When I was 21, I met a guy at a houseparty...we talked all night. He introduced me to the Rocky Horror Picture Show, I introduced him to Lou Reed and the VU. It was like that for years...influencing each other again and again. Last month he passed away...diabetes...ketoacidosis. This song was one of the ones he requested for his end of life celebration. My friend to the end, the Andy to my Lou. Rest in Peace, Lorne.

Life's like a mayonnaise soda

This song gave me the courage to get clean and sober.

Just an amazing lyricist.

Good music sulffolk ice music

An incredible track in so many ways - Lou was always way ahead of his time, a true musical genius for sure.

A bit of magic in everything, and some loss to even things out...

A beautiful album

Bob Dylan, Townes van zandt, Lou Reed. Some of the greatest poets of the last 50 years. If you couldn't feel yourself in the burning building shedding every bit of yourself...keep listening, we all go thru it.

This is the first time I've heard this song. I think it's going to be stuck in my head for weeks now and that's okay with me. I love how he says exactly what he wants to say instead of just making words that rhyme, that is so cool. So many musicians Just write lyrics that rhyme these days that don't have any depth or real meaning. I wonder if there's a genre of music or writing style that this aspect is it's main component.

Yes, pass through the fire and Ice, and even milk and honey of this world, with breathe. Thank you dear Lou for your truth... and thank you dear Eckhart Tolle for your simple life giving wisdom - Each breath we breathe in awareness, sets our mind free to be who we truly are - eternally alive consciousness/love. We are enough. We are enough. We are enough, just as we are. We are enough.

El rock alcanzó su cénit con este clásico. Gracias, Lou Reed.

Poor in views... as usual id say with the ultimate best ^^
"Humankind cannot bear very much reality."

Best album ever!

Good!

So relived that Lou Reed is the kind of awesome person when it comes to sadness. At first you lose some one which is two or 3 tracks ago from this last track of the album. This track is so much about getting through the pain and sadness and things will get better. The song is quite positive near the end of this song.

Well done Lou.

Active Grief.

f me...one of the greatest songs ever! thanks lou

great song for a man such as myself...trying to figure out things inside :)

Una canción genial, dura y totalmente honesta y realista.
Siempre fue un genio y un maestro. RIP.

I love the lyrics but the music itself is unfortunately abysmal

Lou’s best album.

There will never be another man like him. Ever. And I’m glad to have lived during his music.

le connaissais pas celui-là.... puissant!!

Lou Reed

LA MAGIA E LA PERDITA

Quando passi attraverso il fuoco
ci passi attraverso con umiltà
passi attraverso un labirinto di dubbi su te stesso
quando ci passi attraverso con umiltà
le luci ti possono accecare
alcune persone non riusciranno mai neanche ad immaginarlo

Passi attraverso l’arroganza
Passi attraverso il dolore
Passi attraverso un passato sempre presente
ed è meglio non attendere
che sia la fortuna a salvarti

passa attraverso il fuoco verso la luce
passa attraverso il fuoco verso la luce
passa attraverso il fuoco verso la luce
è meglio non attendere
che sia la fortuna a salvarti
passa attraverso il fuoco verso la luce

Mentre passi attraversi il fuoco
salutando con la mano destra
ci sono cose che devi gettare via
il terrore mordace nella tua testa
non ti aiuterà mai ad uscirne

Devi essere molto forte
perché ricomincerai da zero
ancora e ancora una volta
e mentre il fumo si dirada
c’è un fuoco che divora ogni cosa
che si estende davanti a te
che si estende davanti a te
che si estende davanti a te

mentre il fumo si dirada
c’è un fuoco che divora ogni cosa
che si estende davanti a te

Dicono che nessuno possa fare tutto ciò
ma tu vuoi farlo nella tua testa
tuttavia non puoi essere Shakespeare
e non puoi essere Joyce
quindi cosa resta in alternativa

Sei costretto in te stesso
e in una rabbia che ti può ferire
devi cominciare dall’inizio di nuovo
e allora proprio in quel momento
questo splendido fuoco
si riaccende di nuovo

Quando passi attraverso l’umiliazione
quando passi attraverso la malattia
quando passi attraverso l’ “io sono meglio di tutti voi”
quando attraversi la collera
e la denigrazione verso te stesso
e hai la forza di essere cosciente di tutto questo
quando il passato ti fa sorridere
e puoi assaporare la magia
allora tutto ciò ti fa sopravvivere alla tua propria guerra
così scopri che quel fuoco è passione
e che d’avanti a te c’è una porta non un muro

Mentre passi attraverso il fuoco
mentre passi attraverso il fuoco
cerca di ricordare il suo nome
mentre passi attraverso il fuoco
leccandoti le labbra
non puoi più restare lo stesso

E se l’edificio brucia
muoviti verso quella porta
ma non tentare di spegnere le fiamme
c’è un tocco di magia in ogni cosa
e quindi qualche perdita per compensare le cose
qualche perdita per compensare le cose
qualche perdita per compensare le cose
c’è un tocco di magia in ogni cosa
e quindi qualche perdita per compensare le cose



MAGIC AND LOSS
When you pass through the fire
you pass through humble
you pass through a maze of self doubt
When you pass through humble
the lights can blind you
some people never figure that out
You pass through arrogance
you pass through hurt
you pass through an ever present past
And it’s best not to wait
for luck to save you
pass through the fire to the light
Pass through the fire to the light
pass through the fire to the light
It’s best not to wait
for luck to save you
pass through the fire to the light
As you pass through the fire
your right hand waving
there are things you have to throw out
That caustic dread inside your head
will never help you out
You have to be very strong
’cause you’ll start from zero
over and over again
And as the smoke clears
there’s an all consuming fire
lying straight ahead
Lying straight ahead
lying straight ahead
As the smoke clears
there’s an all consuming fire
lying straight ahead
They say no one person can do it all
but you want to in your head
But you can’t be Shakespeare
and you can’t be Joyce
so what is left instead
You’re stuck with yourself
and a rage that can hurt you
you have to start at the beginning again
And just this moment
this wonderful fire
started up again
When you pass through humble
when you pass through sickly
when you pass through
I’m better than you all
When you pass through anger
and self deprecation
and have the strength to acknowledge it all
When the past makes you laugh
and you can savor the magic
that let you survive your own war
You find that that fire is passion
and there’s a door up ahead
not a wall
As you pass through fire
as you pass through fire
try to remember its name
When you pass through fire
licking at your lips
you cannot remain the same
And if the building’s burning
move towards that door
but don’t put the flames out
There’s a bit of magic in everything
and then some loss to even things out
Some loss to even things out
some loss to even things out
There’s a bit of magic in everything
and then some loss to even things out