Lauhing with

Eccola! Questa canzone non riesco più a togliermela dalla testa: mi accompagna dolcemente in ogni mio gesto ormai..

Il testo è davvero toccante, nel senso che otre a commuoverci ci spinge a toccarci le palline 14 volte: 14 sono infatti le disgrazie citate dalla cantante in questo testo denso di verità ed infinitamente triste, che parla con estrema serietà del rapporto tra uomo e Dio.

No one laughs at God in a hospital
No one laughs at God in a war
No one’s laughing at God
When they’re starving or freezing or so very poor

No one laughs at God
When the doctor calls after some routine tests
No one’s laughing at God
When it’s gotten real late
And their kid’s not back from the party yet

No one laughs at God
When their airplane start to uncontrollably shake
No one’s laughing at God
When they see the one they love, hand in hand with someone else
And they hope that they’re mistaken

No one laughs at God
When the cops knock on their door
And they say we got some bad news, sir
No one’s laughing at God
When there’s a famine or fire or flood

*Chorus*
But God can be funny
At a cocktail party when listening to a good God-themed joke, or
Or when the crazies say He hates us
And they get so red in the head you think they’re ‘bout to choke
God can be funny,
When told he’ll give you money if you just pray the right way
And when presented like a genie who does magic like Houdini
Or grants wishes like Jiminy Cricket and Santa Claus
God can be so hilarious
Ha ha
Ha ha

No one laughs at God in a hospital
No one laughs at God in a war
No one’s laughing at God
When they’ve lost all they’ve got
And they don’t know what for

No one laughs at God on the day they realize
That the last sight they’ll ever see is a pair of hateful eyes
No one’s laughing at God when they’re saying their goodbyes
But God can be funny
At a cocktail party when listening to a good God-themed joke, or
Or when the crazies say He hates us
And they get so red in the head you think they’re ‘bout to choke
God can be funny,
When told he’ll give you money if you just pray the right way
And when presented like a genie who does magic like Houdini
Or grants wishes like Jiminy Cricket and Santa Claus
God can be so hilarious

No one laughs at God in a hospital
No one laughs at God in a war
No one laughs at God in a hospital
No one laughs at God in a war
No one laughing at God in hospital
No one’s laughing at God in a war
No one’s laughing at God when they’re starving or freezing or so very
poor

No one’s laughing at God
No one’s laughing at God
No one’s laughing at God
We’re all laughing with God

Ed ora vogliamo parlare del video? é un meraviglioso tributo a Magritte, un vero capolavoro.

E che dire della cantante? Lei si chiama Regina Spektor, è russa ma da sempre vive a NYed è esponente di quel movimento musicale definito "anti-folk". L'anno scorso tutti hanno sentito la sua Fidelity, famosa grazie ad uno spot. Ma la cantautrice e pianista ha pubblicato atri quattro album,tra cui Far, da cui questo bellissimo pezzo è tratto. L'album, uscito a giugno, è balzato al numero 3 negli States, ma è stato ignorato in Europa.