Ividyo Kliphu
Lyrics
Open my legs, lie down with death
– Vula imilenze yami, lala phansi ngokufa
We kiss, we sigh, we sweat
– Siyaqabulana, siyabubula, siyajuluka
His blackberry mouth stains my nightgown
– Umlomo wakhe omnyama unamabala engutsheni yami yokulala
I pull him close
– Ngiyamvala
Wrap my legs around and it tastes like life
– Ngigoqe imilenze yami futhi kunambitheka njengokuphila
I twist, I bite
– Ngiyaphenduka, ngiyaluma
The foxes chatter in the night
– Izimpungushe ziyakhuluma ebusuku
Show me the way
– Ngibonise indlela
This feeling leads
– Lo muzwa uholela
The ache, the kick, the need
– Ubuhlungu, ukukhahlela, isidingo
Show me the way
– Ngibonise indlela
This feeling leads
– Lo muzwa uholela
The ache, the kick, the need
– Ubuhlungu, ukukhahlela, isidingo
A shimmering landscape, I widen my eyes
– Indawo ekhazimulayo, ngenza amehlo ami abe banzi
Can I keep all this beauty forever inside?
– Ngingayigcina yonke le nto enhle kuze kube insideade ngaphakathi?
I tear off my nightgown and run naked through the town
– Ngikhumula ingubo yami yokulala ngigijime nginqunu edolobheni
Run through rain, run through fog
– Gijimani emvuleni, gijimani enkungwini
Taking consolation in cats and dogs and things that cannot speak
– Ukuthatha induduzo emakati nasezinjeni nasezintweni ezingakwazi ukukhuluma
Ran to the ancestral plane, but they all showed up drunk and insane
– Bagijimela endizeni yokhokho, kodwa bonke bavela bedakiwe futhi behlanya
When I asked what I could offer them
– Lapho ngibuza ukuthi yini engingabanikeza yona
They said, “Gin and tonic or lithium”
– Bathi, ” I-gin ne-tonic noma i-lithium”
I asked, “Which way should I go?”
– Ngabuza, ” kufanele ngihambe Ngayiphi indlela?”
Through cigarette smoke, they said
– Ngokubhema ugwayi, bathi
“Child, how would we know?”
– “Mntwana, besingazi kanjani?”
Show me the way
– Ngibonise indlela
This feeling leads
– Lo muzwa uholela
The ache, the kick, the need
– Ubuhlungu, ukukhahlela, isidingo
Show me the way
– Ngibonise indlela
This feeling leads
– Lo muzwa uholela
The ache, the kick, the need
– Ubuhlungu, ukukhahlela, isidingo
Desire beyond reason
– Isifiso esingaphezu kwesizathu
Ruinous thing
– Into eyonakalisayo
A stranger came to my door
– Kwafika umuntu engingamazi emnyango wami
And I welcomed him in
– Futhi ngamamukela
My feet are bleeding
– Izinyawo zami ziyachama
But I cannot stop, I have many, many miles
– Kodwa angikwazi ukuyeka, nginamakhilomitha amaningi
Yet to cross
– Nokho ukuwela
I came to a clearing
– Ngafika endaweni evulekile
Full of wailing and keening
– Egcwele ukukhala nokukhala
A well of tears that never runs dry
– Umthombo wezinyembezi ongalokothi wome
Women said, “We’ve been waiting
– Abesifazane bathi, ” besilokhu silindile
Waiting to meet you, it’s only a matter of time”
– Ukulinda ukuhlangana nawe, kumane kuyindaba yesikhathi”
Thrust my fists in the ground
– Phonsa isibhakela sami phansi
And the earth made a moaning sound, oh, oh
– Futhi umhlaba wenza umsindo wokukhala, oh, oh
I could feel something shudder
– Ngangizizwa ngithuthumela
Deeper, deeper down
– Ukujula, ukujula phansi
And I met every monster from the bar to Broadway
– Futhi ngahlangana nazo zonke izilo kusukela ebhasini kuya Ebroadway
And all their violent offers, I just turn them away
– Futhi zonke izipesheli zabo ezinobudlova, ngivele ngizixoshe
And your threats and your promises, they don’t scare me
– Futhi izinsongo zakho nezithembiso zakho, azingethusi
After all, there’s nobody more monstrous than me (Woo)
– Phela, akekho umuntu omubi kunami (Woo)
Than me (Woo)
– Kunami (Woo)
