«Sometimes it snows in april».

Este é o dia em que perdemos um dos maiores. Prince deixou-nos, deixando um enorme vazio. Ouvi-o pela primeira vez em meados da década de oitenta pela mão do Nelson de Quinhones, numa apresentação mágica de quem já o ouvia e sabia quase tudo sobre esta figura absolutamente ímpar. Mudou-nos a juventude e amparou-nos a música maior que tínhamos.
Ficaremos. Claro que sim. Mas a perda é irreparável e tem associado o sentimento da revolta por todos sabermos o quanto mais teríamos para ouvir se a vida por cá continuasse. Mas foi um privilégio infinito este cruzamento de Prince com o mundo, com o nosso.
Só me vem à lembrança o tema «Sometimes it snows in april». Está uma noite gélida no coração do mundo por se ter aberto uma infinita primavera nesse mesmo coração ao longo dos seus 57 anos de vida.
Ficaremos. Claro que sim. Mas hoje, estamos todos muito tristes por todos os dias felizes que já vivemos com a sua obra, a obra que de facto terminou.

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«Sometimes it snows in april».

Tracy died soon after a long fought civil war,
just after I'd wiped away his last tear
I guess he's better off than he was before,
A whole lot better off than the fools he left here
I used 2 cry 4 Tracy because he was my only friend
Those kind of cars don't pass u every day
I used 2 cry 4 Tracy because I wanted to see him again,
But sometimes sometimes life ain't always the way...

Sometimes it snows in April
Sometimes I feel so bad, so bad
Sometimes I wish life was never ending,
and all good things, they say, never last

Springtime was always my favorite time of year,
A time 4 lovers holding hands in the rain
Now springtime only reminds me of Tracy's tears
Always cry 4 love, never cry 4 pain
He used 2 say so strong unafraid to die
Unafraid of the death that left me hypnotized
No, staring at his picture I realized
No one could cry the way my Tracy cried

Sometimes it snows in April
Sometimes I feel so bad
Sometimes, sometimes I wish that life was never ending,
And all good things, they say, never last

I often dream of heaven and I know that Tracy's there
I know that he has found another friend
Maybe he's found the answer 2 all the April snow
Maybe one day I'll see my Tracy again

Sometimes it snows in April
Sometimes I feel so bad, so bad
Sometimes I wish that life was never ending,
But all good things, they say, never last

All good things that say, never last
And love, it isn't love until it's past