segunda-feira, 11 de dezembro de 2006

Irónico

Comentava ontem comigo uma amiga: «Já reparaste que o Pinochet morreu no Dia Internacional dos Direitos Humanos?» Por acaso, eu ainda não tinha reparado, mas agora que já reparei julgo que este facto só vem ajudar a comprovar a minha velha teoria (quase tão velhinha quanto eu...) de que a vida está cheia de pequenas e inesperadas ironias, as mais das vezes amargas e dolorosas.

«O tipo até o Dia Internacional dos Direitos Humanos conseguiu manchar!», dizia-me, enquanto abanava a cabeça de um lado para o outro, a minha amiga. É bem verdade. Até os dias mais puros, mais sinceros, mais belos e que nós mais resguardamos dentro da memória e do peito podem ser manchados pelas ironias da vida. A vida, ela própria, ela inteira é uma imensa ironia formada por outras tantas mais pequenas.
Por isso, estão cheios de razão os nossos avós quando nos repetem ao ouvido, enquanto nos embalam no colo e nos limpam as lágrimas que ainda teimam em rolar-nos rosto abaixo perante a surpresa que ainda nos vão causando as ironias do dia-a-dia: «O que custa não é viver, é saber viver.» Well, life has a funny way of sneaking up on you... ;)

Na grafonola: Ironic, em versão acústica, da Alanis Morissette (Jagged Little Pill Acoustic, 2005).

Ironic
Alanis Morissette

An old man turned ninety-eight
He won the lottery and died the next day
It's a black fly in your Chardonnay
It's a death-row pardon two minutes, too late
And isn't it ironic... don't you think

It's like rain on your wedding day
It's a free ride when you've already paid
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
Who would've thought... it figures

Mr. Play It Safe was afraid to fly
He packed his suitcase and kissed his kids goodbye
He waited his whole damn life to take that flight
And as the plane crashed down he thought: "Well isn't this nice..."
And isn't it ironic... don't you think

It's like rain on your wedding day
It's a free ride when you've already paid
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
Who would've thought... it figures

Well, life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
When you think everything's okay and everything's going right
And life has a funny way of helping you out when
You think everything's gone wrong and everything blows up
In your face

A traffic jam when you're already late
A no-smoking sign on your cigarette break
It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife
It's meeting the man of my dreams and then meeting his beautiful husband

And isn't it ironic...don't you think
A little too ironic...and, yeah, I really do think...

It's like rain on your wedding day
It's a free ride when you've already paid
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
Who would've thought... it figures.