Älsklingstexter, del 3

Den här låten, och det här bandet, har jag kanske tjatat om tillräckligt vid det här laget, men jag kan inte ha ett tema med namnet "älsklingstexter" och utesluta en av de mest värdiga låtarna, så man får stå ut med lite mer tjat. Det är förresten J som ska ha ett stort tack för detta låtfynd. Det var hon som valde in den i rotationen när vi sände radio ihop för 100 år sedan. Jag tänker alltid på henne när jag hör den.

Refrängen är egentligen allt som behövs för att förstå:

If I ever feel better
Remind me to spend some good time with you
You can give me your number
When it's all over I'll let you know

Jag menar, hur ofta känns det inte så?

Resten av låten är ett fantastiskt långt uppräknande av sakernas tillstånd och den känns så angelägen och mitt i prick att jag har den uppsatt på kylskåpet, faktiskt. Hur vemodig den än må vara så ger den mig lite hopp också.

Äh, jag måste citera hela, trots att den är lång:

They say an end can be a start
Feels like I've been buried yet I'm still alive
It's like a bad day that never ends
I feel the chaos around me
A thing I don't try to deny
I'd better learn to accept that
There are things in my life that I can't control

They say love ain't nothing but a sore
I don't even know what love is
Too many tears have had to fall
Don't you know I'm so tired of it all
I have known terror dizzy spells
Finding out the secrets words won't tell
Whatever it is it can't be named
There's a part of my world that' s fading away

You know I don't want to be clever
To be brilliant or superior
True like ice, true like fire
Now I know that a breeze can blow me away
Now I know there's much more dignity
In defeat than in the brightest victory
I'm losing my balance on the tight rope
Tell me please, tell me please, tell me please...

If I ever feel better
Remind me to spend some good time with you
You can give me your number
When it's all over I'll let you know

Hang on to the good days
I can lean on my friends
They help me going through hard times
But I'm feeding the enemy
I'm in league with the foe
Blame me for what's happening
I can't try, I can't try, I can't try...

No one knows the hard times I went through
If happiness came I miss the call
The stormy days ain't over
I've tried and lost know I think that I pay the cost
Now I've watched all my castles fall
They were made of dust, after all
Someday all this mess will make me laugh
I can't ewait, I can't wait, I can't wait...

If I ever feel better
Remind me to spend some good time with you
You can give me your number
When it's all over
I'll let you know

It's like somebody took my place'
I ain't even playing my own game
The rules have changed well I didn't know
There are things in my life I can't control
I feel the chaos around me
A thing I don't try to deny
I'd better learn to accept that
There's a part of my life that will go away

Dark is the night, cold is the ground
In the circular solitude of my heart
As one who strives a hill to climb
I am sure I'll come through I don't know how

They say an end can be a start
Feels like I've been buried yet I'm still alive
I'm losing my balance on the tight ropeTell me please, tell me please, tell me please...

If I ever feel better
Remind me to spend some good time with you
You can give me your number
When it's all over I'll let you know

Phoenix - If I Ever Feel Better, United, (2000)