Dos álbumes, un EP y un single es el escaso legado artístico que nos ha dejado Jeff Mangum y sus Neutral Milk Hotel antes de desvanecerse. Su leyenda se hace mayor cada año que pasa, siendo reivindicado por artistas de toda clase (desde Arcade Fire hasta Animal Collective pasando por Devendra Banhart o Franz Ferdinand) y con una masa de fans cada vez más grande. Quizás sea esa leyenda la que provoca que Jeff Mangum rechace la opción de volver a los escenarios junto a sus compañeros en la banda: Jeremy Barnes
¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
CG The only girl I've ever loved CG Was born with roses in her eyes CG But then they buried her alive DC One evening nineteen-forty-five DG With just her sister at her side DC And only weeks before the guns DG All came and rained on everyone DC Now she's a little boy in Spain DG Playing pianos filled with flames DC On empty rings around the sun DCG All sing to say my dream has come
CG But now we must pick up every piece CG Of the life we used to love C Just to keep ourselves GD At least enough to carry on
(same as verse1) And now we ride the circus wheel With your dark brother wrapped in white Says it was good to be alive But now he rides a comet's flame And won't be coming back again The Earth looks better from a star That's right above from where you are He didn't mean to make you cry With sparks that ring and bullets fly On empty rings around your heart The world just screams and falls apart
GACCG And here's where your mother sleeps GACCGD And here is the room where your brothers were born GACCG Indentions in the sheets GACCGD Where their bodies once moved but don't move anymore CGCG And it's so sad to see the world agree CGD That they'd rather see their faces filled with flies GACCGC All when I'd want to keep white roses in their eyes