TRACK TALK #55 Spirit on the Water

SPIRIT ON THE WATER
ALBUM : Modern Times (2006)
Recorded : Février-Mars 2006
Released : 29 Août 2006

Première performance live : San Diego (22 Octobre 2006)
Dernière performance live : New York (3 Décembre 2014)
Total : Environ 350 fois.

Une méditation sur la mémoire et le passage du temps. On reprocha aux chansons de "Modern Times" de plagier des motifs traditionnels sans les citer. Certains passages de "Spirit on the Water" sont quand à eux, directement inspiré de la Bible, en particulier de la Genèse ("Spirit on the water, darkness of the face of the deep")


Lyrics
Spirit on the water
Darkness on the face of the deep
I keep thinking about you baby
I can hardly sleep

I'm traveling by land
Traveling through the dawn of day
You're always on my mind
I can't stay away

I had forgotten about you
Then you turned up again
I always knew
We were meant to be more than friends

When you're near
It's just as plain as it can be
I'm wild about you, girl
You ought to be a fool about me

Can't explain
The sources of this hidden pain
You burned your way into my heart
You got the key to my brain

I've been trampling through mud
Praying to the powers above
I'm sweating blood
You got a face that begs for love

Life without you
Doesn't mean a thing to me
If I can't have you
I'll throw my love into the deep blue sea

Sometimes I wonder
Why you can't treat me right
You do good all day
And then you do wrong all night

When you're with me
I'm a thousand times happier than I could ever say
What does it matter
What price I pay?

They brag about your sugar
Brag about it all over town
Put some sugar in my bowl
I feel like laying down

I'm as pale as a ghost
Holding a blossom on a stem
You ever seen a ghost?
No, but you have heard of them

I see you there
I'm blinded by the colors I see
I'll take good care
Of what belongs to me

I hear your name
Ringing up and down the line
I'm saying it plain
These ties are strong enough to bind

Now your sweet voice
Calls out from some old familiar shrine
I've got no choice
Can't believe these things would ever fade from your mind

I could live forever
With you perfectly
You don't ever
Have to make a fuss over me

>From East to West
Ever since the world began
I only mean it for the best
I want to be with you in any way that I can

I've been in a brawl
Now I'm feeling the wall
I'm going away baby
I won't be back until fall

High on the hill
You can carry all my thoughts with you
You've numbed my will
This love could tear me in two

I want be with you in paradise
And it seems so unfair
I can't go to paradise no more
I killed a man back there

You think I'm over the hill
You think I'm past my prime
Let me see what you got
We can have a whopping good time

Belle chanson, mise en valeur par un chant très délicat et mélodieux
Je ne l'écoute pas assez souvent et je remedie à la chose en me passant cette chanson en ce moment même grâce à ton topic

Ouais je l'adore aussi.

Pas un couplet de trop. Il y a de la malice, de la tristesse, de l'espoir.
C'est drôle, émouvant, nostalgique.
La mélodie donne à la fois envie de se détendre et d'aller de l'avant.
Et l'harmonica est parfait.

L'image est pourrie mais c'est une version correct, datant de l'an dernier :

L'arrangement Jazzy du disque est vraiment chouette. C'est une chanson parfaite pour faire boeufer entre musiciens.
Par contre elle est plutôt compliqué à chanter et techniquement ce que fait Dylan dessus avec la voix qu'il a est assez génial !