I've Seen It All

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| jueves, 21 de octubre de 2010
(música de fondo para este post: I've seen it all, por Björk & Thom Yorke)

I've seen it all.
I have seen the trees,
I've seen the willow leaves dancing in the breeze,
I've seen a friend killed by a friend
And lives that were over before they were spent.

I've seen what I was,
I know what I'll be.
I've seen it all,
there is no more to see.


You haven't seen elephants, kings or Peru!I'm happy to say I had better to do

What about China? Have you seen the Great Wall?All walls are great, if the roof doesn't fall

And the man you will marry? The home you will share?To be honest, I really don't care...

You've never been to Niagara FallsI have seen water, its water, that's all...

The Eiffel Tower, the Empire State?My pulse was as high on my very first date

Your grandson's hand as he plays with your hair?To be honest, I really don't care...

I've seen it all.
I've seen the dark,
I've seen the brightness in one little spark.
I've seen what I chose and I've seen what I need,
And that is enough, to want more would be greed.

I've seen what I was
and I know what I'll be .
I've seen it all,
there is no more to see .

You've seen it all and all you have seen
You can always review on your own little screen.
The light and the dark, the big and the small,
Just keep in mind, you need no more at all

You've seen what you were
and know what you'll be.

You've seen it all,
there is no more to see.

Björk, Sjón & Lars von Trier

El Otro Infierno

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| domingo, 10 de octubre de 2010

(música de fondo para este post: "Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down", por Robert Plant)

Hay, más allá del infierno, otro infierno imprevisto y posterior. Durante un tiempo, el condenado se instala en el tormento, lo incorpora a sus hábitos y busca consuelo en la idea de que nada peor podrá ocurrirle. Es entonces cuando cae en otro infierno, el verdadero, cuyos sufrimientos son imposibles de comprender y de calcular.
El infierno como castigo por los pecados es, al menos, razonable. Uno arde en ríos de fuego pero atesora una convicción inevitablemente dichosa: el universo tiene un propósito ético; en algún lugar están los bienaventurados; en algún lugar está Dios.
El verdadero infierno es, antes que nada, injusto. Uno no sabe por qué está allí, ni cuáles son sus culpas, ni cuál es el plan que está cumpliendo.
Infiernos benignos permiten conocer el camino para evitarlos. Mucho peor es que cualquiera se salve y cualquiera se condene.
Ignorar las consecuencias de los propios actos, ese es el infierno.

Alejandro Dolina, "Bar del Infierno"
 

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