Ividyo Kliphu
Lyrics
I don’t know what I was thinking
– Angazi ukuthi ngangicabangani
Reaching out beyond my grasp
– Ukufinyelela ngaphandle kokubamba kwami
Lifting up these wings to try to take to the sky
– Ukuphakamisa lezi zimpiko ukuze uzame ukuthatha esibhakabhakeni
As if I wasn’t tied to this fifty-ton past
– Njengokungathi ngangingaboshelwe kulokhu okwedlule okungamathani angamashumi amahlanu
Don’t know what I thought would happen
– Angazi ukuthi ngicabanga ukuthi kuzokwenzekani
I don’t know who I thought I was
– Angazi ukuthi ngangicabanga ukuthi ngingubani
I get going when I see so much open space in front of me
– Ngiqala lapho ngibona indawo evulekile phambi kwami
But I don’t get too far because
– Kodwa angikude kakhulu ngoba
The tether pulls me back
– Intambo ingibuyisela emuva
The tether pulls me back
– Intambo ingibuyisela emuva
The tether pulls me back
– Intambo ingibuyisela emuva
The tether always pulls me back
– Intambo ihlale ingibuyisela emuva
I thought I should let you know that
– Ngangicabanga ukuthi kufanele ngikutshele lokho
You’ll be seeing me around
– Uzongibona nxazonke
Trying to let go of anything I might be dragging with me
– Ngizama ukudedela noma yini engingase ngiyidonse nami
As I make my way back down
– Njengoba ngibuyela emuva
And for a little while I had a little leeway
– Futhi okwesikhashana nganginenkululeko encane
I took my time like taking a drug
– Ngathatha isikhathi sami njengokuthatha izidakamizwa
Running wild pretending I didn’t know that I was always heading
– Running wild ngenza sengathi ngangingazi ukuthi ngangihlale ngibheke
For the moment when I’d feel the tug
– Okwamanje lapho ngingazizwa ngidonsa
The tether pulling me back
– Intambo engibuyisela emuva
The tether pulling me back
– Intambo engibuyisela emuva
The tether pulls me back
– Intambo ingibuyisela emuva
The tether always pulls me back
– Intambo ihlale ingibuyisela emuva
I can feel it now
– Ngiyakwazi ukuzwa manje
I can feel it even now
– Ngingakuzwa ngisho namanje
I can feel it now
– Ngiyakwazi ukuzwa manje
I can feel it even now
– Ngingakuzwa ngisho namanje
