Precisa ser cruel para ser gentil.

Nicholas Drain ou Nick Lowe.

A balada em 1979 era animada pelo hit de sucesso do britânico Nick. Inglaterra, Austrália, Canadá e Estados Unidos cantavam o som inspirado em Shakespeare e por mais esotérico que possa parecer... o tema continua atual.

"I must be cruel only to be kind."

 Hamlet Ato 3, cena 4, 173-179

No vídeo tem a tradução e aqui tá a letra para você cantar junto com o vovô Lowe.

Cruel to be Kind

Oh, I can't take another heartache

Though you say you're my friend, I'm at my wits end

You say your love is bona fide

But that don't coincide with the things that you do

And when I ask you to be nice, you say

You gotta be

Cruel to be kind in the right measure

Cruel to be kind it's a very good sign

Cruel to be kind means that I love you

Baby, you gotta be cruel to be kind

I do my best to understand, dear

But you still mystify and I want to know why

I pick myself up off the ground

To have you knock me back down again and again

And when I ask you to explain, well, you say

You gotta be

Cruel to be kind in the right measure

Cruel to be kind it's a very good sign

Cruel to be kind means that I love you

Baby, you gotta be cruel to be kind

Well, I do my best to understand, dear

But you still mystify and I want to know why

I pick myself up off the ground

To have you knock me back down again and again

And when I ask you to explain, well, you say

You gotta be

Cruel to be kind in the right measure

Cruel to be kind it's a very good sign

Cruel to be kind means that I love you

Baby

You gotta be

Cruel to be kind in the right measure

Cruel to be kind it's a very, very, very good sign

Cruel to be kind that means that I love you

Baby, you gotta be cruel

So, baby, you gotta be cruel

Said, baby, you gotta cruel to be kind

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Isabela: designer, estudou psicologia clínica, especialista em tecidos automotivos, trabalha inclusive com análise de tendências de design e comportamento humano. Está morando fora do país, por isso tem coisas interessantes para compartilhar.