Tô ouvindo uma das fitinhas que o meu querido amigo Giovani gravou pra mim. Eu adoro essas fitinhas, é tão High Fidelity, é tão divertido ouvir e descobrir coisas... Sim, porque foi graças a ele e suas fitinhas que apareceram (e mudaram) minha vida bandas como Wilco, Quasi, Big Star, Mercury Rev, Mazzy Star e o Tom Petty, o Elliot Smith a Bettie Serveert. Não sei o que seria de mim sem você, Gi.
Ah, mas eu queria falar de outra banda que aparece numa dessas fitinhas. É o Embrace, banda britânica bem inspirada no Oasis. Nego fala mal, diz que é brega, mas eu gosto muito. O álbum The Good Will Out é recheado de baladas belíssimas, e olha que eu não tenho muito saco com balada, tem que ser muito foda pra me apetecer. E esse disco acerta em cheio. A minha favorita, não por acaso, é uma que também veio na fitinha.

Come back to what you know,
Take everything real slow
I wanna lose you but I can't
Let you go.
Before you interfere
Let me make it loud and clear,
that you got no more to prove.
I'm a fool.
So take it easy on yourself,
There's nothing new about regretting how you felt.
I'll never let you down,
Or ever feel the way that I've been fearing now.
Coming back to what you know won't mean a thing.
Everything that you've done keeps you from me.
Now I know that I need more time,
Come back and let me see you're right.
I'm coming back to what you know,
Cos I know that I need it now it's gone.
Now I know that I need more time,
Come back and let me see you're right
So hang on to what you've got,
keep it safe.
Hang on to what you've got,
Keep it safe from harm.
You'll find.
There's nothing new that we can't leave behind.
Come back to what you know,
Take everything, real slow,
I wanna lose you but I got,
Far too high
To let go
Now the demon in me knows,
What I knew so long ago
Coming back to what you know won't mean a thing.
Everything that you've done keeps you from me.
Now I know that I need more time,
Come back and let me see you're right.
I'm coming back to what you know,
Cos I know that I need it now it's gone.
Now I know that I need more time,
Come back and let me see you're right.
So hang on to what you've got,
keep it safe.
Hang on to what you've got,
keep it safe from harm.
We got time.
We got time.
Coming back to what you know won't mean a thing.
Everything that you've done keeps you from me.
Now I know that I need more time,
Come back and let me see you're right.
I'm coming back to what you know,
Cos I know that I need it now it's gone.
Now I know that I need more time,
Come back and let me see you're right.
Come back to what you know,
Take everything real slow,
I tried to lose you,
But I got
far too close.

Se eu recebesse uma música dessas de alguém eu voltava correndo na hora. Isso me lembra um conhecido que mandou a tal música num cdzinho... Mas ela não voltou. Droga.