Dido, Let Us Move On featuring Kendrick Lamar: audio e testo

Era il 1999 quando Dido pubblicò No Angel. Un limitato successo iniziale, poi il boom due anni dopo la collaborazione con Eminem per il brano ‘Stan’. Una canzone che la proietta direttamente tra i nomi più importanti e tra gli artisti più noti del panorama musicale. Esce poi il secondo album, nel 2033, Life for Rent che vende oltre dodici milioni di copie (al suo interno il singolo ‘White Flag’). Safe Trip Home, il terzo disco, invece, non è andato bene e da allora una lunga pausa per la cantante. Finalmente, nel 2013 vedrà la luce il suo quarto lavoro dal titolo “Girl who got away“. Uscirà il prossimo marzo.

Ed ecco, in queste ore, il brano “Let Us Move On” con la voce delicata e riconoscibile di Dido, dopo la sua assenza. E’ un duetto che vede Kendrick Lamar inserirsi all’interno del pezzo per poi restituirle la chiusura. Un pezzo che permette di ascoltare qualcosa di inedito e, per chi ha amato Dido come il sottoscritto, è tanto. Cliccate dopo il salto per ascoltare l’audio e leggere il testo:

Dido:
Don’t wrap it up and go,
Or hide it behind the sun
Just give it to me as it is,
And let it stand
Don’t fly it like a kite, between the clouds
It needs no excuse, just bring it down

Chorus:
Let us that are in pain look upon it
In all its glory
Let us move on
Let us move on
This is short and it will pass
Let us move on
Let us move on
For this is short, and it will pass

Every voice that is lifted, river and some pain
Show us now, and let love not be chained
We should feel what we can stop let us be alive
Show enough, and we’ve done, now we can

Chorus:
Let us that are frozen get to see
In all its glory
Let us move on
Let us move on
For this is short and it will pass
Let us move on
Let us move on
For this is short, and it will pass

And let all that is lost be forgotten, and it will pass
So let all that is lost be forgotten
Let us move on

Kendrick Lamar:
Like the waters and the open sea
With tribulation come over you say yes hopefully
And yesterday you could probably say there’s no hope for me
But today I’m overly dedicated
I’m posting via testimony for broken hearts in the city
You’re either crash-landing or planning on flying with me
Misery love standing behind his company,
Well, vividly I could see that your feelings would like to dwell
On our past encounters, reaching over the counter
Told me that it’s appealing to ṗop a pill less or down now
I heard emotions burn deep,
I heard when you fall out of love, the drop is deep
I heard when you see a thug that’s what you try to be
Git these burdens under my wings but I’m still free
Cause I can make the decision to let it all go away
Before I ever run astray, I looked you in the eye and say

Dido:
Chorus:
Let us move on
Let us move on
For this is short and it will pass
Let us move on
Let us move on
For this is short, and it will pass

Let us move on
Let us move on
For this is short and it will pass
Let us move on
Let us move on
For this is short, and in the past
And in the past