LAS DOS CARAS DE TODO...
Esta es una de esas canciones que hacen que el corazón se encoja de dolor, de añoranza, de nostalgia, que dejan un sabor de tiempo pasado, de tiempo escurrido como arena entre los dedos.
Dos versiones, la primera de una Joni Mitchel más madura, con más años de experiencia, de tristezas, de sueños perdidos, se le siente en la voz...
La segunda de la joven Joni Mitchel, con toda una vida de sueños e ilusiones por delante, con una voz más clara? más ilusionada, más optimista? A pesar de que la letra es la misma me da la impresión de que se oye el paso del tiempo en su voz, en su forma de cantar, y no porque haya madurado físicamente sino porque se siente que ya las ilusiones quedaron atrás y que el tiempo pasado no se ha de recuperar, que todo tiene dos caras y un solo tiempo...
Joni Mitchell - Both Sides, Now
from the LP "Clouds", 1969
Rows and flows of angel hair
and ice cream castles in the air
and feather canyons everywhere,
I've looked at cloud that way
but now they only block the sun,
they rain and snow on everyone
so many things I would have done
but clouds got in my way
I've looked at clouds from both sides now,
from up and down, and still somehow
it's cloud illusions I recall,
I really don't know clouds at all
Moons and junes and ferris wheels,
the dizzy dancing way you feel
as every fairy tale comes real
I've looked at love that way
but now it's just another show,
and you leave 'em laughing when you go
and if you care, don't let them know,
don't give yourself away
I've looked at love from both sides now,
from give and take, and still somehow
it's love's illusions I recall,
I really don't know love at all
Tears and fears and feeling proud
to say "i love you" right out loud,
dreams and schemes and circus crowds,
I've looked at life that way.
Oh but now old friends are acting strange,
they shake their heads, they say I've changed
well, something's lost but something's gained
in living every day
I've looked at life from both sides now,
from win and lose, and still somehow
it's life's illusions I recall,
I really don't know life at all.
