Lo que nos mantiene en pie

Estaba pensando en temas que sirvan para vacaciones en la montaña, o las sierras, y como una aparición se me dibujó el loop eléctrico y frenético de este tema. "Leave" de REM, que hacía mucho no escuchaba.
A dicho track del álbum "New Adventures in Hi-Fi" (1996) lo considero como lo más alto de la banda de Georgia. Y sé que es mucho decir. Sé que lo estoy haciendo sobrevolar encima de temazos como "Everybody Hurts", o "Man on the Moon", o "The One I Love" y demás genialidades. Pero "Leave" me llega como ningún otro.
Esa melodía brillante tan bien llevada por Stipe; la oscuridad debajo de su voz, representada por esa textura sonora tan profunda. Y todo se eleva como sueña al final de una letra maravillosa, que habla de dejar, abandonar, y que al mismo tiempo eso es lo que lo mantiene en pie, lo que, ahora a mi entender, le permite ver en la vida lo apasionante de seguir adelante. Y elevarse.
Quizás viajar eso eso; irnos a otros lugares para recordar lo bueno de "dejar" y encontrarnos a nosotros en otras realidades.
"...donde voy, la tierra toca el mar..." dice; pero aún no llega; esta en el camino, "...¿donde esta el camino que sigo? / esta bajo mis pies..." que hermosa forma de hablar del ahora y hacerlo volar más allá de cualquier límite.
La forma en que canta el cierre del estribillo "...That's what keeps me down,To leeeeaaaave it, beliiiiieeeeeeeeve it, Leave it all behind..." siempre me deja pasmado:
Nothing could be bring me closer.
Nothing could be bring me nearer.
Where is the road I follow
To leave it, leave?
It's under, under, under my feet.
The sea spread out there before me.
Where do I go when the land touches sea?
There is my trust in what I believe.
That's what keeps me,
That's what keeps me,
That's what keeps me down,
To leave it, believe it,
Leave it all behind.
Shifting the dream
Nothing could bring me further from my old friend time.
Shifting the dream
It's charging the scene
I know where I marked the signs.
I suffer the dreams of a world gone mad
I like it like that and I know it
I know it well, ugly and sweet,
A temper man who said believe in his dream.
That's what keeps me
That's what keeps me
That's what keeps me down
I sent it on an airline plane
I sent it off in an airplane
That never left the ground.
That's what keeps me,
That's what keeps me,
That's what keeps me down,
Leave, believe it.
Leave it all behind.
Lift me, lift me,
I�ll dream my dream.
I lost myself in nothing
The heartache calling me
I lost myself in sorrow
I lost myself in pain
I lost myself in gravity
Memory, leave, leave, leave
That's what keeps me,
That's what keeps me,
That's what keeps me down,
To leave it, believe it,
Leave it all behind.
That's what keeps me,
That's what keeps me,
That's what keeps me down,
To leave it, believe it,
Leave it all behind.
Lift my hands, my eyes are still,
I walk into the scene
Shoot myself in a different place
And leave it
I've longed for this to take me,
I've longed for my release
I've waited for the callin'
To leave, leave.
Leave, leave.
Leavin', leavin'
"Leave" - REM