The boy stares through the glass
He's saying dollar dollar
Three lines of traffic past
We're trapped inside our car
His voice says dollar dollar
I turn to you to ask
For something we could offer
Three lines of traffic past
We pull away so fast
All my words get swallowed
In the rear view glass
A face pock-marked and hollow
He's saying dollar dollar
I can't look through or past
A face saying dollar dollar
A face pock-marked and hollow
Staring from the glass
He's saying dollar dollar
Three lines of traffic past
We're trapped inside our car
His voice says dollar dollar
I turn to you to ask
For something we could offer
Three lines of traffic past
We pull away so fast
All my words get swallowed
In the rear view glass
A face pock-marked and hollow
He's saying dollar dollar
I can't look through or past
A face saying dollar dollar
A face pock-marked and hollow
Staring from the glass
Contributed by dq82 - 2016/4/16 - 11:32
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2016
The Hope Six Demolition Project
The Community of Hope - The Ministry of Defence - A Line in the Sand - Chain of Keys - All Near the Memorials to Vietnam and Lincoln - Dollar, Dollar - The Wheel
“Dollar, Dollar” is based on an encounter Harvey had with a begging child in Afghanistan. The boy was clearly starving and had struggled with disease. Immensely moved, Harvey found herself uncharacteristically lost for words.
Fino a raggiungere l’empasse assoluta, il cortocircuito definitivo, nell’ultimo brano dell’album, quella tremenda Dollar Dollar che da un lato evoca il senso di colpa occidentale e dall’altro l’impossibilità di trovare parole che diano un senso. “All my words get swallowed”, canta PJ mentre non riesce a staccare lo sguardo da quella presenza fantasmatica che elemosina “un dollaro un dollaro” fuori dal finestrino dell’auto.
Carlo Bordone