Ividyo Kliphu
Lyrics
The whole town is talking ’bout how you’ve fallen in love
– Lonke idolobha likhuluma ngokuthi uthandane kanjani
I read in the papers he’s someone that girls dream about
– Ngafunda emaphephandabeni ungumuntu amantombazane aphupha ngaye
Some kind of ruler on top of a kingdom
– Uhlobo oluthile lombusi phezu kombuso
I’m just a jester, I’ll never be him
– Ngingumhlekisi nje, angisoze ngaba nguye
Last night you called to me
– Izolo ebusuku ungishayele ucingo
It almost killed me
– Cishe kwangibulala
To hear you scream my name
– Ukuzwa umemeza igama lami
Your smile still kills the same
– Ukumamatheka kwakho kusabulala okufanayo
I almost turned around
– Ngacishe ngaphenduka
You chased me to the ground
– Wangijaha waze wafika emhlabathini
You asked me how I’ve been
– Ungibuze ukuthi ngibe kanjani
But how do I begin
– Kodwa ngiqala kanjani
To tell you I should’ve chased
– Ukukutshela ukuthi bekufanele ngikujahe
You ‘cross every single state?
– Uwela zonke izifundazwe?
I lay down my sword for fate
– Ngibeka phansi inkemba yami ngenxa yesiphetho
‘Cause it’s too little, way too late
– Ngoba kuncane kakhulu, sekwephuze kakhulu
I didn’t need the reminder of things I’ve done wrong
– Ngangingadingi isikhumbuzo sezinto engizenze kabi
Of promises broken, fragility hidden in song
– Izithembiso eziphukile, ukungazinzi okufihlwe engomeni
Guess that we’re soulmates in different lifetimes
– Ukuqagela ukuthi singabantu soulmates ekuphileni ezahlukene
What if you leave him? Throw me a lifeline
– Kuthiwani uma umshiya? Ngiphonse intambo yokuphila
I know that you’re happy
– Ngiyazi ukuthi uyajabula
But it just killed me
– Kodwa kwangibulala nje
To hear you scream my name
– Ukuzwa umemeza igama lami
A clear fucking X-ray
– I-X-Ray ecacile
Of if I’d stuck around
– Ukube ngangibambeke
I swear to God, I almost drowned
– Ngifunga Kunkulunkulu, ngacishe ngaminza
You asked me how I’ve been
– Ungibuze ukuthi ngibe kanjani
But how could I begin
– Kodwa ngingaqala kanjani
To tell you I should’ve chased you
– Ukukutshela ukuthi bekufanele ngikujahe
I should be who you’re engaged to?
– Kufanele ngibe ngubani othembisene umshado naye?
Lost my fight with fate
– Ngilahlekelwe ukulwa kwami nesiphetho
A tug-of-war of leave and stay
– Ukudonswa kwempi yokuhamba nokuhlala
I give in, I abdicate
– Ngiyavuma, ngiyayeka
I lay my sword down anyway
– Ngibeka inkemba yami phansi noma kunjalo
I’ll see you at Heaven’s gate
– Ngizokubona esangweni Lasezulwini
‘Cause it’s too little, way too late
– Ngoba kuncane kakhulu, sekwephuze kakhulu
I’ll toast outside your wedding day
– Ngizophuza ngaphandle kosuku lwakho lomshado
Whisper vows I’ll never say to you
– Whebela izifungo angisoze ngakusho kuwe
‘Cause it’s too little, all too late
– Ngoba kuncane kakhulu, sekwephuze kakhulu
