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Bounce Back

I want to always be what I sympathize with,
I always become, sooner or later,
What I sympathize with, be it a stone or a longing,
Be it a flower or an abstract idea,
Be it a crowd or a way of understanding God.
And I sympathize with everything, live everything in everything.
I sympathize with superior men because they are superior,
And I sympathize with inferior men because they are superior too,
Because being inferior is different from being superior,
And so it is a superiority at certain moments of vision.
I sympathize with some men for their character qualities,
And I sympathize with others for their lack of these qualities,
And with others I sympathize just for sympathizing with them,
And there are absolutely organic moments when these are all men.
Yes, how I am king
How I am an absolute king in my sympathy,
It is enough that it exists for it to be justified.

I cried, I didn't try to hide
Everyone saw, pretended
Pity me, it wasn't necessary
Where I cried
Anyone would cry
To bounce back as I did
I want to see who would

A man of morals doesn't stay on the ground
Nor does he want a woman
To come and give him a hand
He recognizes the fall and doesn't get discouraged
He gets up, shakes off the dust
And bounces back

  1. Agradecer e Abraçar
  2. Carta de Amor
  3. Sonho Impossível
  4. Amor de Índio
  5. Minha História (Gesubambino)
  6. Seu Jeito de Amar
  7. Sem Açúcar
  8. Mamãe Oxum
  9. Foi Assim
  10. Marinheiro Só / Marinheiro Real / O Marujo Português
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