Ikliphu Yevidiyo
Ingoma
I people-watch on the way back home
– Home-vusi nova – usezondibona
Envious of the glimmer of hope
– Umona wethemba
Gives me a break from feeling alone
– Undenza ndizive ndililolo
Gives me a moment out of the ego
– Ndinike umzuzu wokuphuma kwi-ego
I used to feel so invincible
– Ndandisoloko ndiziva ndingenakoyiswa
I used to feel there was a world worth dreamin’ of
– Ndandivakalelwa kukuba kukho ihlabathi elifanele liphuphe’
Back in the Gasworks, screamin’ the song
– Home” music ” vusi nova-ndizakulinda
Just the beauty of youth would quell my aching heart
– Ubuhle nje bobutsha buya kuyiphelisa intliziyo yam ebuhlungu
Oh, I feel so dark rememberin’
– I feel so darkness ndiyakhumbula
Oh, my heart, I feel so dark rememberin’
– “Intliziyo yami, ndiziva mnyama”
I people-watch on the way back home
– Home-vusi nova – usezondibona
Everybody on the treadmill, runnin’
– Wonk ‘umhlab’ uyabaleka,’
Under the billboards, out of the heat
– Ngaphantsi kweebhodi, ngaphandle kobushushu
Somebody’s darling’s on the street tonight
– Thando mgqolozana on tonight
Oh, I can’t stop runnin’
– “Can’t stop bungee jumping”
I see the whole town fall
– Ndibona ukuwa kwedolophu yonke
I people-watch on the way back home
– Home-vusi nova – usezondibona
I people-watch on the way back home
– Home-vusi nova – usezondibona
(Ooh-ooh)
– (Ooh-ooh)
(Ooh-ooh, ooh)
– ( Ooh-ooh, ooh)
I came back home after seven years
– Ndabuyela ekhaya emva kweminyaka esixhenxe
Wide awake, tracing tracks of her tears
– Vukani nobanilele-vukani nobanilele
Cornered the nurse to get the gist of it
– Nursery nursery khayelitsha
I promised her I’d get her out of the care home
– Ndamthembisa ukuba ndiza kumkhupha ekhaya
The place was fallin’ to bits
– Le ndawo yawa phantsi
Understaffed and overruled by callous hands
– Unboxed & unboxed by unboxed hands
The poor nurse was around the clock
– Umongikazi owayengumhlolokazi wayephakathi kwewotshi
And the beauty of youth had left my breaking heart
– Kwaye ubuhle bobutsha babushiyile intliziyo yam eyaphukileyo
But it wasn’t hard when you love someone
– Kodwa kwakungekho nzima xa uthanda umntu
Oh, I stayed all night till you left this life ’cause that’s just love
– Bendihlala ubusuku bonke ndide ndiphume kobu bomi kuba uthando kuphela
I people-watch on the way back home
– Home-vusi nova – usezondibona
Everybody on the treadmill, runnin’
– Wonk ‘umhlab’ uyabaleka,’
Under the billboards, out of the heat
– Ngaphantsi kweebhodi, ngaphandle kobushushu
Somebody’s darling’s on the street tonight
– Thando mgqolozana on tonight
Oh, I can’t stop runnin’
– “Can’t stop bungee jumping”
I see the whole town fall
– Ndibona ukuwa kwedolophu yonke
I people-watch on the way back home
– Home-vusi nova – usezondibona
I people-watch on the way back home
– Home-vusi nova – usezondibona
I people-watch on the way back home
– Home-vusi nova – usezondibona
I people-watch on the way back home
– Home-vusi nova – usezondibona
I people-watch on the way back home
– Home-vusi nova – usezondibona
I people-watch on the way back home
– Home-vusi nova – usezondibona
Above the rain-soaked Garden of Remembrance
– Ngaphezulu Kwegadi efakwe imvula yenkumbulo
Kittywakes etched your initials in the sky
– Kittywakes etched yakho unobumba kwi-isibhakabhaka
Oh, I fear for this crippled island and the turmoil of the times
– Owu, ndiyoyika esi siqithi sinesiphithiphithi kunye nesiphithiphithi samaxesha
And I’ll hold you in my heart till the day I die
– Kwaye ndiza kukugcina entliziyweni yam kude kube ngumhla endifa ngawo
Oh
– Owu
I people-watch on the way back home
– Home-vusi nova – usezondibona
Everybody on the treadmill, runnin’
– Wonk ‘umhlab’ uyabaleka,’
Under the billboards, out of the heat
– Ngaphantsi kweebhodi, ngaphandle kobushushu
Somebody’s darling’s on the street tonight
– Thando mgqolozana on tonight
Oh, I can’t stop runnin’
– “Can’t stop bungee jumping”
I see the whole town fall
– Ndibona ukuwa kwedolophu yonke
I people-watch on the way back home
– Home-vusi nova – usezondibona
I people-watch on the way back home
– Home-vusi nova – usezondibona
I people-watch on the way back home
– Home-vusi nova – usezondibona
I people-watch on the way back home
– Home-vusi nova – usezondibona
I people-watch on the way back home
– Home-vusi nova – usezondibona
I people-watch on the way back home
– Home-vusi nova – usezondibona
(Ooh-ooh)
– (Ooh-ooh)
(Ooh-ooh, ooh)
– ( Ooh-ooh, ooh)
(Ooh-ooh)
– (Ooh-ooh)
