Stephin Merritt, 20 de Outubro, Aula Magna, Lisboa.
Talvez mais uma possibilidade cujo prazer se consuma na sua consideração, ainda assim mereceu uma revisitação a 69 Love Songs. Bem, na verdade menos, uma boa parte sempre me pareceram entrelinhas no desigual tríptico de Merritt, talento mais visível de composição.
Mas há preciosidades que podem desequilibrar a balança. A maior das quais esta.
You want to know if we fell in love too fast
You want to know if this is, well, too good to last
You're asking the wrong questions
You're opening the wrong doors
I love you,
I can't touch you anymore
I can't touch you anymore,
There's so much to hate you for
I love you,
I can't touch you anymore
You want to tell me 50 ways you've left your lovers
You want to tell me how you've loved 200 others
You're asking the wrong questions
You're opening the wrong doors
I love you,
I can't touch you anymore
I can't touch you anymore,
There's so much to hate you for
I love you,
I can't touch you anymore
I can't touch you anymore, Stephin Merritt, 1999.