Ividyo Kliphu
Lyrics
I people-watch on the way back home
– Ngibuka abantu endleleni ebuyela ekhaya
Envious of the glimmer of hope
– Umona wokukhanya kwethemba
Gives me a break from feeling alone
– Ngiphumule ekuzizweni ngedwa
Gives me a moment out of the ego
– Nginike umzuzwana ovela ku-ego
I used to feel so invincible
– Ngangivame ukuzizwa ngingenakunqotshwa
I used to feel there was a world worth dreamin’ of
– Ngangivame ukuba nomuzwa wokuthi kunomhlaba okufanele ngiphuphe ngawo
Back in the Gasworks, screamin’ the song
– Emuva Embonini Yegesi, memeza ingoma
Just the beauty of youth would quell my aching heart
– Ubuhle bobusha kuphela obungacindezela inhliziyo yami ebuhlungu
Oh, I feel so dark rememberin’
– Oh, ngizizwa ngimnyama kangaka ngikhumbula
Oh, my heart, I feel so dark rememberin’
– Oh, inhliziyo yami, ngizizwa ngimnyama kakhulu ngikhumbula
I people-watch on the way back home
– Ngibuka abantu endleleni ebuyela ekhaya
Everybody on the treadmill, runnin’
– Wonke umuntu osemshinini wokugijima, uyagijima
Under the billboards, out of the heat
– Ngaphansi kwamabhodi, ngaphandle kokushisa
Somebody’s darling’s on the street tonight
– Othile othandekayo usemgwaqweni kulobubusuku
Oh, I can’t stop runnin’
– Oh, angikwazi ukuyeka ukugijima
I see the whole town fall
– Ngibona lonke idolobha liwela
I people-watch on the way back home
– Ngibuka abantu endleleni ebuyela ekhaya
I people-watch on the way back home
– Ngibuka abantu endleleni ebuyela ekhaya
(Ooh-ooh)
– (Ooh-ooh)
(Ooh-ooh, ooh)
– (Ooh-ooh, ooh)
I came back home after seven years
– Ngabuyela ekhaya ngemva kweminyaka eyisikhombisa
Wide awake, tracing tracks of her tears
– I-Wide awake, elandelela izinyembezi zakhe
Cornered the nurse to get the gist of it
– Umhlengikazi wamfaka ekhoneni ukuze athole umongo wawo
I promised her I’d get her out of the care home
– Ngamthembisa ukuthi ngizomkhipha ekhaya labagulayo
The place was fallin’ to bits
– Le ndawo yayisiwela kancane
Understaffed and overruled by callous hands
– Ayinabasebenzi futhi ayinakwa izandla ezingenamusa
The poor nurse was around the clock
– Umhlengikazi ompofu wayehlala ubusuku nemini
And the beauty of youth had left my breaking heart
– Futhi ubuhle bobusha babushiye inhliziyo yami ephukile
But it wasn’t hard when you love someone
– Kodwa kwakungelula uma uthanda othile
Oh, I stayed all night till you left this life ’cause that’s just love
– Oh, ngahlala ubusuku bonke kwaze kwaba yilapho ushiya lokhu kuphila ngoba lokho kuwuthando nje
I people-watch on the way back home
– Ngibuka abantu endleleni ebuyela ekhaya
Everybody on the treadmill, runnin’
– Wonke umuntu osemshinini wokugijima, uyagijima
Under the billboards, out of the heat
– Ngaphansi kwamabhodi, ngaphandle kokushisa
Somebody’s darling’s on the street tonight
– Othile othandekayo usemgwaqweni kulobubusuku
Oh, I can’t stop runnin’
– Oh, angikwazi ukuyeka ukugijima
I see the whole town fall
– Ngibona lonke idolobha liwela
I people-watch on the way back home
– Ngibuka abantu endleleni ebuyela ekhaya
I people-watch on the way back home
– Ngibuka abantu endleleni ebuyela ekhaya
I people-watch on the way back home
– Ngibuka abantu endleleni ebuyela ekhaya
I people-watch on the way back home
– Ngibuka abantu endleleni ebuyela ekhaya
I people-watch on the way back home
– Ngibuka abantu endleleni ebuyela ekhaya
I people-watch on the way back home
– Ngibuka abantu endleleni ebuyela ekhaya
Above the rain-soaked Garden of Remembrance
– Ngaphezulu Kwegarden Of remembrance egcwele imvula
Kittywakes etched your initials in the sky
– Kittywakes eqoshiwe iziqalo zakho esibhakabhakeni
Oh, I fear for this crippled island and the turmoil of the times
– Oh, ngesaba lesi siqhingi esikhubazekile kanye nezinxushunxushu zezikhathi
And I’ll hold you in my heart till the day I die
– Futhi ngizokubamba enhliziyweni yami kuze kube usuku engizokufa ngalo
Oh
– Oh
I people-watch on the way back home
– Ngibuka abantu endleleni ebuyela ekhaya
Everybody on the treadmill, runnin’
– Wonke umuntu osemshinini wokugijima, uyagijima
Under the billboards, out of the heat
– Ngaphansi kwamabhodi, ngaphandle kokushisa
Somebody’s darling’s on the street tonight
– Othile othandekayo usemgwaqweni kulobubusuku
Oh, I can’t stop runnin’
– Oh, angikwazi ukuyeka ukugijima
I see the whole town fall
– Ngibona lonke idolobha liwela
I people-watch on the way back home
– Ngibuka abantu endleleni ebuyela ekhaya
I people-watch on the way back home
– Ngibuka abantu endleleni ebuyela ekhaya
I people-watch on the way back home
– Ngibuka abantu endleleni ebuyela ekhaya
I people-watch on the way back home
– Ngibuka abantu endleleni ebuyela ekhaya
I people-watch on the way back home
– Ngibuka abantu endleleni ebuyela ekhaya
I people-watch on the way back home
– Ngibuka abantu endleleni ebuyela ekhaya
(Ooh-ooh)
– (Ooh-ooh)
(Ooh-ooh, ooh)
– (Ooh-ooh, ooh)
(Ooh-ooh)
– (Ooh-ooh)
