The Only Thing Worth Fighting For

Waking up is harder

Than it seems

Wandering through these empty rooms of

Dusty books and quiet dreams

Pictures on a mantel

Speak your name

Softly like forgotten tunes just

Outside the sound of pain

Weren't we like a pair of thieves

With tumbled locks and broken codes

You cannot take that from me

My small reprieves your heart of gold

Weren't we like a battlefield

Locked inside a holy war

Your love and my due diligence

The only thing worth fighting for

Change will come to those who

Have no fear

But I'm not her, you never were

The kind who kept a rule book near

What I said was never

What I meant

And now you've seen my world in flames my

Shadow songs my deep regrets

Weren't we like a pair of thieves

With tumbled locks and broken codes

You cannot take that from me

My small reprieves your heart of gold

Weren't we like a battlefield

Locked inside a holy war

Your love and my due diligence

The only thing worth fighting for

Incertitudine

"Dacă aș închide totul într-o cutie
unde ai putea găsi
fie permanenta mea prezență
fie permanenta mea absență,
fără să știi ce e înăuntrul ei
ți-ai lua inima în mâini
și te-ai deschide?"

– Mihai Gavrilescu –

Eu pentru tine mă rog acum, natură

"Eu pentru tine mă rog acum, natură

Stau în genunchi, în iarba înaltă,
Şi pentru tine, eu mă rog natură,
Să supravieţuieşti în lumea mea modernă,
Să nu te piardă, a omenirii viitură.
Să-şi mai rămână falnici codrii înalţi,
Şi verde iarba din câmpie,
Iar florile să nu-şi piardă mirosul,
Şi minunatele culori,
Tot limpezi, izvoarele-ţi rămâie.

Stau în genunchi, în iarba înaltă,
Şi pentru tine, eu mă rog natură,
Să-i ţii în braţe, pe cei ce te iubesc,
Adevăraţi prieteni să-ţi rămână.
Să te preamărească păsările în cântul lor,
Şi trecătorul să uite să mai plece,

Iar copilaşi fugind, după mici fluturi,
Picioarele cu rouă să le spele,
Şi atunci când cad, împleticiţi prin iarbă,
Să nu plângă prea tare,
Că nu-i asfalt, e iarbă şi e rouă.

Stau în genunchi, în iarba înaltă,
Şi pentru tine, eu mă rog natură,
Să-ţi mai rămână mare a ta putere,
Să poţi să lupţi, cu cei ce rău-ţi vor,
Şi nu înţeleg că tu eşti o minune,
Căci vreau să te cunoască, ca şi mine,
Copiii, nepoţii şi stră şi strănepoţii,
Din generaţiile ce vor să vie."

– Valeria Mahok (23 mai 1992) –

I Found

I'll use you as a warning sign
That if you talk enough sense then you'll lose your mind
I'll use you as a focal point
So I don't lose sight of what I want
I've moved further than I thought I could
But I miss you more than I thought I would
I'll use you as a warning sign
That if you talk enough sense then you'll lose your mind

I found love where it wasn't supposed to be
Right in front of me
Talk some sense to me [x2]

I'll use you as a makeshift gauge
Of how much to give and how much to take
I'll use you as a warning sign
That if you talk enough sense then you'll lose your mind

I found love where it wasn't supposed to be
Right in front of me
Talk some sense to me [x4]

The Night

The night is riding its mares
Filling the air with lost slivers of life;
Its breath is leading you nowhere
Where the inner you is waiting for strife...

Open your eyes, but please,
Don't interrupt this ride...
 
The clouds are melting horizons
The world is thirsty but this night is a stream;
I'm up, but I'm not sure I'm awake,
This pastel looks rather like a dream...

Close your eyes, it's time to disappear,
Undress these useless clothes and shine!
The sky is getting closer this time
Feel the rain shivering down my spine...

The night is swinging its cradles
Singing a perfect tune but not a lullaby.
The moon is hiding behind clouds
Waiting for the right time to climb down from the sky
 
And I hear you whispering in my ear
That you don't want the dawn to crumble this dream
And I see your eyes are full of tears
You're not here right now or that's how it seems 

Close your eyes, it's time to disappear,
Undress these useless clothes and shine!
The sky is getting closer this time
Feel the rain shivering down my spine...

Despre ploaie și alte lacrimi

"Ploaia nu știe să râdă
nici să plângă
deși unii ar spune că picură cu lacrimi.
Ea cade
cu amintiri de copii
privind-o pe geam de casă veche
și cu vise de iubiri ude
pe sub umbrele.

Fiecare strop
se zdrobește de pământ
ca o jertfă
pentru fiecare silabă
nețipată
celor care și-au aprins fulgerele în tine
luminând, pentru o secundă,
camerele cu obloanele trase
în care nici deschisul pleoapelor
către soare
nu face lumină.

Uneori poți auzi
tunetul pe care l-au lăsat în urma lor
ca un ecou respins de atrii
diluându-se în lichidul
prelins pe piele
în picături incolore
care spală trecuturi murdare.

Ne place ploaia
pentru că ne botează
în cristelnița melancoliei
sinele ateu al lacrimii;
Ne place ploaia
pentru că se aseamănă
cel mai bine
cu atmosfera
din sufletul nostru."

– Mihai Gavrilescu –

Granița-n raniță

Eu mi-aş băga
Graniţa-n raniţă, ţara în raniţă
Şi... gata

M-aş stabili
Lângă o altă graniţă, le-aş scoate din raniţă
Şi... gata

I-aş păcăli, că n-ar şti,
Că am o ţară în raniţă şi-o graniţă-n raniţă
Şi... gata

Eu mi-aş băga
Viaţa în raniţă

M-aş stabili
Lângă o altă raniţă
Şi... gata

Eu mi-aş băga
Graniţa-n raniţă, ţara în raniţă
Şi... gata

M-aş stabili
Lângă o altă graniţă, le-aş scoate din raniţă
Şi... gata

I-aş păcăli, că n-ar şti,
Că am o ţară în raniţă şi-o graniţă-n raniţă
Şi... gata

Eu mi-aş băga
Viaţa în raniţă
M-aş stabili

Lângă o altă raniţă
Şi... gata

Gata!

Photo credit: myblissfulsoul

High Hopes

Broken bottles in the hotel lobby
Seems to me like I'm just scared of never feeling it again
I know it's crazy to believe in silly things
But it's not that easy

I remember it now, it takes me back to when it all first started
But I've only got myself to blame for it, and I accept it now
It's time to let it go, go out and start again
But it's not that easy

But I've got high hopes, it takes me back to when we started
High hopes, when you let it go, go out and start again
High hopes, when it all comes to an end
But the world keeps spinning around

And in my dreams, I meet the ghosts of all the people who have come and gone
Memories, they seem to show up so quick but they leave you far too soon
Naive I was just staring at the barrel of a gun
And I do believe that, yeah

But I've got high hopes, it takes me back to when we started
High hopes, when you let it go, go out and start again
High hopes, oh, when it all comes to an end
Now the world keeps spinning
Yeah, the world keeps spinning around

High hopes, it takes me back to when we started
High hopes, when you let it go, go out and start again
High hopes, oh,
And the world keeps spinning
Ooh, yeah, this world keeps spinning

How this world keeps spinning around

Pietre în alb

Vreau să aprind

Ultimul meu mal când nu mai simt

Şi luna-n ape negre ar tăcea

Să mă sting

Dus de valuri verzi în larg de mari

Singur cum eram când am venit.

Am să trec

Ca şi cum pe albe foi închizi un cerc

Şi mâna ta deprinde alt contur

Pot să iert

Sau pot să mint că pot să iert cumva

Când tot ce-a fost al meu va fi al altcuiva.

Al altcuiva…

Toate pietrele albe

Adună uitare

Şi tot ce e viu se stinge şi moare

Neagră uitare acoperă urma

Eşti sânge şi lut, viaţa ta-i una

Ai putea

Să te minţi ca voi fi tot aici cumva

Dar ştim atât de bine să uităm.

Dacă vrei

Două pietre în alb s-arunci nu să le iei

În gândul tău să nu mai fiu nimic.

Toate pietrele albe

Adună uitare

Şi tot ce e viu se stinge şi moare

Neagră uitare acoperă urmă

Eşti sânge şi lut viaţa ta-i una.

…..

Toate pietrele albe

Adună uitare

Şi tot ce e viu se stinge şi moare

Neagră uitare acoperă urmă

Eşti sânge şi lut viaţa ta-i una.

Human

I did my best to notice
When the call came down the line
Up to the platform of surrender
I was brought but I was kind

And sometimes I get nervous
When I see an open door
Close your eyes, clear your heart
Cut the cord

Are we human or are we dancer?
My sign is vital, my hands are cold
And I'm on my knees looking for the answer
Are we human or are we dancer?

Pay my respects to grace and virtue
Send my condolences to good
Hear my regards to soul and romance
They always did the best they could
 
And so long to devotion
You taught me everything I know
Wave goodbye, wish me well
You've gotta let me go

Are we human or are we dancer?
My sign is vital, my hands are cold
And I'm on my knees looking for the answer
Are we human or are we dancer?

Will your system be alright
When you dream of home tonight
There is no message we're receiving
Let me know, is your heart still beating?

Are we human or are we dancer?
My sign is vital, my hands are cold
And I'm on my knees looking for the answer
 
You've gotta let me know

Are we human or are we dancer?
My sign is vital, my hands are cold
And I'm on my knees looking for the answer
Are we human or are we dancer?

Are we human or are we dancer?
Are we human or are we dancer?

Yesterday Was Hard on All of Us

Where do we go from here?
 Where do we go...
 Is it real or just
 Something we think we know

Where are we going now?
 Where do we go...
 Cos' if is the same as yesterday
 And now I'm out
 Just so you know

Because, because
 Our paths - they crossed
 Yesterday was hard on all of us...
 On all of us...

Who can we trust from here?
 Who can we trust...
 Are you real or just
 Something from one to lost

Who can you trust right here, sweet flower?
 Who can you trust...
 From the cradle to the grave...
 From ashes to ashes...
 From dust to dust...

Because, because
 Our paths - they crossed
 Yesterday was hard on all of us...
 On all of us...

Where do we go from here?
 Where do we go...
 We got nothing, we can't trust nothing
 We can sell us, for sure

How do we get out?
 How do we move around when all these eyes on us
 Turn you up - you go first
 Don't most like it's kinda rehearse, babe
 It's not...

Because, because
 Our paths - they crossed
 Yesterday was hard on all of us...

On all of us...

Câte trepte?

Oare câte trepte
trebuie să mai creştem din noi,
oare câţi oameni
trebuie să se mai ghemuiască trepte
înaintea noastră,
oare câte mâini
mai trebuie împreunate în trepte
sub picioarele noastre,
oare câţi părinţi
trebuie să mai cadă în trepte bătrâne
de lemn sub ochii noştri,
oare cât suflet
mai trebuie cioplit în trepte
reci de piatră,
oare cât mai trebuie să urcăm
până la noi?

– Mihai Gavrilescu –

On the Road

When you are alone

Sitting on the pavement, hoping for a ride, dreaming away

Remember her hands

Touching the back of your neck like a breath of wind so real

Long time passing doesn't mean it's gone

That touch is still there and will never leave

As you did...

When you are alone

Walking on the wayside, asking for a ride, dreaming away

Forgetting that crap

"What will you do with your life if you won't work out your next day?"

Following the sun is not good enough

For taking your last breath with a smile on your face?

I won't spend my life confronting the real

What about living without established frontiers?

What about misty mountains in a sunset light?

What about drinking from a waterfall?

What about leaving people without telling goodbye?

We'll meet again, I'm sure

The cars still intersect, hypnotizing your memories

Those days lost forever you never forgot

Leaving all behind doesn't mean you don't miss

That child accidentally you're not anymore

What about laying on leaves and watching the stars

Preparing to fall asleep?

What about casual friends for a couple of miles?

Don't ask about the meaning anymore

Într-un semiton

"Muzica este
locul în care mă ascund
într-un semiton
de fiecare dată
când vreau să mă joc
de-a baba oarba
cu lumea
cu omul
cu mine însumi.
Muzica este
locul în care mă ascund
într-un semiton
de fiecare dată
când vreau să mă vindec
de singurătate."

– Mihai Gavrilescu –

Who You Are

I stare at my reflection in the mirror:
"Why am I doing this to myself?"
Losing my mind on a tiny error,
I nearly left the real me on the shelf.
No, no, no, no, no...
 
Don't lose who you are in the blur of the stars!
Seeing is deceiving, dreaming is believing,
It's okay not to be okay.
Sometimes it's hard to follow your heart.
Tears don't mean you're losing, everybody's bruising,
Just be true to who you are!
(who you are [11x])
 
Brushing my hair—do I look perfect?
I forgot what to do to fit the mould, yeah!
The more I try the less it's working, yeah
'Cause everything inside me screams
No, no, no, no, no...

Don't lose who you are in the blur of the stars!
Seeing is deceiving, dreaming is believing,
It's okay not to be okay.
Sometimes it's hard to follow your heart.
But tears don't mean you're losing, everybody's bruising,
There's nothing wrong with who you are!

Yes, no, egos, fake shows, like whoa!
Just go and leave me alone!
Real talk, real life, good love, goodnight,
With a smile that's my home!
That's my home, no...

No, no, no, no, no...

Don't lose who you are in the blur of the stars!
Seeing is deceiving, dreaming is believing,
It's okay not to be okay...
Sometimes it's hard to follow your heart.
Tears don't mean you're losing, everybody's bruising,
Just be true to who you are!
Yeah yeah yeah 

 Photo credit: nfaas