Bruce & Jesus
Ci aveva già pensato Antonio Spadaro SJ, giovane critico letterario della Civiltà Cattolica, a far notare l’afflato spirituale dell’ultimo Bruce Springsteen (lettore appassionato di Flannery O’Connor).
Il bellissimo testo di Jesus was an only son, nel suo ultimo album Devils & Dust - che sta avendo un buon successo - merita un’altra segnalazione…
Jesus was an only son GdC
As he walked up Calvary Hill
His mother Mary walking beside him
In the path where his blood spilled
Jesus was an only son
In the hills of Nazareth
As he lay reading the Psalms of David
At his mother's feet
A mother prays, “Sleep tight, my child, sleep well
For I'll be at your side
That no shadow, no darkness, no tolling bell,
Shall pierce your dreams this night.”
In the garden at Gethsemane
He prayed for the life he'd never live,
He beseeched his Heavenly Father to remove
The cup of death from his lips
Now there's a loss that can never be replaced,
A destination that can never be reached,
A light you'll never find in another's face,
A sea whose distance cannot be breached
Well Jesus kissed his mother's hands
Whispered, “Mother, still your tears,
For remember the soul of the universe
Willed a world and it appeared”.
