Daydreamin: The XX - "Performance" (I See You, 2017)

If I scream at the top of my lungs, Will you hear what I don't say?:
Πανέμορφο τραγούδι από το φετινό δίσκο των ταλαντούχων Λονδρέζων, που μπορεί να μην κυκλοφόρησαν το album της χρονιάς, απέδειξαν ωστόσο για μία ακόμη φορά, πως αξίζουν της αναγνώρισης που απολαμβάνουν. Το "Performance" δε στηρίζεται στις ενορχηστρώσεις του, παρά μόνο στη σαγηνευτική φωνή  της Ronnie και τους υπέροχους στίχους του. Απλά και και διακριτικά βρίσκεται στα  ομορφότερα κομμάτια της χρονιάς.


The Band: The XX (London, UK)
Line Up: Romy Madley Croft (vocals, guitar), Oliver Sim (bass, vocals), Jamie Smith [Jamie xx] (drum machine, samples)
The Track: "Performance"
The Album: I See You (2017)
The Sound: Indie, Indie Pop, Indietronica
And Says...

If I scream at the top of my lungs
Will you hear what I don't say?
If I dance like I'm on a stage
Will you see I seem out of place?
If I put on a disguise
Will you think everything's alright?
If I leave before the end
Will you forget that I was there?

When you saw me leaving
Did you think I had a place to go?
Since you stopped believing
I've had to put on my own show

I'll put on a performance
I'll put on a show
It is a performance
I do it all so
You won't see me hurting
When my heart it breaks
I'll put on a performance
I'll put on a brave face

Even when I was hiding
You could always find me
Now you've stopped looking for me
But I'm still playing hide and seek
I want you to notice
But you just don't see
The show is wasted on you
So I perform for me

When you saw me leaving
Did you think I had a place to go?
Since you stopped believing
I've had to put on my own show

I'll put on a performance
I'll put on a show
It is a performance
I do it all so
You won't see me hurting
When my heart it breaks
I'll put on a performance
I'll put on a brave face