Al di là della retorica, del marketing e del mercimonio, la lentezza è qualcosa di cui si sente un bisogno quasi inevitabile nell'era in cui società e tecnologia sembrano spingerci in una continua corsa verso le amfetaminiche emozioni dell'istante. Un nuovo manifesto della lentezza è la canzone che apre Popular Problems di Leonard Cohen, album pubblicato in concomitanza con l'ottantesimo compleanno dell'artista canadese. Provate ad ascoltarla, ancor meglio se dopo il tramonto.
Slow
I’m slowing down the tune
I never liked it fast
You want to get there soon
I want to get there last
It’s not because I’m old
It’s not the life I led
I always liked it slow
That’s what my momma said
I’m lacing up my shoe
But I don’t want to run
I’ll get here when I do
Don’t need no starting gun
It’s not because I’m old
It’s not what dying does
I always liked it slow
Slow is in my blood
I always liked it slow:
I never liked it fast
With you it’s got to go:
With me it’s got to last
It’s not because I’m old
It’s not because I’m dead
I always liked it slow
That’s what my momma said
All your moves are swift
All your turns are tight
Let me catch my breath
I thought we had all night
I like to take my time
I like to linger as it flies
A weekend on your lips
A lifetime in your eyes
I always liked it slow...
I’m slowing down the tune
I never liked it fast
You want to get there soon
I want to get there last
So baby let me go
You’re wanted back in town
In case they want to know
I’m just trying to slow it down
(tutti i testi dell'album sono disponibili sul sito ufficiale di Leonard Cohen)
