Translating is always betraying. 3) Caroline Says II
Lou Reed - Caroline says II (lyrics on clip) Caroline says, trying to get up off the ground, “what do you think you’re achieving by hitting me, what pleasure do you find in it?”
Caroline says, while trying to cover those marks around her eyes, “try looking inside yourself, stop thinking it’s always me, me, me….”
No, she doesn’t care about dying. Those who know her call her “Alaska.”
And when she arrives high on amphetamines, everyone laughs about it and wonders what’s going on in her head; and they ask her, “what’s going through your mind?”
Caroline tells them, getting back up from the floor, “you can keep hitting me as much as you want, but I don’t love you anymore.”
Caroline thinks to herself, biting her lip, “this can’t be all there is to life, there must be better things, this is just a bad trip.”
But she doesn’t give a damn about dying, which is why those who know her call her “Alaska.”
So, when she’s just sitting there getting high on amphetamines, they laugh and wonder what’s going on in her head. “What’s going through your mind?” they ask her.
And then, she punches the window and shatters the glass.
“It was strange, really a strange feeling….”
It’s cold in Alaska.
It’s really damn cold in Alaska.
God, how cold it is in Alaska.
