Surfacing es un álbum de Sarah McLachlan, publicado en 1997 por Nettwerk. El disco incluye 10 canciones, entre ellas «Building a Mystery», «I Love You», «Sweet Surrender» y «Adia».
Sobre el álbum
Si "Fumbling Towards Ecstasy" fue su asientación artística, "Surfacing" (1997) fue su coronación como superestrella mundial. Este álbum es el trabajo más exitoso y reconocible de Sarah McLachlan, una colección de canciones perfectas que capturaron el espíritu de una época y la convirtieron en una de las voces más importantes de los años 90.
El sonido de "Surfacing" es más pulido y accesible que el de su predecesor, pero sin sacrificar la profundidad emocional. La producción de Pierre Marchand es impecable, creando un equilibrio perfecto entre baladas de piano introspectivas y temas de pop-rock de medio tiempo con un atractivo universal. El álbum coincidió con el lanzamiento del festival Lilith Fair, fundado por ella, lo que amplificó su impacto.
El disco generó una cantidad increíble de éxitos que se han convertido en clásicos. "Building a Mystery" y "Sweet Surrender" son ejemplos perfectos de pop inteligente y sofisticado. Pero fueron las baladas "Adia" y, sobre todo, "Angel", las que se convirtieron en fenómenos globales. "Angel", escrita sobre la sobredosis de un músico, es una de las canciones más conmovedoras y emblemáticas de la década.
"Surfacing" arrasó en los premios Grammy y vendió millones de copias en todo el mundo, un punto de inflexión en la biografía de Sarah McLachlan. Es un álbum generacional, una obra sobresaliente de la música adulto-alternativa que solidificó su legado para siempre.
Listado de Canciones
- Building a Mystery4:07
Letra
You come out at night That's when the energy comes And the dark side's light And the vampires roam You strut your Rasta wear And your suicide poem And a cross from a faith That died before Jesus came You're building a mystery You live in a church Where you sleep with voodoo dolls And you won't give up the search For the ghosts in the halls You wear sandals in the snow And a smile that won't wash away Can you look out the window Without your shadow getting in the way? Oh you're so beautiful With an edge and a charm But so careful When I'm in your arms 'Cause you're working Building a mystery Holding on and holding it in Yeah you're working Building a mystery And choosing so carefully You woke up screaming aloud A prayer from your secret god You feed off our fears And hold back your tears Oh, give us a tantrum And a know it all grin Just when we need one When the evening's thin You're so beautiful A beautiful fucked up man You're setting up your Razor-wire shrine 'Cause you're working Building a mystery Holding on and holding it in Yeah you're working Building a mystery And choosing so carefully Ooh, you're working Building a mystery Holding on and holding it in Yeah you're working Building a mystery And choosing so carefully - I Love You4:44
Letra
I have a smile Stretched from ear to ear To see you walking down the road We meet at the lights I stare for a while The world around us disappears It's just you and me On my island of hope A breath between us could be miles Let me surround you My sea to your shore Let me be the calm you seek Oh and every time I'm close to you There's too much I can't say And you just walk away And I forgot To tell you I love you And the night's Too long And cold here Without you I grieve in my condition For I cannot find the words to say I need you so Oh and every time I'm close to you There's too much I can't say And you just walk away And I forgot To tell you I love you And the night's Too long And cold here Without you - Sweet Surrender4:00
Letra
It doesn't mean much It doesn't mean anything at all The life I've left behind me Is a cold room I've crossed the last line From where I can't return Where every step I took in faith betrayed me And led me from My home Sweet surrender Is all that I have to give Take me in No questions asked You strip away the ugliness That surrounds me (Who are you?) Are you an angel? Am I already that gone? I only hope that I won't disappoint you When I'm down here on My knees (Who are you?) Sweet surrender Is all that I have to give (Who are you?) Sweet surrender (surrender) Is all that I have to give And I don't understand How the touch of your hand I would be the one to fall I miss the little things I miss everything About you It doesn't mean much It doesn't mean anything at all The life I left behind me Is a cold room (Who are you?) Sweet surrender (surrender) Is all that I have to give (Who are you?) Sweet surrender (surrender) Is all that I have to give - Adia4:05
Letra
Adia, I do believe I failed you Adia, I know I've let you down Don't you know I tried so hard To love you in my way? It's easy Let it go Adia, I'm empty since you left me Trying to find a way to carry on I search myself and everyone To see where we went wrong There's no one left to finger There's no one here to blame There's no one left to talk to, honey And there ain't no one to buy our innocence Cause we are born innocent Believe me, Adia We are still innocent It's easy, we all falter Does it matter? Adia, I thought that we could make it I know I can't change the way you feel I leave you with your misery Your friend who won't betray I pull you from your tower I take away your pain I show you all the beauty you possess If you'd only let yourself believe Cause we are born innocent Believe me, Adia We are still innocent It's easy, we all falter Does it matter? Cause we are born innocent Believe me, Adia We are still innocent It's easy, we all falter Does it matter? Believe me, Adia We are still innocent Cause we are born innocent Believe me, Adia We are still innocent It's easy, we all falter Does it matter? - Do What You Have to Do3:47
Letra
What ravages of spirit Conjured this tempestuous rage Created you a monster Broken by the rules of love And fate has led you through it You do what you have to do And fate has led you through it You do what you have to do And I have the sense to recognize that I don't know how to let you go Every moment marked With apparitions of your soul I'm ever swiftly moving Trying to escape this desire The yearning to be near you I do what I have to do The yearning to be near you I do what I have to do But I have the sense to recognize That I don't know how To let you go I don't know how To let you go A glowing ember Burning hot Burning slow Deep within I'm shaken by the violence Of existing for only you I know I can't be with you I do what I have to do I know I can't be with you I do what I have to do And I have the sense to recognize but I don't know how to let you go I don't know how to let you go I don't know how to let you go - Witness4:45
Letra
Make me a witness Take me out Out of darkness Out of doubt I won't weigh you down With good intention Won't make fire out of clay Or other inventions Will we burn in heaven Like we do down here Will the change come While we're waiting Everyone is waiting And when we're done Soul searching As we carried the weight And died for the cause Is misery Made beautiful Right before our eyes Will mercy be revealed Or blind us where we stand Will we burn in heaven Like we do down here Will the change come while we're waiting Everyone is waiting - Angel4:30
Letra
Spend all your time waiting For that second chance For a break that would make it okay There's always some reason To feel not good enough And it's hard at the end of the day I need some distraction Oh beautiful release Memory seeps from my veins Let me be empty Oh, and weightless and maybe I'll find some peace tonight In the arms of the angel Fly away from here From this dark cold hotel room And the endlessness that you fear You are pulled from the wreckage Of your silent reverie You're in the arms of the angel May you find some comfort here So tired of the straight line And everywhere you turn There's vultures and thieves at your back And the storm keeps on twisting You keep on building the lie That you make up for all that you lack It don't make no difference Escaping one last time It's easier to believe in this sweet madness oh This glorious sadness that brings me to my knees In the arms of the angel Fly away from here From this dark cold hotel room And the endlessness that you fear You are pulled from the wreckage Of your silent reverie You're in the arms of the angel May you find some comfort here You're in the arms of the angel May you find some comfort here - Black & White5:02
- Full of Grace3:41
Letra
The winter here's cold, and bitter It's chilled us to the bone We haven't seen the sun for weeks Too long too far from home I feel just like I'm sinking And I claw for solid ground I'm pulled down by the undertow I never thought I could feel so low Oh darkness I feel like letting go If all of the strength and all of the courage Come and lift me from this place I know I can love you much better than this Full of grace Full of grace My love So it's better this way, I said Having seen this place before Where everything we say and do Hurts us all the more It's just that we stayed, too long In the same old sickly skin I'm pulled down by the undertow I never thought I could feel so low Oh darkness I feel like letting go If all of the strength And all of the courage Come and lift me from this place I know I could love you much better than this Full of grace I know I could love you much better than this It's better this way - Last Dance2:33