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Nicholas Rodney «Nick» Drake fue un cantautor y músico británico. A pesar de que tuvo poco éxito comercial durante su vida, su trabajo es muy apreciado en la actualidad por los críticos y por otros músicos, y es considerado uno de los más grandes artistas del siglo XX.[1]​[2]​

El instrumento principal de Drake fue la guitarra, pero también sabía tocar el piano, el clarinete y el saxofón. Drake firmó un contrato con Island Records cuando tenía veinte años, y en 1969 editó su primer álbum, Five Leaves Left. Editó otros dos discos, pero inicialmente ninguno vendió una cantidad significativa de copias, en parte debido a que Drake rehusaba realizar presentaciones en vivo y entrevistas.[1]​ Drake luchó contra la depresión y el insomnio durante su vida, hecho que se reflejó en sus letras. Tras completar su tercer álbum, Pink Moon , dejó de tocar y grabar y se fue a vivir a la casa de sus padres en Warwickshire.

Drake cursó Literatura Inglesa en la Universidad de Cambridge, pero abandonó sus estudios nueve meses antes de terminarlos para dedicarse a su carrera musical. Murió el 25 de noviembre de 1974 a los veintiséis años de edad, como resultado de una sobredosis de antidepresivos que tomaba para poder dormir. No ha podido establecerse si su muerte fue accidental o suicidio. Pasó los últimos años de su vida sumido en una honda depresión, por la que llegó incluso a ser hospitalizado.[1]​

Si bien no recibió reconocimiento en vida, en la actualidad es considerado un artista de culto,[3]​ y ha influido a músicos como Badly Drawn Boy, Robert Smith , Peter Buck , Kate Bush, Paul Weller, The Black Crowes y Mikael Åkerfeldt .[4]​[3]​[5]​[6]​ En 1985 The Dream Academy llegó a las listas británicas y estadounidenses con "Life in a Northern Town", una canción sobre Drake y dedicada a él.[7]​ La primera biografía sobre Drake fue escrita en 1997 y al año siguiente se editó un documental llamado A Stranger Among Us. Wikipedia  

✵ 19. junio 1948 – 25. noviembre 1974
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“And now we rise
And we are everywhere.”

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From The Morning
Pink Moon (1972)

“Saw it written and I saw it say
Pink moon is on its way
And none of you stand so tall
Pink moon's gonna get ye all.”

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Pink Moon
Pink Moon (1972)

“Going to see the river man,
Going to tell him all I can
About the plan
For lilac time.
If he tells me all he knows
'Bout the way his river flows,
And all night shows
In summertime.”

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River Man
Song lyrics, Five Leaves Left (1969)
Variante: Going to see the river man.
Going to tell him all I can
About the ban
On feeling free.If he tells me all he knows
About the way his river flows,
I don't suppose
It's meant for me.

“And at the chime of the city clock
Put up your road block.
Hang on to your crown.
For a stone in a tin can
Is wealth to the city man
Who leaves his armour down.”

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At the Chime of a City Clock
Song lyrics, Bryter Later (1970)

“And what will happen in the morning when the world it gets
So crowded that you can't look out the window in the morning?”

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Hazey Jane II
Song lyrics, Bryter Later (1970)

“And I was strong, strong in the sun
I thought I'd see when day is done.
Now I'm weaker than the palest blue
Oh, so weak in the need for you.”

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Place to Be
Pink Moon (1972)

“Have you seen the land living by the breeze?
Can you understand the lights upon the trees?
Tell me all that you may know
Show me what you have to show
Tell us all today if you know the way to blue…”

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Way To Blue
Song lyrics, Five Leaves Left (1969)

“Do you curse where you come from?
Do you swear in the night?
Will it mean much to you
If I treat you right?
Do you like what you're doing?
Would you do it some more?
Or will you stop once and wonder
What you're doing it for?
Hey slow Jane, make sense.
Slow, slow, Jane, cross the fence.”

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Hazey Jane I
Song lyrics, Bryter Later (1970)

“Time has told me
You're a rare, rare find,
A troubled cure for a troubled mind.”

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Time Has Told Me
Song lyrics, Five Leaves Left (1969)

“The world hums on at its breakneck pace;
People fly in their lifelong race.
For them there's a future to find,
But I think they're leaving me behind.”

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Leaving Me Behind, appeared on Family Tree (2007)
Song lyrics

“I never felt magic crazy as this,
Never saw moons, knew the meaning of the sea,
I never held emotion in the palm of my hand,
Or felt sweet breezes in the top of a tree,
But now you're here.
Brighten my northern sky.”

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Northern Sky
Song lyrics, Bryter Later (1970)

“I'm growing old and I wanna go home.
I'm growing old and I don't wanna know.”

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Black Eyed Dog, first appeared on Fruit Tree (1979)
Song lyrics

“Safe in the womb of an everlasting night,
You find the darkness can give the brightest light.
Safe in your place deep in the earth,
That's when they'll know what you were really worth.”

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Fruit Tree
Song lyrics, Five Leaves Left (1969)

“I could have been a sailor, could have been a cook,
A real live lover, could have been a book,
I could have been a signpost, could have been a clock,
As simple as a kettle, steady as a rock.
I could be here and now,
I would be, I should be, but how?
I could have been one of these things first.”

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One of These Things First
Song lyrics, Bryter Later (1970)

“So I'll leave the ways that are making me be
What I really don't want to be.
Leave the ways that are making me love
What I really don't want to love.”

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Time Has Told Me
Song lyrics, Five Leaves Left (1969)

“Please tell me your second name.
Please play me your second game.
I've fallen so far
For the people you are.
I just need your star for a day.”

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Fly
Song lyrics, Bryter Later (1970)

“Fame is but a fruit tree:
So very unsound.
It can never flourish
Till its stalk is in the ground.
So men of fame
Can never find a way
Till time has flown
Far from their dying day.
Forgotten while you're here,
Remembered for a while.
A much updated ruin
From a much outdated style.”

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Fruit Tree
Song lyrics, Five Leaves Left (1969)

“Please give me a second grace.
Please give me a second face.
I've fallen far down
The first time around.
Now I just sit on the ground in your way.”

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Fly
Song lyrics, Bryter Later (1970)

“When the day is done,
Down to earth then sinks the sun,
Along with everything that was lost and won,
When the day is done.”

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Day is Done
Song lyrics, Five Leaves Left (1969)

“Life is but a memory,
Happened long ago.
Theatre full of sadness
For a long forgotten show.
Seems so easy
Just to let it go on by
Till you stop and wonder
Why you never wondered why.”

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Fruit Tree
Song lyrics, Five Leaves Left (1969)

“Don't be shy you learn to fly.
And see the sun when day is done.
If only you see
Just what you are beneath a star
That came to stay one rainy day
In autumn for free.
Yes, be what you'll be.”

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Things Behind the Sun
Pink Moon (1972)

“Would you love me for my money?
Would you love me for my head?
Would you love me through the winter?
Would you love me 'til I'm dead?
Oh, if you would and you could,
Come blow your horn on high.”

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Northern Sky
Song lyrics, Bryter Later (1970)

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