Ikliphu Yevidiyo
Ingoma
The whole town is talking ’bout how you’ve fallen in love
– Wonke umntu edolophini uthetha ‘indlela yokuwa eluthandweni
I read in the papers he’s someone that girls dream about
– Ndafunda kumaphepha umntu ukuba intombazana iphupha malunga
Some kind of ruler on top of a kingdom
– Uhlobo oluthile lomlawuli phezu kobukumkani
I’m just a jester, I’ll never be him
– I’m just a geek, i’ll never be ugly sweatshirt
Last night you called to me
– Phezolo unditsalele umnxeba
It almost killed me
– Uphantse wandibulala
To hear you scream my name
– Ndivile ukuba uyaliva igama lam
Your smile still kills the same
– Uncumo lwakho lusabulala ngokufanayo
I almost turned around
– Ndaphantse ndajika
You chased me to the ground
– Undibethe emhlabeni
You asked me how I’ve been
– Wonder if i’ve been
But how do I begin
– Kodwa ndiqala njani
To tell you I should’ve chased
– Saying i’d be chasing
You ‘cross every single state?
– Ngaba uwela onke amazwe?
I lay down my sword for fate
– Ndibeka ikrele lam kwikamva
‘Cause it’s too little, way too late
– It’s way, way, way too soon,
I didn’t need the reminder of things I’ve done wrong
– Ndandingafuni sikhumbuzo sezinto endandizenza
Of promises broken, fragility hidden in song
– Izithembiso ezaphukileyo, ubuthathaka obufihliweyo kwingoma
Guess that we’re soulmates in different lifetimes
– Khawufane ucinge ukuba singabantu bomphefumlo kubomi obahlukeneyo
What if you leave him? Throw me a lifeline
– Kuthekani ukuba umshiya? Ndiphose umgca wobomi
I know that you’re happy
– Ndiyazi ukuba wonwabile
But it just killed me
– Uyandibulala qha
To hear you scream my name
– Ndivile ukuba uyaliva igama lam
A clear fucking X-ray
– Desi Bhabhi Fuck X-ray
Of if I’d stuck around
– If i’d wander away
I swear to God, I almost drowned
– Ndiyafunga Kuthixo, ndiphantse ndarhaxwa
You asked me how I’ve been
– Wonder if i’ve been
But how could I begin
– Kodwa ndingaqala njani
To tell you I should’ve chased you
– Ndithi mandinilahle nina
I should be who you’re engaged to?
– Ngaba ndimele ndibe ngumntu onomdla kuwe?
Lost my fight with fate
– Ndilahlekelwe ngumlo wam nelishwa
A tug-of-war of leave and stay
– Koo koo kanga roo-stay
I give in, I abdicate
– I’m abandoning, i’m abandoning
I lay my sword down anyway
– My wet undies anyway
I’ll see you at Heaven’s gate
– Ndiza kukubona Esangweni Lezulu
‘Cause it’s too little, way too late
– It’s way, way, way too soon,
I’ll toast outside your wedding day
– Ndikunqwenelela usuku olumnandi ngaphandle komtshato wakho
Whisper vows I’ll never say to you
– Mxolisi mbethe angisoze ngahlukana
‘Cause it’s too little, all too late
– Too little, too late, too late
