Susan Boyle, “I Know Him So Well”, singolo di beneficenza per il Comic Relief, testo e video

Comic Relief è un’associazione di beneficenza britannica che ogni due anni prepara una serie di attività televisive, radiofoniche e musicali per raccogliere dei fondi destinati a persone povere o svantaggiate. Quest’anno anche Susan Boyle ha deciso di prendersi in giro per aiutare la giusta causa. Insieme a Geraldine McQueen (parodia della vincitrice di un talent show, interpretata dal comico Peter Kay), Susan canta “I Know Him So Well”, canzone del musical “Chess”. Il risultato è esilarante, grazie anche alle inaspettate doti comiche di Susan. (Il video non è il massimo come qualità, ma ne vale la pena.)
Dopo il salto, il testo della canzone.

“I Know Him So Well”

Nothing is so good it lasts eternally
Perfect situations must go wrong
But this has never yet prevented me
Wanting far too much for far too long.
Looking back I could have played it differently
Won a few more moments who can tell
But it took time to understand the man
Now at least I know I know him well

Wasn’t it good?
Wasn’t he fine?
Isn’t it madness
He can’t be mine?
Oh so good
Oh so fine
He can’t be mine?
But in the end he needs
A little bit more than me –
More security
He needs his fantasy
And freedom
I know him so well.

No one in your life is with you constantly
No one is completely on your side
And though I move my world to be with him
Still the gap between us is too wide.

Looking back I could
Have played it differently
Some other way
Looking back I could
Have played it
Differently
Learned about the man
Before I fell
I was just a little
Careless maybe
But I was
Ever so much
Younger then
Now at least
Now at least
I know him well
I know I know him well

Wasn’t it good?
Wasn’t he fine?
Isn’t it madness
Oh so good
Oh so fine
He won’t be mine?
Didn’t I know
How it would go?
If I knew from the start
Why am I falling apart?

Wasn’t it good?
Wasn’t he fine?
Isn’t it madness
He won’t be mine?
He won’t be mine?
But in the end he needs a
Little bit more than me –
More security
He needs his
Fantasy and freedom
I know him so well
It took time to understand him
I know him so well