Regina Spektor: Laughing With

Tijdens de terugrit proberen meezingen met Laughing With van Regina Spektor. Het nummer is traag genoeg, maar de tekst is nogal lang en helemaal vanbuiten ken ik hem ook nog niet. Maar wel een mooie tekst, over de onafwendbare vergankelijkheid van het menselijk bestaan.

Videoclip

Ook de video is leuk gemaakt. Een surrealistische clip met diverse kunstwerken op de achtergrond. Zo zie je, helemaal in het begin en op de achtergrond, het bekende Trappehuis van Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898-1972).

Lyrics — Songtekst

No one laughs at God in a hospital
No one laughs at God in a war
No one’s laughing at God
When they’re starving or freezing or so very poor

No one laughs at God
When the doctor calls after some routine tests
No one’s laughing at God
When it’s gotten real late
And their kid’s not back from the party yet

No one laughs at God
When their airplane starts to uncontrollably shake
No one’s laughing at God
When they see the one they love, hand in hand with someone else
And they hope that they’re mistaken

No one laughs at God
When the cops knock on their door
And they say we got some bad news, sir
No one’s laughing at God
When there’s a famine or fire or flood

But God can be funny
At a cocktail party when listening to a good God-themed joke, or
Or when the crazies say He hates us
And they get so red in the head you think they’re ‘bout to choke
God can be funny,
When told he’ll give you money if you just pray the right way
And when presented like a genie who does magic like Houdini
Or grants wishes like Jiminy Cricket and Santa Claus
God can be so hilarious
Ha ha
Ha ha

No one laughs at God in a hospital
No one laughs at God in a war
No one’s laughing at God
When they’ve lost all they’ve got
And they don’t know what for

No one laughs at God on the day they realize
That the last sight they’ll ever see is a pair of hateful eyes
No one’s laughing at God when they’re saying their goodbyes
But God can be funny
At a cocktail party when listening to a good God-themed joke, or
Or when the crazies say He hates us
And they get so red in the head you think they’re ‘bout to choke
God can be funny,
When told he’ll give you money if you just pray the right way
And when presented like a genie who does magic like Houdini
Or grants wishes like Jiminy Cricket and Santa Claus
God can be so hilarious

No one laughs at God in a hospital
No one laughs at God in a war
(x 3)

No one’s laughing at God when they’re starving or freezing or so very poor

No one’s laughing at God (x 3)
We’re all laughing with God