heroin dei velvet l'ho scoperta un po' di anni fa, ma solo da un po' di tempo riesco ad apprezzarla veramente.
questa non è una di quelle canzoni che magari possono prendere al primo ascolto, ma più la si ascolta e più ti prende... fatta con due accordi e in crescendo accompagnata da un testo intenso e coraggioso per la sua esplicicità come da titolo.
lou reed la canta in modo unico grazie al suo timbro inconfondibile e non sarebbe la stessa cosa interpretata da un altro.
stento a chiamarla capolavoro come l'album che la contiene, però lascia il segno più di molte altre canzoni apparentemente più belle.
forse per chi la ascolta per la prima volta, risulta una canzone pallosa, pesante, rumorosa o che non dice niente, ma è continuandola ad ascoltare che affascina sempre più.
HEROIN
I don't know just where I'm going
But I'm gonna try for the kingdom, if I can
'Cause it makes me feel like I'm a man
When I put a spike into my vein
And I'll tell ya, things aren't quite the same
When I'm rushing on my run
And I feel just like Jesus' son
And I guess that I just don't know
And I guess that I just don't know
I have made the big decision
I'm gonna try to nullify my life
'Cause when the blood begins to flow
When it shoots up the dropper's neck
When I'm closing in on death
And you can't help me not, you guys
And all you sweet girls with all your sweet talk
You can all go take a walk
And I guess that I just don't know
And I guess that I just don't know
I wish that I was born a thousand years ago
I wish that I'd sail the darkened seas
On a great big clipper ship
Going from this land here to that
In a sailor's suit and cap
Away from the big city
Where a man can not be free
Of all of the evils of this town
And of himself, and those around
Oh, and I guess that I just don't know
Oh, and I guess that I just don't know
Heroin, be the death of me
Heroin, it's my wife and it's my life
Because a mainer to my vein
Leads to a center in my head
And then I'm better off than dead
Because when the smack begins to flow
I really don't care anymore
About all the Jim-Jim's in this town
And all the politicians makin' busy sounds
And everybody puttin' everybody else down
And all the dead bodies piled up in mounds
'Cause when the smack begins to flow
Then I really don't care anymore
Ah, when the heroin is in my blood
And that blood is in my head
Then thank God that I'm as good as dead
Then thank your God that I'm not aware
And thank God that I just don't care
And I guess I just don't know
And I guess I just don't know