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Artist: Gilberto Gil
Canonical path: /gilberto-gil/plateia
Related lyric paths: 6
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Platéia
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Platéia
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A primeira fila da platéia
Representaria aquela idéia pagã
Da tribo frente ao ídolo
Do encanto frente ao brilho
Visão dum pai prum filho
Medo, espanto e adoração
Os olhos febris ali na frente
Buscariam encontrar a face de um deus
O pasmo frente ao mito
O afã do orgasmo pelo grito
Os corações aflitos
Dos hebreus frente a Moisés
Na derradeira fila da platéia, ao invés
Algo diferente dessa febre se dá
Como se os olhos, dali, fitassem através
Para além, depois, atrás do santo no altar
Sobre o palco, lá de longe, o que se retém
É mais etéreo, mais mistério, mais compaixão
Como se o olhar ali fosse o olhar da mãe
Meditando, vendo o filho a brincar no chão
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Gilberto Gil performs "Platéia", and this lyric page sits inside the Gilberto Gil catalog on LyroVerse.
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