Fare Thee Well, Fare Thee Well

“Think of me with kindness” é a penúltima música do quarto álbum (Octopus, 1973) do Gentle Giant. Esta banda tem um dos trabalhos vocais mais lindos que já ouvi, além de seus músicos tocarem mais de 40 instrumentos musicais diferentes em suas apresentações ao vivo. Essa música é de uma doçura sem igual. A letra é triste e foi escrita, suponho, realmente com o coração. Ela não possui a ousadia e a quebradeira característica do Gentle Giant e do Rock Progressivo, mas eu a considero perfeita! Olha eu emocionado de novo…

Why am I using words, no more to say without you
Close the door, put out the lights and go.
Late in the night, in the night your shadow falls between us.
Nevermore, never know.
There, memories are sorrow,
When there's no tomorrow.
Sleep while the sweet sorrow wakes my daydream;
Sleep while you think of me with kindness,
please remember former days.
Sweet the song that once we sang,
the silent parting ways.
And you know, and you know,
And you know, long ago when first we made our promise -
Empty words, I wonder did you know -
The laugh that love could not forgive,
Is gone and tells no call to live,
And we who look in beauty's love;
Must now, through all, look back on before -
The tears that I first cried, no more;
Your love has come and gone, no more.
And we who look in beauty's love
Must now through all think back on before.
Sleep while the sweet sorrow wakes my daydream
Sleep while you think of me with kindness,
please remember former days.
And you know, and you know.
And you know, when we two parted in tears and silence
past the days, the parting ways.
Fare thee well,
fare thee well,
you that was once dear to me.
Think of me with kindness
Think of me.

 

“Think of me with kindness” – Gentle Giant