Physical Cd with previously unreleased photographs plus 2 bonus tracks. Including notes y Fernando Garcin, short stories, photos and drawings. Credits and bio.
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SONRISA. (Spanish & English story)
A veces (muchas) no puedo dormir por la noche y esta canción, que compuse después de cantarla a pelo buscándome el tono en la guitarra y jugando con esos acordes y esa cadencia a bolero, tiene la osadía instrumental que yo sabía que Derek Damico le daría a mi demo. Tenía que sonar gozosa. Trata de una chispa humana que vi meses atrás –de vez en cuando me encontraba con ella por la calle o en callejones oscuros – nos sentamos y charlamos o damos una vuelta y ella me cuenta lo difícil que es buscarse la vida en estos tiempos y todas las cosas que tiene que hacer para sobrevivir – yo no juzgo, solo escucho – si eres de los que juzgan entonces no sigas leyendo, no eres de los nuestros – ella me habla también de lo complicado que es saber lo que uno quiere hacer en esta vida o saber cuál es el propósito de estar en este mundo - – Le cuento que algunas de las personas más interesantes que he conocido no sabían, y siguen sin saber, lo que hacen exactamente aquí, ni siquiera los más mayores – Ella sonríe pero no se siente impresionada - conoce cosas que yo nunca aprendí a su edad – compartimos lo que tenemos, una cerveza, una bebida fría, una porción de pizza, y eso es todo – Una de aquellas noches paseamos durante una hora o quizá hasta la madrugada - en un momento dado sintió ella que era el momento de irse y nunca decimos adios, simplemente nos vamos cada uno por su lado deseándonos suerte… Esa misma noche o quizá unas noches después iba por ahí buscando algo de música y bebida fría y me quejaba de lo rápido que pasa el tiempo y cuánto de ese tiempo nos lo pasamos esperando un breve instante de gozo. Ese día estabas quieta, a mi lado, pusiste suavemente tus manos en mis labios como para taparme la boca y dijiste: “Niño. No te preocupes tanto. Somos el tiempo que nos queda.”
And I can’t sleep sometimes and I composed this song after chanting a capella as I settled among the grasses. Then I looked for the guitar and found out the tone and some few chords. I wanted that to sound cheerful and I knew the great Derek Damico would add the instruments and sound I was looking for and he did it from my demo and surprised me like he often does - it’s about a walking spark I saw a few months ago – from time to time I meet her in the streets or dark rows – we just sit down and talk or walk around a while and she tells me about how hard it’s to find a job nowadays and all things she has to do to keep on living – I don’t judge I just listen – If you are going to judge then you leave you are not one of us – she also tells me about how difficult is to find out what she wants to do with her life and what’s her purpose in this world – she who knows things I have never learnt – We share what we got some beer or a cold drink and a piece of pizza that’s all and after a while lying back we just move out of cool state of mind and as if we are late– I tell her some of the most interesting people I know are not sure about what they want to be when they get older even if they are old – she smiles but doesn’t feel soothed – One of those evenings we walked around for an hour or maybe until early morning and she suddenly felt it was time to leave and as we never say goodbye we just kept going our separate ways wishing good luck each other…
It might be the same day or some days after that I was looking for some music and drinks complaining about how fast time passes and how long can we waiting for a few moments of joy and then you put your hands softly on my mouth and said: ‘hey, boy, don’t worry, we are the time that’s left’.
(c) Fernando Garcin, 2019.
lyrics
SONRISA
No se puede tener
lo que no es de nadie
Así debe ser
Lo que vuela salvaje
y la luna es su ley
No puedo describir una sonrisa
que brilla y que llega
que llega y se va
Es solo un momento, es solo un momento
Es una eternidad (bis)
Tú lo escribiste
en la hoja de árbol
Somos el tiempo que nos queda
Somos locura y pasión
Alegría y pena, alegría y corazón
Y hay un tren volador
y el mar azul
Y la noche es el sueño de la luz
No puedo describir una sonrisa
que brilla y que llega
que llega y se va
(spoken)
Dime caramelito, cómo te va
No puedo describir una sonrisa
que brilla y que llega
que llega y se va
Tú lo escribiste
en la hoja de árbol
Somos el tiempo que nos queda
Somos locura y pasión
Alegría y pena, alegría y corazón
Es solo un momento, es solo un momento
Es una eternidad (bis)
(c) Fernando Garcin. Copyrighted.
SMILE
You cannot have
what belongs to nobody
This is how it should be
What flies wild
and the moon is its law
I can’t describe a smile
that shines and comes
comes and goes
It's just a moment, it's just a moment
It's an eternity
You wrote it
on the tree leaf
We are the time that’s left
We are madness and passion
Joy and sorrow, joy and heart
(chorus)
And there is a flying train
and the blue sea
And the night is the dream of light
I can’t describe a smile
that shines and comes
comes and goes
It's just a moment, it's just a moment
It's an eternity
Tell me caramelito, how you’re doing…
You wrote it
on the tree leaf
We are the time that’s left
We are madness and passion
Joy and sorrow, joy and heart
It's just a moment, it's just a moment
It's an eternity
Fernando Garcin.
credits
from DAYS OF THE FALL (Sin Detenerse),
released May 5, 2019
Lyrics & Music by Fernando Garcin
All instruments and production by Derek Damico (da boi derinho)
Final mastering prod. by Daniel Fernández and Freddy Garson.
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