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Lyrics
Did no one ever teach you how to dance?
– Nunquid partier esse felices?
Nobody ever taught you how to dance?
– Nunquid partier esse felices?
Well—well, everyone knows how to dance
– Bene, bene, quisque novit quomodo saltare
There’s only so much time
– Tanto tempore ibi suus tantum
Yeah, somebody died today, I
– Yeah, quis mortuus est hodie, ego
I saw his picture in the funny papers
– Ego vidi eius imaginem in ridiculam papers
Didn’t think anybody died on a Friday
– No me mordades agora
Some angry banker, some kind of money trader
– Quidam iratus argentarius, quaedam pecunia mercator
Recently divorced, was drunk drivin’ down the highway
– Nuper repudiata, ebrius est drivin ‘ via descendit
And drove off the bridge to his wedding song
– Et expulit pontem ad nuptias
Blew out the bass in his speakers, you can still hear the treble goin’ (Treble goin’)
– Lo scrittore compone meglio nel canto in his loquentibus, adhuc audire potes triplum goin ‘(Treble goin’)
The hospital was useless, and everything was quiet but the music
– Hospitium inutile erat, et omnia quieta erant sed musica
Recently, I only meet peace when in deep sleep
– Nuper, ego tantum in occursum pacem cum in altum somnum
Been the same dream, world safe, smile on her face
– Idem somnium fuit, mundus tutus, in facie risus
Waitin’ on the other side (The other side)
– Venezuela imparte’ in alia parte (=Portugalia)degit.
I wonder if He’ll take me to the other side (The other side), yeah
– Je souhaite m ‘ inscrire au forum (Oui / non): *
What your eyes see, too naive for war, and that’ll screw ya
– Quod oculi tui vident, nimis rustici ad bellum, et quod cochleae ya
Still bet it all on the glory, hallelujah
– Adhuc bet illud in gloria alleluia
I heard the answer in the gibberish of an old drunk
– Audivi responsum in gibberish veteris ebrii
All he said was he’s in no rush
– Qui dixit non est in iudicio
If I could just pay my rent by Tuesday
– Si possem reddere redditum meum sicut a martis
I bet I’d be rich by April Fools’ day
– Aprilis debere desisti’ dies’
The moon’s wide awake, with a smile on his face
– Lunae vigilans, cum au in faciem suam
As he smuggle constellations in his suitcase
– Sicut ille smuggle constellationes in vidulo suo
Don’t you love silence? (Silence)
– Cur amas haec lingua? (Silentium)
Everything quiet but the music (Music)
– Tutto diventa vecchio, forse anch ‘ Io
Everything quiet but the music
– Omnia quietam sed musicam
Do you love silence? (Ooh)
– Tibi placet tacere? (Oh)
Everything quiet but the music
– Omnia quietam sed musicam
(Hoo-hoo, hoo-hoo, hoo-hoo-hoo, hoo)
– (Hoo-hoo, hoo-hoo, hoo-hoo)
Somebody gave birth to a baby boy
– Aliquis infantem puerum peperit
I saw his picture in the funny papers
– Ego vidi eius imaginem in ridiculam papers
Eleven pounds, named after his uncle Gabriel
– Undecim libras, nomine nuncupetur gabriel avunculus eius
His mother cried with her lips against his soft face (Soft face)
– Et clamavit mater eius et labia eius in faciem mollis (Mollis faciem)
Why’d she bring these bright eyes into this dark place?
– Cur hos oculos claros in hunc locum deducere vellet?
Oh, sweet, sweet oblivion
– O dulcis, dulcis oblivionis
Way before the information gets settled in
– Modo antequam indicium sudatio, habitavit in
I swear to God I never wanna sin again
– Jure Columna quae subverti non potest
But I fear that trouble’s on its way (Yeah)
– Sed timeo quod tribulationis suus ‘ super viam suam (Yeah)
The mind go with age, don’t surrender
– Mens cum aetate vadit, noli dedere
My mistake, I misplaced all of my remembers
– Errorem meum, erravi omnia meminit
Baby, there’s a little vacation in the dresser
– Infantem, illic ‘ parum vacation ad cultorem
Take one for depression, and two for your temper
– Sume unum pro tristitia, et duo propter ingenium tuum
If I could just pay my rent by Tuesday
– Si possem reddere redditum meum sicut a martis
I bet I’d be rich by April Fools’ day
– Aprilis debere desisti’ dies’
The moon’s wide awake, with a smile on his face
– Lunae vigilans, cum au in faciem suam
As he smuggle constellations in his suitcase
– Sicut ille smuggle constellationes in vidulo suo
Don’t you love silence?
– Cur amas haec lingua?
Oh shit, here come the icebreaker
– Id, qui venturus est icebreaker
It’s danger when he’s bringin’ out the lightsaber
– Est periculum cum suus ‘bringin’ de lightsaber
The words awesome but he’s talkin’ outta turn often
– Verba terribilis sed suus talkin ‘ saepe conversus outta
I blew the fuck up, then became the world’s problem
– Couche avec sa putain, tunc factus est quaestio mundi
Bad hygiene, all about that gross life
– Mala valetudinis curandae, omnia circa illam crassam vitam
Hate to see somebody fuckin’ up their own life (Their own life)
– Odio aliquam ut debitis’ la vida a manos de la propia vida (viva)
Just roll the dice, put a twenty on midnight
– Sicut talos volvunt, viginti in media nocte pone
Have a feelin’ we gon’ win tonight (Win tonight)
– Habere affectum ‘nos gon’ hac nocte vincere (hac Nocte Vincere)
‘Cause when the snakes start slitherin’, you spot the chameleons
– ‘Causa cum serpentes incipiunt slitherin’, macula chamaeleontes
You realize you surrounded by reptilians (‘Tilians)
– Vos animadverto vos cincta reptilians (‘Tilians)
Shit, I ain’t an innovator, just a motherfuckin’ illustrator (Illustrator)
– Non est quod innovetur, sicut motherfuckin ‘ illustrator (Illustrator)
Why does it matter
– Quid enim refert
At all? Oh, woah, woah
– Omnino? Ha ha ha.
