Ikliphu Yevidiyo
Ingoma
When my face is all changed from the cruelty of age
– Xa ubuso bam butshintsha yonke inkohlakalo yobudala
I’ll still miss you
– I’ll miss u
In a dream, you forgave me and I almost did it myself
– Ephupheni, undixolele kwaye ndaphantse ndazenza ngokwam
Till I woke back up
– Ndide ndavuka
I’m always procrastinating
– I’m always waxing
Evading the job of going through them boxes in the attic
– Download umsebenzi wethu by butho vuthela iibhokisi kwi-attic
As long as they’re in the dark
– Ukuba nje ebumnyameni
There’s a flickering spark we’d repair
– Kukho flickering spark sibe nento yokuba nokulungisa
Just wanna talk to you
– Ndifuna nje ukuthetha nawe
Wanna talk with my best friend
– Ndifuna ukuthetha nomhlobo wam osenyongweni
Wanna let go of everything that I carry
– Ndiyeke yonke into endiyithweleyo
Wanna shoulder some of yours instead
– Ufuna should ezinye zakho endaweni
I wanna hurt with you
– Ndifuna ukukukhathaza
Hurt with somebody who understands
– Kubuhlungu kumntu oqondayo
Have the strength to truly like myself
– Yiba namandla okuzithanda ngokwenene
And have the love to take someone’s hand
– Kwaye ube nothando lokuthatha isandla somntu
I was down in the Low Lights, getting hounded by moths and dickheads
– Ndandiphantsi Kwezibane eziphantsi, ndixhokonxelwa ngamanundu nangamadickheads
Your uncle came in, I geared up for one on the nose
– Umalume wakho wangena, ndalungiselela enye empumlweni
He was sombre and kind as I self-flagellated and grovelled
– Wayenobubele kwaye enobubele njengoko ndandiziphethe kwaye ndigungxula
Told me to come back, but I cheated and it’s over
– Wandixelela ukuba ndibuye, kodwa ndaqhatha kwaye kuphelile
Shrinks somehow link it all back to my upbringing
– Shwabanisa ngandlela thile buyisela yonke into ekukhuliseni kwam
But I don’t want an excuse for my mess
– Kodwa andifuni ukuzithethelela ngeengxaki zam
I just wanna talk to you
– Ndifuna nje ukuthetha nawe
Wanna talk with my best friend
– Ndifuna ukuthetha nomhlobo wam osenyongweni
Wanna let go of everything that I carry
– Ndiyeke yonke into endiyithweleyo
Wanna shoulder some of yours instead
– Ufuna should ezinye zakho endaweni
I wanna hurt with you
– Ndifuna ukukukhathaza
Hurt with somebody who understands
– Kubuhlungu kumntu oqondayo
Have the strength to truly like myself
– Yiba namandla okuzithanda ngokwenene
And have the love to take someone’s hand
– Kwaye ube nothando lokuthatha isandla somntu
I wanna talk to you
– Ndifuna ukuthetha nawe
I wanna talk to you
– Ndifuna ukuthetha nawe
Oh, I just wanna talk to you
– Ndifuna nje ukuthetha nawe
Only wanna talk to you
– Ufuna nje ukuthetha nawe
Only wanna talk to you
– Ufuna nje ukuthetha nawe
Only wanna talk to you, talk to you
– Ndifuna nje ukuthetha nawe, thetha nawe
Seven years wrapped in youth’s great love
– Iminyaka esixhenxe isongelwe kuthando olukhulu lolutsha
Picked me up and sucked the cancer from my bones
– Wandibamba wandifunxa umhlaza emathanjeni am
Your old man loved me like a son he never had
– Indoda yakho endala yayindithanda njengonyana ongazange abe nayo
And I ate him outta house and home
– Kwaye ndamtya ngaphandle kwendlu kunye nekhaya
I have learnt and I will never stop learning
– Ndifundile kwaye andisoze ndiyeke ukufunda
My failures are my prized possessions
– Iintsilelo zam zizinto zam ezixabisekileyo
I don’t deserve to talk to you
– Andifuni ukuthetha nawe
But I hope that I can root for you
– Kodwa ndiyathemba ukuba ndingakususa
Give ’em hell, darling
– Give away, babe
[Instrumental Outro]
– [I Sixhobo Ngaphandle]
