Ikliphu Yevidiyo
Ingoma
There’s a heat in the pavement, my mercury’s raising
– Kukho ubushushu kwi-pavement, i-mercury iphakamisa
Don’t know if it’s love or if it’s ovulation
– Andazi ukuba luthando okanye yi-ovulation
When you’re holding a hammer, everything looks like a nail
– Xa uphethe i-hammer, yonke into ibonakala ngathi isikhonkwane
The mist from the fountain is kissing my neck
– Inkungu evela emthonjeni iyayanga intamo yam
The liquid crystal is in my grip
– I-crystal children isesikhundleni sam
Anyone with a snake tongue, I show ’em the chambers of my heart
– Nabani na onolwimi lwenyoka, ndibabonisa amagumbi entliziyo yam
Now I know you don’t deal much in love and affection
– Ngoku ndiyazi ukuba awuphathani kakhulu eluthandweni naseluthandweni
But I really do think there could be a connection
– Kodwa ndicinga ukuba mhlawumbi kukho unxulumano
I burn and I sing and I scheme and I dance
– Nditshisa kwaye ndiyacula kwaye ndiyacula kwaye ndiyadanisa
Some days I’m a woman, some days I’m a man, oh
– Someday i’m a woman, someday i’m a gentleman, ooo ooo ooo
I might have been born again
– Mhlawumbi ndazalwa ngokutsha
I’m ready to feel like I don’t have the answers
– Ndiziva ngathi andinazo iimpendulo
There’s peace in the madness over our heads
– Uxolo phezu kweentloko zethu
Let it carry me o-o-o-o-on
– Ndikhulule-o-o-o
On
– Kwi
Ah
– Ah
Ah
– Ah
Today, I’ll go to Canal Street, they’re piercing my ears
– Namhlanje ndiza Kusaba Ndiye Kweli cala lingesosiqithi, bagqobhoza iindlebe zam
I’m making a wish when the needle goes in
– Nathembo – papasena
Take an aura picture, read it and tell me who I am (Show me who I am)
– Thatha umfanekiso we-aura, uwufunde kwaye undixelele ukuba ndingubani (Ndibonise ukuba ndingubani)
Now I know you don’t deal much in love and affection
– Ngoku ndiyazi ukuba awuphathani kakhulu eluthandweni naseluthandweni
But I really do think you can make an exception
– Kodwa ndicinga ukuba unako ukwenza ngaphandle
It’s a beautiful life, so I play truant
– A beautiful ubomi, ngoko ke ndidlala truant
I jerk tears and they pay me to do it, oh
– Ndixhuzula iinyembezi kwaye bayandihlawula ukuba ndiyenze, oh
I might have been born again
– Mhlawumbi ndazalwa ngokutsha
I’m ready to feel like I don’t have the answers
– Ndiziva ngathi andinazo iimpendulo
There’s peace in the madness over our heads
– Uxolo phezu kweentloko zethu
Let it carry me o-o-o-o-on
– Ndikhulule-o-o-o
On
– Kwi
Ah
– Ah
Ah
– Ah
Ah
– Ah
Ah
– Ah
Ah, ah, ah
– Iino, ahh
Ah
– Ah
Let it break me down till I’m just a wreck
– Ndikhulule ndide ndidubule
Till I’m just a voice living in your head
– Ndide ndililizwi nje ukuhlala entlokweni yakho
It’s a fucked-up world, been to hell and back
– Hell yes, hell yes, hell yes, hell yes
But I’ve sent you a postcard from the edge
– Kodwa ndikuthumele iposikhadi evela kwi edge
The edge
– Umphetho
Mm, oh
– Um, oh
Oh
– Owu
