No Line On The Horizon

2 de Março, dia do lançamento oficial do novo álbum dos U2, No Line On The Horizon...


Where I came from there were no hills at all,
The land was flat, the highway straight and wide.
My brother and I would drive for hours
Like we'd years instead of days,
Our faces as pale as the dirty snow.

Once i knew there was a love divine
Then came a time I thought it
Knew me not.
Who can forgive forgiveness when forgiveness is not,
Only the land as white as snow.

And the water, it was icy
As it washed over me
And the moon shined above me.

Now this dry ground it bears no fruit at all
Only? Under a crescent moon.
The road refuses strangers,
The land, the seeds we sow
Where might we find the land as white as snow.

As boys we would go hunting in the woods
To sleep the night shooting out the stars
Now the voes of every passing stranger
Every face we cannot know

For only a heart could be as white as snow,
For only a heart could be as white as snow.


White as Snow
U2 - No Line On The Horizon

Momentos...

Domingo à tarde, sem nada para fazer, carro à porta e muito sol... Só podia dar mesmo num passeio ao longo da costa...


A chegada ao Morro dos Veados...

O Imbondeiro, imagem de marca destas paragens...

Morro dos Veados...

Na baía do Morro dos Veados...




A viagem prossegue...


O mar, o sol, o brilho e, pois tá claro, o ferro velho...


O que mais se vê...
Pensando?!?!
Natureza...




O maquinão...
O barracão...
Mais natureza...

Mais um som Irlandês...

Após alguns dias a escutar o novo álbum, deixo mais uma musica...


I tied myself with wire
To let the horses run free
Playing with the fire until the fire played with me
The stone was semi-precious
We were barely conscious
Two souls too smart to be in the realm of certainty
Even on our wedding day

We set ourselves on fire
Oh God, do not deny her
It's not if I believe in love
But if love believes in me
Oh, believe in me

At the moment of surrender
I folded to my knees
I did not notice the passers-by
And they did not notice me

I've been in every black hole
At the altar of the dark star
My body's now a begging bowl
That's begging to get back, begging to get back
To my heart
To the rhythm of my soul
To the rhythm of my unconsciousness
To the rhythm that yearns
To be released from control

I was punching in the numbers at the ATM machine
I could see in the reflection
A face staring back at me
At the moment of surrender
Of vision over visibility
I did not notice the passers-by
And they did not notice me

I was speeding on the subway
Through the stations of the cross
Every eye looking every other way
Counting down 'til the pain would stop

At the moment of surrender
Of vision over visibility
I did not notice the passers-by
And they did not notice me


Moments of Surrender
U2 - No Line On The Horizon

Mercado de Benfica...

Ora, num belo sábado de manhã, decidimos ir ao célebre mercado de Benfica que até fica perto da nossa casa. Fotos do mercado propriamente dito não tenho por razões óbvias, no entanto, ficam algumas do antes e do depois...

A caminho...

Vai uma Cuca da bela da "roulote das prima"?

1ª Tentativa de Safari

Pois bem,

No dia 20 de Julho, ainda fresquinho em Angola, fiz a minha primeira tentativa de um safari no Kissama Game Park. A viagem até ao parque demorou 2 horas mas o resultado não foi o desejado. Vimos poucos animais e o meio de transporte mais parecia uma maquina de lavar roupa em constante centrifugação. Tudo isto durante três horas...


Os macacos, pois tá claro...




Vista sobre o rio Kwanza...