Ikliphu Yevidiyo
Ingoma
I wanted you to know, I’ve learned to live without it
– Ndandifuna ukwazi, ndafunda ukuphila ngaphandle kwayo
And even though it’s colder now, I no longer feel surrounded
– Kwaye nangona kubanda ngoku, andisaziva ndingqongwe
And you never listened to me, and that’s the thing I tell the others
– Kwaye awuzange undimamele, kwaye yile nto ndiyithethayo kwabanye
You were my harlequin bride, I was your undercover lover, but no
– Wena wawungumtshakazi wam weharlequin, ndandingumthandi wakho ophantsi, kodwa hayi
You never saw me naked, you wouldn’t even touch me
– Awusoze undibone ndihamba ze, awusoze undichukumise
Except if you were wasted
– Ngaphandle kokuba uchithe
But you were trying your best, and that’s the thing I tell the others
– Kodwa ubuzama konke okusemandleni akho, kwaye yile nto ndiyithethayo kwabanye
I was your robot companion, you were my favourite colour, and, oh
– Ndandiyiqabane lakho le-robot, wawungumbala wam ozithandayo, kwaye, oh
I’m caught up on the person I tried to turn myself into for you
– Ndiyamthanda umntu endizame ukumelana naye
Someone who didn’t mind the push-pull parlour games
– Umntu ongafuniyo ukudlala ibhola ekhatywayo-i’solezwe lesixhosa
Someone who wasn’t always cryin’ on the journey back
– Umntu ebengasoloko ekhala kuhambo olubuyayo
Someone who didn’t feel the low blows either way
– Umntu ongazange azive eziphantsi nangayiphi na indlela
Thought I was waitin’ for you, when all along
– Bendicinga ukuba ndikulindile, xa yonke into ihamba
It was you with the countdown kill switch
– Kwakum-bala bulala switch
And it was me with the blindfold on
– Kwakum-mafikizolo
And I was trying my best, and that’s the thing I tell the mirror
– Kwaye bendizama konke okusemandleni am, kwaye yile nto ndiyixelela isipili
I was in love with the thought that we were in love with each other
– Ndandicinga ukuba sithandana
What might be good for your heart
– Yintoni enokulungela intliziyo yakho
Might not be good for my head
– Isenokungayilungeli intloko yam
And what was there at the start
– Kwaye yintoni eyayikho ekuqaleni
Might not be there in the end
– Mhlawumbi ungabikho ekupheleni
Do you wanna hurt me?
– Ngaba ufuna ukundikhathaza?
Do you wanna hurt me?
– Ngaba ufuna ukundikhathaza?
‘Cause nobody hurts me better
– Kuba akukho mntu undikhathazayo
Do you wanna love me?
– Ufuna ukundithanda?
Do you wanna love me?
– Ufuna ukundithanda?
‘Cause nobody hurts me better
– Kuba akukho mntu undikhathazayo
Came in like a dream, put it down like a smoke
– Phupha – phupha-phupha-phupha-phupha-phupha-phupha-phupha-phupha
We used to be a team, now we let each other go
– Sasidla ngokuba liqela, ngoku sivumela omnye nomnye ahambe
Your cigarette ash still clinging to my clothes
– Uthuthu lwakho lwecuba lusabambelele kwiingubo zam
I don’t wanna stick around, I just wanna let you know
– Andifuni ukuhlala, ndifuna nje ukukwazisa
Came in like a dream, put it down like a smoke
– Phupha – phupha-phupha-phupha-phupha-phupha-phupha-phupha-phupha
We used to be a team, now we let each other go
– Sasidla ngokuba liqela, ngoku sivumela omnye nomnye ahambe
Your cigarette ash still clinging to my clothes
– Uthuthu lwakho lwecuba lusabambelele kwiingubo zam
I don’t wanna stick around, I just wanna let you know
– Andifuni ukuhlala, ndifuna nje ukukwazisa
Came in like a dream, put it down like a smoke
– Phupha – phupha-phupha-phupha-phupha-phupha-phupha-phupha-phupha
We used to be a team, now we let each other go
– Sasidla ngokuba liqela, ngoku sivumela omnye nomnye ahambe
Your cigarette ash still clinging to my clothes
– Uthuthu lwakho lwecuba lusabambelele kwiingubo zam
I don’t wanna stick around, I just wanna let you know
– Andifuni ukuhlala, ndifuna nje ukukwazisa
Came in like a dream, put it down like a smoke
– Phupha – phupha-phupha-phupha-phupha-phupha-phupha-phupha-phupha
We used to be a team, now we let each other go
– Sasidla ngokuba liqela, ngoku sivumela omnye nomnye ahambe
Your cigarette ash still clinging to my clothes
– Uthuthu lwakho lwecuba lusabambelele kwiingubo zam
I don’t wanna stick around
– Andifuni ukuhlala
No one’s gonna save me from my memories
– Akukho mntu undisindisayo kwiinkumbulo zam
Nothing to lose, but I would’ve given anything
– Nothing, but i’d concede nothing
To get closer to you and all your enemies
– Ukusondela kuwe kunye neentshaba zakho zonke
I’ve got a few of my own
– Ndine ezimbalwa kuba ngokwam
And this throne didn’t come with a gun, so I’ve got a different energy
– Kwaye le itrone ayizange ize nompu, ngoko ndinamandla ahlukeneyo
I still see you when the lights get low
– Ndisakubona xa izibane zisezantsi
I still hear you when I’m on my own
– Ndisakuva xa ndindedwa
The parasites in the nightmares calling my name like, “Please just let me go”
– Chrum chrum chrum chrum chrum chrum chrum chrum chrum chrum chrum kwik chrum chrum chrum chrum chrum chrum chrum chrum chrum chrum chrum kwik kwik kwik kwik kwik chrum chrum chrum chrum chrum kwik kwik kwik kwik kwik chrum chrum chrum chrum chrum kwik kwik kwik kwik kwik
This one’s for you and your problems, your good day job
– Le yeyakho kunye neengxaki zakho, umsebenzi wakho olungileyo wosuku
Your bad karma, what are you afraid of?
– I-karma yakho embi, yintoni oyikayo?
The same trauma, show me what you’re made of
– Ndibonise into oyenzayo
‘Cause you talk about your constant pain like I ain’t got none
– Ngenxa yokuba uthetha ngeentlungu zakho ezingapheliyo ngathi andinayo
And I’ve learned to live beside it, and even though it’s over now
– Kwaye ndafunda ukuhlala ecaleni kwayo, kwaye nangona iphelile ngoku
I will always be reminded (Reminded, reminded, reminded)
– I’ll always be (remembering, remembering, remembering)
