Ikliphu Yevidiyo
Ingoma
Memory fails me, names and faces blur
– Inkumbulo iyasilela, amagama kunye nobuso obumfiliba
There is only after, or before
– Kuphela emva okanye ngaphambi
Am I so different? Have I changed?
– Ngaba ndahluke kangaka? Ngaba nditshintshile?
I do not recognise my face
– Andibuboni ubuso bam
The scar fades but pulls inside
– Isiva siyaphela kodwa sitsala ngaphakathi
Tugging at me all the time
– Undibetha ngalo lonke ixesha
Chewing on a feeling and spitting it out
– Ukuhlafuna imvakalelo kwaye uyitshicele
Crouched in a ball gown
– Ukelele in a ball dress
Anxious and ashamed
– Ixhala kwaye ineentloni
The vague humiliations of faith
– Ukuhlaziswa okungacacanga kokholo
I do not find worthiness in virtue
– Andikufumani ukufaneleka kwesidima
I no longer try to be good
– Andisoze zama ukuba abe okulungileyo
It didn’t keep me safe
– Khange indenze ndikhuseleke
Like you told me that it would
– Njengoko undixelele ukuba kuya kuba njalo
So come on, tear me wide open
– Yiza, undikrazule uvule
A terrible gift
– Isipho esibi
Let the chorus console me
– Mandithuthuzele le chorus
Sympathy magic
– Umlingo wovelwano
And light coming in the window just so
– Kwaye ukukhanya okuza ngefestile nje
And the wind through my fingers
– Kwaye umoya ngeminwe yam
The only God that I know
– Thixo ndikwazi single
And it does not want me on my knees to believe
– Kwaye ayifuni ukuba ndikholelwe emadolweni am
Head high, arms wide
– Intloko ephezulu, iingalo zibanzi
Aching, aching, aching
– Waxing, waxing, waxing
And alive
– Kwaye uyaphila
And alive
– Kwaye uyaphila
So I don’t have to be worthy
– Ngoko ke akunyanzelekanga ukuba ndiyinqaye
I no longer try to be good
– Andisoze zama ukuba abe okulungileyo
It didn’t keep me safe
– Khange indenze ndikhuseleke
Like you told me that it would
– Njengoko undixelele ukuba kuya kuba njalo
So come on, tear me wide open
– Yiza, undikrazule uvule
‘Til I’m losing my mind
– De mthuda ingqondo yam
‘Til I cannot contain it
– De andinakuyiqulatha
La-da-da-da-da-da-da
– Laa-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da
So come on, come on, I can take it
– Yiza, yiza, ndingayithatha
Give me everything you got
– Ndinike yonke into oyifunayo
What else? What else? What else? What else?
– Yintoni enye? Yintoni enye? Yintoni enye? Yintoni enye?
So come on, come on, I can take it
– Yiza, yiza, ndingayithatha
Give me everything you got
– Ndinike yonke into oyifunayo
What else? What else? What else? What else?
– Yintoni enye? Yintoni enye? Yintoni enye? Yintoni enye?
Sympathy magic
– Umlingo wovelwano
Sympathy magic
– Umlingo wovelwano
So come on, come on, I can take it
– Yiza, yiza, ndingayithatha
Sympathy magic
– Umlingo wovelwano
Sympathy magic
– Umlingo wovelwano
So come on, come on, I can take it
– Yiza, yiza, ndingayithatha
(Come on, come on, come on, come on)
– (Come, come, come, come, come, come, come, come, come)
Sympathy magic (Come on, come on, come on, come on)
– Umlingo wovelwano (Yiza, yiza, yiza)
Sympathy magic (Come on)
– Umlingo wemfesane(Yiza)
Sympathy magic (Come on, come on, come on, come on)
– Umlingo wovelwano (Yiza, yiza, yiza)
Sympathy magic (Come on, come on, come on, come on)
– Umlingo wovelwano (Yiza, yiza, yiza)
Sympathy magic (Come on, come on, come on, come on)
– Umlingo wovelwano (Yiza, yiza, yiza)
Sympathy magic (Come on)
– Umlingo wemfesane(Yiza)
Ah
– Ah
