Lhasa de Sela

Amo esta mujer. Que en paz descanse.

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[1] Rising - Lhasa

I got caught in a storm
And carried away
I got turned, turned around

I got caught in a storm
That's what happened to me
So I didn't call
And you didn't see me for a while

I was rising up
Hitting the ground
And breaking and breaking

I was caught in a storm
Things were flying around
And doors were slamming
And windows were breaking
And I couldn't hear what you were saying
I couldn't hear what you were saying
I couldn't hear what you were saying

I was rising up
Hitting the ground
And breaking and breaking

Rising up
Rising up

[2] Soon This Space Will Bee Too Small

Soon this space will be too small
And I’ll go outside
To the huge hillside
Where the wild winds blow
And the cold stars shine
I’ll put my foot
On the living road
And be carried from here
To the heart of the world

I’ll be strong as a ship
And wise as a whale
And I’ll say the three words
That will save us all
And I’ll say the three words
That will save us all

Soon this space will be too small
And I’ll laugh so hard
That the walls cave in

Then I’ll die three times
And be born again
In a little box
With a golden key
And a flying fish
Will set me free

Soon this space will be too small
All my veins and bones
Will be burned to dust
You can throw me into
A black iron pot
And my dust will tell
What my flesh would not

Soon this space will be too small
And I’ll go outside
And I’ll go outside
And I’ll go outside

[3] Anywhere On This Road - Lhasa

I live in this country now
I’m called by this name
I speak this language
It’s not quite the same
For no other reason
Than this it’s my home
And the places i used to be
far from are gone
You’ve travelled this long
You just have to go on
Don’t even look back to see
How far you’ve come
Though your body is bending
Under the load
There is nowhere to stop
Anywhere on this road

My heart is breaking
I cannot sleep
I love a man
Who’s afraid of me
He believes if he doesn’t
Stand guard with a knife
I’ll make him my slave
For the rest of his life

I love this hour
When the tide is just turning
There will be an end
To the longing and yearning
If i can stand up
To angels and men
I’ll never get swallowed
In darkness again

You’ve travelled this long
You just have to go on
Don’t even look back to see
How far you’ve come
Though your body is bending
Under the load
There is nowhere to stop
Anywhere on this road

[4] My Name

Why don’t you ask me
How long I’ve been waiting
Set down on the road
With the gunshots exploding
I’m waiting for you
In the gloom and the blazing
I’m waiting for you
I sing like a slave I know
I should know better
I’ve learned all my lessons
Right down to the letter
And still I go on like this
Year after year
Waiting for miracles
And shaking with fear

Why don’t you answer
Why don’t you come save me
Show me how to use
All these things
That you gave me
Turn me inside out
So my bones can save me
Turn me inside out

You’ve come this close
You can come even closer
The gunshots get louder
And the world spins faster
And things just get further
And further apart
The head from the hands
And the hands from the heart

One thing that’s true
Is the way that I love him
The earth down below
And the sky up above him
And still I go on like this
Day after day
Still I go on like this

Now I’ve said this
I already feel stronger
I can’t keep waiting for you
Any longer
I need you now
Not someday
When I’m ready
Come down on the road
Come down on the road

My name my name
Nothing is the same
I won’t go back
The way I came

[5] I'm Going In - Lhasa

When my lifetime had just ended
And my death had just begun
I told you I’d never leave you
But I knew this day would come

Give me blood for my blood wedding
I am ready to be born
I feel new
As if this body were the first I’d ever worn

I need straw for the straw fire
I need hard earth for the plow
Don't ask me to reconsider
I am ready to go now

I'm going in I’m going in
This is how it starts
I can see in so far
But afterwards we always forget
Who we are

I'm going in I’m going in
I can stand the pain
And the blinding heat
'Cause I won't remember you
The next time we meet

You'll be making the arrangements
You'll be trying to set me free
Not a moment for the meeting
I'll be busy as a bee

You'll be talking to me
But I just won't understand
I'll be falling by the wayside
You'll be holding out your hand

Don't you tempt me with perfection
I have other things to do
I didn't burrow this far in
Just to come right back to you

I'm going in I’m going in
I have never been so ugly
I have never been so slow
These prison walls get closer now
The further in I go

I'm going in I’m going in
I like to see you from a distance
And just barely believe
And think that
Even lost and blind
I still invented love

I'm going in
I’m going in
I’m going in

[6] Bells - Lhasa

Bells are ringing
All through the drowned town
In the empty streets
And a hundred miles around

Bells are ringing
Birds are flying upside down
My heart has been lost for too long

Bells are ringing
Ships will be leaving
This was my home
Nothing's moving nothing is breathing

Bells are ringing
Ringing me from sleep
My sleep was not restful
But my dreaming was deep

Bells are ringing
We both know
There's nothing left to do
But walk out there and go

You could lean your head down
And rest it on my knee
You could tell me a story
That does not end this way

Bells are ringing
We both know
There's nothing left to do
But walk out there and go

[7] Where Do You Go - Lhasa

Where do you go
When your tides get low
In the summer dress
Of your drunkenness

I go far from here
Where the silence sleeps
In the very deeps
Of the holy blue

And I dream of you
And I dream of you
Dream of you
Dream of you

What do you say
When the rotted day
Is around your feet
In the noisy street

And your eyes fall rain
From pain from pain
I say never again
Never again
Never again

Why do you wander
So light though falling
In the underwater calling

I skate like a bird
Drunk on a word
Almost in love
If I only knew

But the best will drive
Through me and you
Me and you
Me and you

[8] 1001 Nights - Lhasa

I have no way to prove it
No proof but I believe
A thousand and one nights of this
And then I will be free

My prison will be broken down
The dark will come undone
A thousand and one nights of this
And then the change will come

A garden growing underground
A treasure waiting to be found
A bird that never makes a sound

You don't have to believe it
But just you wait and see
A thousand and one nights of this
And then I will be free

[9] La Confession - Lhasa

Je n’ai pas peur
De dire que je t’ai trahi
Par pure paresse
Par pure mélancolie
Qu’entre toi
Et le diable
J’ai choisi le plus
Confortable
Mais tout cela
N’est pas pourquoi
Je me sens coupable
Mon cher ami

Je n’ai pas peur de dire
Que tu me fais peur
Avec ton espoir
Et ton grand sens
De l’honneur
Tu me donnes envie
De tout détruire
De t’arracher
Le beau sourire
Et même ça
N’est pas pourquoi
Je me sens coupable
C’est ça le pire

Je me sens coupable
Parce que j’ai l’habitude
C’est la seule chose
Que je peux faire
Avec une certaine
Certitude
C’est rassurant
De penser
Que je suis sûre
De ne pas me tromper
Quand il s’agit
De la question
De ma grande culpabilité

Je n’ai pas peur
De dire que j’ai triché
J’ai mis le plus pur
De mes pensées
Sur le marché
J’ai envie de laisser tomber
Toute cette idée
De « vérité »
Je garderais
Pour me guider
Plaisir et culpabilité

[10] Abro La Ventana

Ahora me levanto
De esta cama
Ahora
Abro la ventana
Y entra la luz
Con el viento
Ahora te siento
Y estas tan lejos
De aquí

Si un día te vas
Y ya no vuelves más
Si un día me voy
Y ya no vuelvo yo

Que largo es el mundo
Es infinito
Ayer te tuve
En mis brazos
Y hoy
Como un grano de arena
En algún suelo ajeno
Estas escondido de mí

Si un día te vas
Y ya no vuelves más
Si un día me voy
Y ya no vuelvo yo

Que grán silencio
Todo en suspenso
Que vértigo de no verte
Retumbo
Como una campana
Abro la ventana
Y entras tú
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