe just light a candle, take a seat for the ride

and you don't need no money to fly, to truly fly away (recreate the sound of all)
and you don't need no car to truly ride, truly ride away (recreate the sound of all)

in the west we think we're the best
we've shown the whole wide world that money is all we care for
someday the scientists will see there's no such thing as gravity
they'll all just light a candle, take a seat for the ride

and you don't need no money to fly, to truly fly away (recreate the sound of all)
and you don't need no car to truly ride, truly ride away (recreate the sound of all)

as you ascend in silence, all doubt behind you
you reach the summit my friend and find your destiny

and you don't need no money to fly, to truly fly away (recreate the sound of all)
and you don't need no car to truly ride, truly ride away (recreate the sound of all)
and you don't need no money to fly, to truly fly away (recreate the sound of all)
and you don't need no car to truly ride, truly ride away (recreate the sound of all)
to truly ride away
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