Ikliphu Yevidiyo
Ingoma
I’m so tired of taking orders from everyone
– Ndidiniwe kukuthatha iiodolo zabantu bonke
And my house is like a hoarder’s, my bed undone
– Kwaye indlu yam ifana nehoarder, ibhedi yam ayenziwanga
Books that I’ll never read, magazines
– Books i’ve never seen, illusion
Photo strips of you and me
– Photos courtesy of you & me
Felt so old at only seventeen
– Waziva eneminyaka elishumi elinesixhenxe kuphela
Took a flight back to Texas just like every year
– Wabuyela Etexas rhoqo ngonyaka
We barely talk, but our friendship can’t disappear
– Asikwazi ukuthetha, kodwa ubuhlobo bethu abukwazi ukuphela
At Kerbey Lane, the coffee tastes like gasoline
– Kwi-Kindergarten, i-caffeine ithanda i-petroli
Could you order some for me?
– Ingaba unawo kusini na endinokuwafumana ndiye nawo kubantu bam?
I’m too cold and I’m too tired to speak
– Ndiyabanda kakhulu kwaye ndidinwe kakhulu ukuba ndingathetha
All my youth, I never knew that life would ever change
– Bonke ubutsha bam, andizange ndiyazi ukuba ubomi buya kutshintsha
But we keep on growing, didn’t think it’d show
– Kodwa siqhubeka sikhula, asizange sicinge ukuba kuya kubonisa
But I see it on your face
– Kodwa ndiyibona ebusweni bakho
The years have passed, but you laugh exactly the same
– Iminyaka idlulile, kodwa uhleka ngokufanayo
When I see you for the holidays
– Xa ndibona wena kwiholide
In those eyes, I see lifetimes I’ve had with you
– Ngala mehlo, ndibona amaxesha obomi endinabo nawe
From graduation, whole way back to elementary school
– Ukusuka kwi-graduation, yonke indlela ebuyela kwisikolo saseprayimari
Teachers hang up the wreaths, children sing
– Ootitshala baxhoma iinzipho, abantwana bacula
Years ago, that was you and me
– 1 year ago nathi-ndim lo
What I’d give to once again be naive
– Into endinokuyinika yona kwakhona yiba nobuqili
All my youth, I never knew that life would ever change
– Bonke ubutsha bam, andizange ndiyazi ukuba ubomi buya kutshintsha
But we keep on growing, didn’t think it’d show
– Kodwa siqhubeka sikhula, asizange sicinge ukuba kuya kubonisa
But I see it on your face
– Kodwa ndiyibona ebusweni bakho
The years have passed, but you laugh exactly the same
– Iminyaka idlulile, kodwa uhleka ngokufanayo
When I see you for the holidays
– Xa ndibona wena kwiholide
All my youth, I never knew that life would ever change
– Bonke ubutsha bam, andizange ndiyazi ukuba ubomi buya kutshintsha
But we keep on growing, didn’t think it’d show
– Kodwa siqhubeka sikhula, asizange sicinge ukuba kuya kubonisa
But I see it on your face
– Kodwa ndiyibona ebusweni bakho
The years have passed, but you laugh exactly the same
– Iminyaka idlulile, kodwa uhleka ngokufanayo
When I see you for the holidays
– Xa ndibona wena kwiholide
