«I'm really happy only when I'm on my own. Even being alone, it's better than sitting next to a lover and feeling lonely. It's not so easy for me to be a romantic. You start off that way, and after you've been screwed over a few times... you forget about your delusional ideas and you take what comes into your life.
I was fine until I read your fucking book. It stirred shit up, you know? It reminded me how genuinely romantic I was... How I had so much hope in things... and now it's like I don't believe in anything that relates to love. I don't feel things for people anymore. In a way, I put all my romanticism into that one night... and I was never able to feel all this again. Like, somehow this night took things away from me... and I expressed them to you, and you took them with you. It made me feel cold, like love wasn't for me. I guess I've been heartbroken too many times and then I recovered. So now, you know, from the starts, I make no effort. I know it's not gonna work out.»
«Mas misturada com aquela sua mania havia qualquer coisa mais, uma insatisfação mais profunda, uma espécie de carência que se revelava naquela sua ânsia de procurar pessoas que o escutassem. Porque atrás dessa procura ocultava-se uma outra, diferente. Cosimo não conhecia ainda o amor, e sem o amor de que se pode dizer afinal que valha qualquer experiência? De que vale ter arriscado a vida quando não se conhece ainda o verdadeiro e profundo sabor dessa mesma vida?»
Let me sing you a waltz
Out of nowhere, out of my thoughts
Let me sing you a waltz
About this one night stand
You were, for me, that night
Everything I always dreamt of in life
But now you're gone
You are far gone
All the way to your island of rain
It was for you just a one night thing
But you were much more to me, just so you know
I don't care what they say
I know what you meant for me that day
I just want another try, I just want another night
Even if it doesn't seem quite right
You meant for me much more than anyone I've met before
One single night with you, little Jesse, is worth a thousand with anybody
I have no bitterness, my sweet
I'll never forget this one night thing
Even tomorrow in other arms, my heart will stay yours until I die
Let me sing you a waltz
Out of nowhere, out of my blues
Let me sing you a waltz
About this lovely one night stand
E sorrimos todos no fim. Ele perdeu o avião, mas eu não. Ele ficou pelas árvores, mas eu não. Com as mãos nos bolsos do casaco e olhos nos cordões dos ténis fiz o meu caminho no horário normal. Sozinho, a pensar em mim, neles, em pessoas. Juntaram-se palavras, imagens e sons. Depois adormeci.
