In the urban sprawl

Porque creo en que a veces es necesario apagar las luces para vivir la vida real -desconectando las pantallas blancas, el azul del LED o del plasma, las ampolletas enceguecedoras que reemplazan de manera innecesaria tantas horas de iluminación natural- comparto con ustedes un par de canciones:

We Used To Wait - Aracade Fire

I used to write

I used to write letters

I used to sign my name

I used to sleep at night

Before the flashing light settled deep in my brain

But by the time we met

By the time we met the times had already changed

So I never wrote a letter

I never took my true heart, I never wrote it down

So when the lights cut out

I was lost standing in the wilderness downtown

Now our lives are changing fast

Now our lives are changing fast

Hope that something pure can last

Hope that something pure can last

Now it seems strange

How we used to wait for letters to arrive

But what's stranger still

Is how something so small can keep you alive

We used to wait

We used to waste hours just walking around

We used to wait

All those wasted lives in the wilderness downtown

I'm gonna write

A letter to my true love

I'm gonna sign my name

Like a patient on a table

I wanna walk again

Gonna move through the pain

Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) - Arcade Fire

They heard me singing and they told me to stop

Quit these pretentious things and just punch the clock

These days my life, I feel it has no purpose

But late at night the feelings swim to the surface

'Cause on the surface the city lights shine

They're calling at me: "come and find your kind"

Sometimes I wonder if the world's so small

That we can never get away from the sprawl

Living in the sprawl

Dead shopping malls rise like mountains beyond mountains

And there's no end in sight

I need the darkness, someone please cut the lights

We rode our bikes to the nearest park

Sat under the swings and kissed in the dark

We shield our eyes from the police lights

We run away, but we don't know why

And like a mirror, the city lights shine

They're screaming at us: "we don't need your kind"

Sometimes I wonder if the world's so small

That we can never get away from the sprawl

Living in the sprawl

Dead shopping malls rise like mountains beyond mountains

And there's no end in sight

I need the darkness, someone please cut the lights