Este tema de 1970 utiliza el frío, la lluvia, el sol y el viento para describir tres momentos personales en la vida del cantante. El primero es el suicidio de una amiga de su infancia (Suzanne), el segundo es la lucha para superar la adicción al alcohol y las drogas y el tercero hace referencia a un antiguo grupo del que Taylor formaba parte en el pasado (The Flying Machine). El autor hace referencia al antagonismo lluvia-fuego y sol-frío para describir las luces y las sombras de antiguas experiencias.

Palabras clave: frío, lluvia, sol, viento

 Dedicatoria: a la ciudad de Santander.

Efemérides: tal día como hoy en 1941 una borrasca con 951,9 hPa, la presión más baja registrada en Santander, produjo vientos superiores a 150 km/h que avivaron un fuego que consumió los edificios de 37 calles.

Aspecto de la catedral de Santander tras el incendio de 1941. Fuente: Wikipedia

Letra:

Just yesterday morning, they let me know you were gone.
Suzanne, the plans they made put an end to you.
I walked out this morning and I wrote down this song,
I just can’t remember who to send it to.
I’ve seen fire and I’ve seen rain. I’ve seen sunny days that I thought would never end.
I’ve seen lonely times when I could not find a friend, but I always thought that I’d see you again.

Won’t you look down upon me, Jesus, You’ve got to help me make a stand.
You’ve just got to see me through another day.
My body’s aching and my time is at hand and I won’t make it any other way.
Oh, I’ve seen fire and I’ve seen rain. I’ve seen sunny days that I thought would never end.
I’ve seen lonely times when I could not find a friend, but I always thought that I’d see you again.

Been walking my mind to an easy time, my back turned towards the sun.
Lord knows when the cold wind blows it’ll turn your head around.
Well, there’s hours of time on the telephone line to talk about things to come.
Sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces on the ground.

Oh, I’ve seen fire and I’ve seen rain. I’ve seen sunny days that I thought would never end.
I’ve seen lonely times when I could not find a friend,
but I always thought that I’d see you baby, one more time again, now.

Thought I’d see you one more time again.
There’s just a few things coming my way this time around, now.
Thought I’d see you, thought I’d see you, fire and rain, now.

Benito Fuentes López (@metbeni)

Delegación Territorial de Aemet en la Comunidad Valenciana