Klipp Tal-Vidjo
Lirika
My son is almost three
– Ibni huwa kważi tlieta
He used to look just like his dad
– Kien jidher bħal missieru
But right now he looks just like me
– Imma bħalissa jidher bħali
And as far as I can see, the fruit I bear is sweet
– U sa fejn nista’nara, il-frott li nagħti huwa ħelu
But the apple’s rolling real far from the tree
– Iżda l irrumblar tat tuffieħ reali’l bogħod mis siġra
And falling down the hill so full of love and so carefree
– U taqa’fuq l għoljiet tant mimlija mħabba u daqshekk bla ħsieb
I wonder if the world will treat him any better than it treated me
– Nistaqsi jekk id dinja hix se tittrattah aħjar milli ttrattatni
But papa, don’t you preach
– Imma papa, ma tippriedkax
I tried to teach him every day that nothing good is free, but always should be
– Ippruvajt ngħallmu kuljum li xejn tajjeb mhu b’xejn, imma dejjem għandu jkun
And with my roots above and all my branches down below
– U bl għeruq tiegħi fuq u l fergħat kollha tiegħi hawn taħt
Please tell my boy I love him so
– Jekk jogħġbok għid lit tifel tiegħi inħobbu hekk
Please tell the world I have to grow before I go
– Jekk jogħġbok għid lid dinja li għandi nikber qabel ma mmur
I just wanted you to know
– Jien ridt biss li tkun taf
That I believe in magic and I believe in sin
– Li nemmen fil maġija u nemmen fid dnub
I still believe in Heaven, if they’ll never let me in
– Għadni nemmen Fis-Sema, jekk qatt ma jħalluni nidħol
I started to believe in love the day I met my little twin
– Bdejt nemmen fl imħabba il ġurnata li ltqajt mat tewmin żgħir tiegħi
I think I might start tryin’ because I haven’t been
– Naħseb li nista’nibda nipprova’għax ma kontx
My Momma’s getting old
– Ommi qed tixjieħ
Well, it’s contagious and you’ll catch it like a cold
– Ukoll, huwa kontaġjuż u taqbadha bħal riħ
She won’t admit it, but it’s something that I know
– Hi mhux se tammettiha, imma hija xi ħaġa li naf
‘Cause every year that passes for me passes her a hundredfold
– ‘kawża kull sena li tgħaddi għalija tgħaddiha mitt darba
Back in the day, my dad and I would share a laugh at all of her mistakes
– Lura fil-ġurnata, jien u missieri konna naqsmu daħka bl-iżbalji kollha tagħha
But that alliance didn’t save me from her fate
– Imma dik l alleanza ma salvatnix mid destin tagħha
No, it didn’t, I’m still twenty-eight
– Le, le, għadni tmienja u għoxrin
Became a single mom, just crushed under a rake
– Saret omm waħda, imfarrak taħt rake
Of a child growing faster than I think that I can take
– Ta’tifel li qed jikber aktar malajr milli naħseb li nista’nieħu
I love him anyway
– Inħobbu xorta waħda
And I remind myself a time will come when he sees me turn grey
– U nfakkar lili nnifsi jasal żmien meta jara lili jsir griż
And realize it’s too late, like I did with my mother
– U tirrealizza li huwa tard wisq, bħalma għamilt ma’ommi
So now I tell her to her face
– Allura issa ngħidilha wiċċha
With my roots above and all my branches down below
– Bl għeruq tiegħi fuq u l fergħat kollha tiegħi’l isfel
Please tell my mom I love her so
– Jekk jogħġbok għid lil ommi inħobbha hekk
Please tell the world I have to grow before I go
– Jekk jogħġbok għid lid dinja li għandi nikber qabel ma mmur
I just wanted you to know
– Jien ridt biss li tkun taf
That I believe in magic and I still believe in sin
– Li nemmen fil maġija u għadni nemmen fid dnub
I still believe in Heaven, if they’ll never let me in
– Għadni nemmen Fis-Sema, jekk qatt ma jħalluni nidħol
I started to believe in love the day I met my little twin
– Bdejt nemmen fl imħabba il ġurnata li ltqajt mat tewmin żgħir tiegħi
And I might start tryin’ because I haven’t been
– U nista’nibda nipprova’għax ma kontx
I haven’t been, da-da-da-da
– Ma kontx, da – da-da-da
Da-da-da-da-la-la
– Da-da-da-da-la-la
Da-da-da-da-la-la
– Da-da-da-da-la-la
Da-da-da-da-la-la
– Da-da-da-da-la-la
I love him so
– Inħobbu hekk
