COLOURS CAFFÉ (2011) Lyrics - Betty Léb's English translations
01 A Play (Játék)
I.
all's been ready for one thousand years
the glass's half filled but you're right in it
you stop and then leap again
and play with me like in the movies
you are tune and evening breeze
fairy, mystery, goblin, mermaid
II.
pretend that whole is half now
whole is half and finite the infinite
my tear's still heavy
what c'n you hope, if I never arrive
don't touch or speak to me
I'm a tune, untouchable
III.
early in the evening you're
fighting yourself instead of dreaming
flower is born out of a sigh while
you're scratching poems on a tissue
horror you wrote instead of rhyme
a dragon came instead of awaited a fairy
IV.
you said you needed time
but days, weeks, years have passed
you play with someone else once in a while
but I'm different and you seem different
(chorus)
play is spinning
you play your role with someone else
I'd soaked in squares
tempest blows my umbrella away
play is spinning
while you're stepping into new circles
dancing on winds
when I'd play shower
02 Dance Is Spinning (Forog a tánc)
I.
' see, I dream again
without yesterday's dances
and throw away my old mask
"I hand my role over"
the play-heat mocks at me again
still, you'll find me in the dance anew
as I keep changing
II.
you slip over the years
but your time is sorrow-filled
and you'll find me in the dance anew
"the way you shouldn't"
attention's not needed any more
I'm embarrassed you watch as well
as someone else stands by me
or the way we dance
(chorus)
dance's spinning, dance's spinning
turning around
dance's spinning, dance's spinning
'till you find me
dance's spinning, dance's spinning
while you walk around
dance's spinning, dance's spinning
'till you hit/guess me
03 Night in the City (Némafilm szvit I: Éjszaka)
I.
over-bridging traveling distance
I feel something in you now
silently night yawns
on the diffuse velvet of your loneliness
(chorus)
sound and word follow me
the world dreaming of dawn
you don't say it, but I know and feel
you're waiting for me...
II.
secretly, seasons have passed
and the Moon floating over gardens
but your decisions were late
while my hand was in your reach
III.
like lights, flights, nights, sighs
silent films passing over the window
names, squares, signs, roles,
blinding-faced night-dark moods
you're waiting for something
delight of walks... on dreamt beaches
(chorus)
sound and word follow me
the world dreaming of dawn
you don't say it, but I know and feel
you're waiting for me...
(chorus)
silence follows you, you feel dream following
you see yourself in the silent film
I know and feel even if you don't say it
you're waiting for me
IV:
dawn finds me alone today
I miss you as I ever have
town is trembling on the benches
I'm looking for you in the noise
(chorus)
sound and word follow me
the world dreaming of dawn
you don't say it, but I know and feel
you're waiting for me...
04 Silent Film (Némafilm szvit II: Némafilm)
I.
you c'n still see something in me now
you're awaiting for a secret sign
night's silently hiding you
as you're standing in the auditorium
"is" and "was" follow you as well as
the Moon shining in your window at dawn
(chorus)
the silent film you see
yourself in is rolling
your role's changing
and you dance with someone else
the silent film is rolling
dizzy from the moment
you're seeking the reason you're here
and see your place somewhere else
II.
you need to go through the fire
before you touch me again
the thought to see the yesterdays
starts a slight shine in you
"is" and "was" follow you as well as
the Moon shining in your window at dawn
(chorus)
the silent film you see
yourself in is rolling
your role's changing
and you dance with someone else
the silent film is rolling
dizzy from the moment
you're seeking the reason you're here
and see your place somewhere else
(chorus)
what should be - you don't know
your fault sucks you into loneliness
you hand your role over
still waiting for something, waiting...
your gesture follows you on the film
past is resting, but you stir it up
your mood is spinning in the dance
the image is running as you cover it
II.
where's the sadness, where the silent light
when you live it through, when it ends...
dawn is waking, silently looking at you
secretly stealing your hair's scent
as you are watching the worn-out silent film
it's soft play, soft pantomime...
dark ink-spot in the sky at night
with the orphan moonlight in it
I feel, you feel though we shouldn't
I watch, you watch as it's tearing up
your gesture follows you on the film
past is resting, but you stir it up
your mood is spinning in the dance
the image is running as you cover it
we shouldn't
we shouldn't
we shouldn't
noooo...
05 Low Altitude Flying (Némafilm szvit III: Mélyrepülés)
I.
when everything lives anew
barefoot, I'm dancing
but winter hugs me
it's your mystery I suspect in the icy world
II.
the sky bursts through
cloud-taste quenches my thirst
and the rains are blue
falling apart to seven in the rainbow...
(chorus)
image and word are running
and running is the dreamer
today, the sky's pouring and essence bursting
I'm waiting and trembling and burning are the words secrets
but I'm scared of sinking too deep...
your lake's mysteries are deep...
III.
slightly step in the wind
and pick me up, when I long to fall
your lake's mysteries are deep...
when we walk barefoot on the surface...
IV.
sad-faced image
in the dream's depth hug me when I'm cold
the dawn's still hiding me
while the finite becomes a gesture...
(chorus)
image and word are running
and running is the dreamer
today, the sky's pouring and essence bursting
I'm waiting and trembling and burning are the words secrets
but I'm scared of sinking too deep...
06 Mirror (Tükör)
I.
I'm watching you in the mirror
if you look at me now that's how you c'n see me
but - as it is - left is right
and right - left, where can you find me?
(but - as it is - left is right, to the left is right is to the right)
(chorus)
I'm playing because I may
follow me now from behind the mirror
my appearance is in a dream
that's how you c'n reach me now
II.
I'm an image for my image
when it's dancing I reversely dance
when it looks at me: I appear crooked and cracked
and worn-out and different
07 Puppet (Bábu)
I.
No end, no argument for your aimless flight
Mask on your face - nice honey-sweet glaze
Explanation's easy: you're a puppet, puppet, a moppet!
II.
Your mask: distorted in the inside, beautiful outside
Pretended hours fall apart to minutes
Interest's pleasant, you're a puppet, puppet, a moppet!
III.
When playing your role - you know the text well
No coins fall from the sky - hold your umbrella
You are a moppet!
(chorus)
But mask protects you
When stepping in ever new circles
The answer is ready
You are a puppet, puppet, a moppet!
IV.
Your pretended face easily reaches its aim
That you are in a song, though you're only a puppet!
(chorus)
But mask protects you
'Cause you step in ever new circles
The answer is ready
You are a puppet, puppet, a moppet!
The mask protects you
If not you'll dress anew
The answer's burning
You're puppet, you're puppet, you're puppet, you're puppet!
09 You Are Resting (Megpihensz)
I.
You are arriving at a sleepy shore
word becomes silence, as you're resting
the infinite isn't tempting any more
but you hug me with cloud-playing dreams
(chorus)
like in the old times / I c'n hear your name through the noise
keep me rocking / where in trouble I hide
where snow melts and word goes low reaching you...
you return home...
II.
thirsty night falls upon you
word becomes shower as you're resting
no fear can hide you any more
but with rain-playing arms you embrace me
R.
like in the old times / it trembles and showers in me
keep me rocking / I utter your name in the silence
like in the old times / it trembles and showers in me
summer feels cold and winter melts reaching you
but you seem resting
and playing with the rainbow
you return home...
11 Shower (Zápor)
I.
I'm here, if you ask
in the land of promises
hidden in silence
counting your steps
soft shadows are hiding me
and only rain cuddles up to me
the sky touches the trees
stealing my tears
(chorus)
this evening, you can't be anywhere
shower's washing you white
looking up, the sparkling is yawning from the trees
while the awaiting feels cold
II.
I'm a shadow in the square
looking at myself in the water
but I'm different in the light
my sadness is my mask
my word's worth sweet nothingness
only the mirror is laughing at me
my face still absorbing
the wrinkles of my tears
(chorus)
this evening, you can't be anywhere
shower's washing you white
looking up, the sparkling is yawning from the trees
while the awaiting feels cold
(chorus)
my shadow's dancing alone
it's heard your name a hundred times
change is close and also far when I call you
while you live it through - waiting
as the sky is crying
the tune is following me across the square
oh, you've already known where you were
but tell me: where should I be?
II.
I'm here if you want me
my hands full of peace
I hide in the square
counting the steps
soft shadows hide me
and only rain cuddles up to me
my tears wash away
yesterday's yearnings
(chorus)
this evening, you can't be anywhere
shower's washing you white
looking up, the sparkling is yawning from the trees
while the awaiting feels cold
(chorus)
my shadow's dancing alone
it's heard your name a hundred times
change is close and also far when I call you
while you live it through - waiting
(HIDDEN track :D) Question (Kérdés)
where's the photo
where's the light
where the dreaming,
have it quietly stolen here...
where's the Sun
where's the Moon
where the heartbeat,
it's slowly waking up...
where's the wind
where's the autumn
where the hues-shower
at the end of a sleepy day?
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