Ikliphu Yevidiyo
Ingoma
Enod ev’uoy taht gnihtyreve htiw seerga dna snoitca ruoy fo lla seifitsuj taht dog a tem uoy taht kniht uoy tub dog sa esiugsid fles emos htiw tem uoy taht dog A
– Enod ev’uoy taht gnihtyreve htiw seerga dna snoitca ruoy fo lla seifitsuj taht dog a tem uoy taht kniht uoy tub dog sa esiugsid fles emos htiw tem uoy taht inja a
Arsonist burning down the world to feel its heat
– I-Arsonist itshisa umhlaba ukuze ive ubushushu bayo
The arsonist doesn’t feel the embers on his feet
– Indoda ayivakalelwa ngamadolo emilenze yakhe
Arsonist, your human starter kit came incomplete
– I-Arsonist, ikhithi yakho yokuqala yomntu ayiphelelanga
My apologies, arsonist, you loved me
– Xolisa kwinana-uyandithanda
I’m glued to a building that’s on fire
– Ndivaleleke kwisakhiwo esivaliweyo
Handcuffed to a narcissistic liar
– Narcissistic lying sweatshirt
Empty space and leather jeans
– Indawo engenanto kunye nejean yesikhumba
Eyes are blazed with apathy
– Amehlo avutha kukungakhathali
Fool me twice, the shame is on me
– Ndikhohlise kabini, ihlazo likum
Am I a victim in your game?
– Ngaba ndilixhoba lomdlalo wakho?
Am I a subtle antique placed?
– Ngaba ndiyinto yakudala efihlakeleyo?
Will you pass me through your bloodline with your ornamental age?
– Ngaba uya kudlula kwigazi lakho kunye nobudala bakho bokuhombisa?
Can I take the blame for everything you hate?
– Ngaba ndinokubek ‘ ityala ngayo yonke into oyithiyileyo?
The punishment and crime are not the same
– Isohlwayo nolwaphulo-mthetho azifani
Arsonist burning down the world to feel its heat
– I-Arsonist itshisa umhlaba ukuze ive ubushushu bayo
The arsonist doesn’t feel the embers on his feet
– Indoda ayivakalelwa ngamadolo emilenze yakhe
Arsonist, your human starter kit came incomplete
– I-Arsonist, ikhithi yakho yokuqala yomntu ayiphelelanga
My apologies, arsonist, you loved me
– Xolisa kwinana-uyandithanda
You built a small container to keep all of me confined
– Wena wakha isikhongozeli esincinane ukuze ndihlale ndivalelwe
I am water, I am shapeless, I am fluid, I am divine
– I’m bisexual, i’m bisexual, i’m bisexual
Somebody will love me for the way that I’m designed
– Umntu othile uya kundithanda ngendlela endiyilwe ngayo
Devastation, creation, intertwined
– Intshabalalo, indalo, inxibelelene
You don’t love the flames, you just want them for yourself
– Awuthandi umlilo, ufuna nje wena
Douse my head in kerosene, horizon into hell
– Dosing intloko yam kwiparafini, ulundi esihogweni
And you smothered out the glow I grew for you but it was mine too
– Kwaye wafuthanisela ukukhanya ndakhulela kuwe kodwa kwakum
Arsonist burning down the world to feel its heat
– I-Arsonist itshisa umhlaba ukuze ive ubushushu bayo
The arsonist doesn’t feel the embers on his feet
– Indoda ayivakalelwa ngamadolo emilenze yakhe
Arsonist, your human starter kit came incomplete
– I-Arsonist, ikhithi yakho yokuqala yomntu ayiphelelanga
My apologies, arsonist, you loved me
– Xolisa kwinana-uyandithanda
Alchemy’s not love, it’s playing God
– I-Alchemy ayikho uthando, idlala Uthixo
And there’s a penance paid for entering the temple like a fraud in your charade
– Kwaye kukho isohlwayo esihlawulelwe ukungena etempileni njengobuqhetseba kwi-charade yakho
You leave me sleeping in the dark so you can hide away your blade
– Undishiya ndilele ebumnyameni ukuze ufihle incakuba yakho
And lock the door and trap me right here in the blaze
– Kwaye tshixa ucango kwaye undirhintyele kanye apha eblaze
Arsonist burning down the world to feel its heat
– I-Arsonist itshisa umhlaba ukuze ive ubushushu bayo
The arsonist doesn’t feel the embers on his feet
– Indoda ayivakalelwa ngamadolo emilenze yakhe
Arsonist, your human starter kit came incomplete
– I-Arsonist, ikhithi yakho yokuqala yomntu ayiphelelanga
My apologies, arsonist, you loved me
– Xolisa kwinana-uyandithanda
Have you ever been broken and thrown down?
– Ngaba wakha waphulwa waza waphoswa phantsi?
Have you ever been worried that you’d be shot and burned off in a sack?
– Ngaba ukhe ukhathazeke ukuba uza kutshiswa kwaye utshiswe engxoweni?
Have you ever given the world to somebody as a gift and had it returned?
– Ngaba ukhe wanika umntu isipho kwaye wabuya wabuya?
Did you know the father’s DNA stays inside the mother for seven years?
– Ngaba uyazi UKUBA i-DNA kayise ihlala ngaphakathi kumama iminyaka esixhenxe?
Have you ever waited seven years?
– Ngaba wakha walinda iminyaka esixhenxe?
Have you ever woken from a dream just to realize that you’re still asleep?
– Ngaba wakha waphupha ukuba ulele nje?
Do you ever wish you were still asleep?
– Ngaba ubusoloko unqwenela ukulala?
Do you ever wish you wouldn’t wake up?
– Ngaba awusoze wafuna ukuvuka?
