Pesma iskupljenja

Nećemo se iskupiti nikada, ali to ne znači da treba da se predamo.

Izvinite što sam odabrao verziju pesme koja je otužnog audio kvaliteta. Ali, ovo nije parada hifilističnih zvukova, nego priča o značajnoj muzici. A “Redemption Song” je značajna, veličanstvena i besmrtna pesma. I tako je ne zato što je Bob Marley njome sebi napisao epitaf, nego zato što pogađa u srce.

Zapravo, fora je u tome što je u vreme snimanja ove numere Marley već imao problema sa melanomom na nožnom prstu i trpeo je bolove. Tada nije mogao da pretpostavi da su metastaze po telu već krenule, ali prijatelji kažu da je sve češće metafizičio o prelasku u više sfere…

Pesma je, ne bez naknadno primećene simbolike, zatvorila deveti album grupe Bob Marley & the Wailers, poslednji koji je objavljen za života velikog muzičara. Doživeli smo nešto slično još jednom, jedanaest godina posle albuma Uprising, na albumu Innuendo grupe Queen

Old pirates, yes, they rob I;
Sold I to the merchant ships,
Minutes after they took I
From the bottomless pit.
But my hand was made strong
By the ‘and of the Almighty.
We forward in this generation
Triumphantly.

Won’t you help to sing
This songs of freedom
‘Cause all I ever have:
Redemption songs;
Redemption songs.

Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery;
None but ourselves can free our minds.
Have no fear for atomic energy,
‘Cause none of them can stop the time.
How long shall they kill our prophets,
While we stand aside and look? Ooh!
Some say it’s just a part of it:
We’ve got to fullfil the book.

Won’t you help to sing
This songs of freedom
‘Cause all I ever have:
Redemption songs;
Redemption songs;
Redemption songs.

Won’t you have to sing
This songs of freedom
‘Cause all I ever had:
Redemption songs
All I ever had:
Redemption songs:
These songs of freedom,
Songs of freedom.