Kom häromdagen att tänka på The Waterboys och deras låt “The New Life” från skivan “Dream harder” från 1993. En mycket bra låt med en enkel och tänkvärd text som kan tolkas på olika sätt. Jag väljer tolkningen att Mike Scott (som skrivit låten) vill säga att det är upp till mig själv att ta tillvara på min tid här på jorden. Det finns ingen ursäkt att slösa bort detta det värdefullaste som finns. Här kommer texten:
“The New Life”
I’ve burned my bridges
And I’m free
at last
All my chains are
In the past
The new life starts
here
The day is wide open
The sky is blue
The world is a
miracle
And so are you
The new life starts here
My
papers arrived
Stamped and complete
All previous dispatches
Are obsolete
The new life starts here
I can see my way
so clear
Rejoice for…
The new life starts here
There’s
a war in the Gulf
But it ain’t in my head
I just declared a
state of
Peace instead
The new life starts here
(Tempters
and tricksters
Banging at my door
I’m not fighting with
them
Anymore
The new life starts here
Generals,
Presidents
How do you do?
I can make it with or
Without
you
The new life starts here
I can see my way so clear
Rejoice for…
The new life starts here
Are you under
the Mercy?
Are you under attack?
Are you going forward?
Are
you going back?
The new life starts here
(Are you coming to
grips?
Are you coming apart?
Are you listening to fear?
Or
to your heart?
The new life starts here
Are you building
heaven
Or are you building hell?
When that great day comes
Will
you be able to tell?
The new life starts here)
Citizen,
criminal, child
Woman or man
The keys to the Kingdom
Are in
your own hands
The new life starts here
Mock the devil
Make him sweat!
He hasn’t won
The battle yet
The new
life starts here
A whole new age in seven more years
A
brave new age in ten more years
Rejoice for…
The new life
starts here