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Fly
04:42
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1 fly
hello darling it’s me your life can we have a conversation here
i’ll invite you to my jive and I’ll teach you how to dance it real
knocked on your door so many times you never opened always hided behind
endless reasons you find to shut the door and close your eyes
will you ever hear me?
sneaking in through your back door, you try to fool me but you fool yourselves more
it’s your life that you ignore but I have thousand ways that you hear me sure
never ever will I give up on you, you are me and I am you
I love you more than you’ll ever know, I can not let you go
will you ever will you ever take my hand, let’s dance together
come and trust me, spread your wings and fly…
newonnala dége tunle
yawla don set
wohonnala hamma tunla
yawla don set
newonnala dége tunle
yawla don set
diogal woyal
tenga gem sa bob
moley dialaue
translation:
I tell you, we can’t hear your song. We’ve been looking for you but we can’t recognize you.
stand up, sing and believe in yourself! Go your way!
who will dance your dance, who will sing your song if you don’t?
who can live your life better than you do?
will you ever will you ever take my hand let’s dance together
come and trust me spread your wings and fly…
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2. |
The Art Of Being
04:53
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2 the art of being
i know there’s people who think that I’m lazy they think that I’m crazy
cause I only work one day, I’d be rather crazy
what do you do in the rest of the week take it easy? no I’m kissing the sleeping muse awake get myself to higher states
just because I don’t fit in your stubborn settings doesn’t mean that I’m getting myself out of here, no I don’t go anywhere
i’m getting up on my feet shouting out loud that I’m being proud that I dare to dream
give myself admission to be, be free, to be
why are you spinning this wheel so fast under your feet?
don’t you see that you’re tired to run at your own crazy speed?
you gotta breath…
because I’m free I can decide if it’s worth my while to give you a smile for free
it’s always worth to give and to receive
how I love to make you wonder and sight ‘bout the wonder why you are
you are pure creativity, creativity…
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3. |
Searching for home
04:29
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3 searching home
dunu ya woh dune ya woh dun ya -
féhel
féhel cilingadon
moudegou ciyow
translation:
the worl, the world, the world – have the courrage to become who you are destined to be and be true to your heart.
when life seems not enough to do
all that your mind has chosen to
there’s so many dreams so many high hopes
which one can truly satisfy your soul?
keep searching and don’t ever stop
this is your journey to your mountain top
maybe it leads to the sea or through a dry desert plane
the path will challenge your choice everyday.
oh show me the way to my heart
the place where it all started
when you’re in the darkest hour of the night
don’t give up hope don’t give up the fight
there’ll always be friends to come by your side
the moon light’s caress watch out for the signs
oh show me the way to my heart
the place where it all started
oh show me the way to my heart
where I truly am at home in me
wach nala ko
fo montiné melalnikuye doundu ardjana
adjana adjana yes
melalnikuye doundu ardjana ardjana ardjana -
translation:
I tell you, wherever you are, live your live in gratefulness as if you lived in paradise. there true joy dwells! yes!
gentle dancer in the storms eye
your feet are dancing in the sky
you turn upside down the wind moves your limbs
and yet you hold your middle so still…
still…
féhel linga doundé ardjana - try to live like in paradise.
still…
diogal tahuw xamné yawla - wake up and be, and you’ll know it’s you
still..
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4. |
Gaia
04:17
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4 gaia
gaia gaia, gaia gaia,
i can’t hear your voice cause the city noise is so loud
gaia gaia, gaia gaia
did we lose the thread, did we all forget who we are
i tasted a sip of your freedom now I can’t forget anymore
i need to get out of the city into your wild loving arms, loving arms
gaia gaia, gaia gaia
i can’t hear your voice cause the city noise is so loud
gaia gaia, gaia gaia
did we loose the thread, did we all forget who we are
oh let me dive deeper and deeper until i melt into you
there’s nothing i wouldn’t want better than dance with you, be one with you beneath your rising moon...
gaia gaia...
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5. |
The Road
05:13
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5 the road
i’m a walker on a road, or is the road walking me
i don’t know.
I been walking endless miles, i fighted and I fell but I made my way till here,
till now.
thanks to all the stones on my road
thanks to all the holes in my ground
thanks to all the hands reaching out to me…
i’m a fighter for love and truth, or does truth fight through me,
i don’t know.
i’ve been drowning a hundred times, but I got out and healed the pain
with a sore eye in the ceasing rain.
thanks to all the stones on my road making me stronger
making me appreciate life more
thanks to all the holes in the ground making me wiser
helping me to find my inner home
thanks to all the hands reaching out to me, they are teaching me
to keep my heart wide open despite everything I see.
when i’m out at the other end of the tunnel that I’m in
i call you back again
it was you who got me in, it was me who agreed to everything
cause no one ever reached me like you did.
thanks to all the stones on my road
thanks to all the holes in my ground
thanks for all the love that we share
thanks for all your passion and care
thanks for breaking the walls of my heart, you see, you’re teaching me
to keep my heart wide open…
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6. |
Victory or Defeat
04:09
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6 victory or defeat
with my sadness and my silence I could make you say it,
finally make you say “I’m sorry”
theses words seemed extinct in your world yet the mean the world to me
is this here my victory or my defeat?
what does victory really mean?
nobody is perfect I heard but I demand it from me
I demand it from you too
forgive me if I am too hard it’s my way to deal with this vulnerable heart
the question what’s right and what’s not will always linger
in this heart of mine, in this heart of mine…
I can finally release those tears from when you didn’t come home
when you didn’t come home, yesterday
getting hungry for your arms hungry for your touch
hungry again.
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7. |
The Frames
03:18
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7 the frames
from the first time that I looked into your eyes
I felt like coming home
from the first time that I held your hand
I was right at home
but the frames have been set before
and I’m waiting with the regret to been too late again.
seasons have passed and winter is at hand
and I’m still striding around
what’s it all about this searching for my home
if it’s not with you where is it then?
but the frames have been set before
and I’m waiting with the regret to been too late again once more
why is it so hard to just let you go?
I can’t be with you I can’t be without you
why is it so hard just to let you be
if I can’t forget you I can’t be free
but the frames…
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8. |
So Near
03:44
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8 so near
hold my hand baby and I hold your hand safely
here we met where the rainbow touched the ground
i looked you deep in the eyes, you looked me deep in the eyes
we sank into each other
a wave rose inside of me, a wave rose inside of you
carried our souls so near to each other
let’s go back to where you found me baby
wau wau chérie damalanrop
let’s go back to where I found you us remember this…
rap:
demnen loundondem dëdët
dematunu dëdët
naniudem naniudem bulgësu daginau
gogeso muniau luniau luniau
lu waral luniau
dëdët bugëna
dëdët hamatuma
dëdët fojom
dëdët funiujom
kai kai fi, kai kai fi
soma diege duma wait
damai hamne mbeuguel la!
translation:
darling, I love you!
but did we really do, what we wanted? No!
did we go to where we wanted? No!
let’s look back to our past and let’s not be sad about all the difficulties we went through!
I am confused…
where do you go? Where are we going?
come to me, if we’re close I am not alone and I feel loved.
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9. |
Night on Lakotaland
03:35
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9 night on lakotaland
the stars are so bright in the night on lakotaland
the sky is so clear with you near while you hold my hand
I feel the ground beneath still warm from the sun
your breath is in my ear and you’re singing a song
we lay arm in arm your body’s warm I know just who you are
even though we just met here we bet on counting shooting stars
I feel you move in me while you’re singing your song
your breath is in my ear and I hear me singing along
we heja he weja we heja
wa heja heja
a hawk flying high his eyes drew mine
he cycles out of sight…
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10. |
Where you're from
04:25
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10 where you’re from
see these grounds, see the mossy rocks,
the majestic trees on the hill top
hear these sounds from the silver streams
hear the rolling waves from the deep blue sea
she’s your mother she gives you all you need
gave you a warm body a tongue to speak
fresh air to breath and a heart that beats
she’s your mother she loves you endlessly
gave you two feet to dance to her beat
step softly upon her…
light of day reflecting in morning dew
it’s golden rays dancing in the afternoon
milky way in the black night sky
it’s shimmering stars like diamonds high
he’s your father he made you all you are
he’s your blanket of stars the song in your heart
and he leads you through the storm and the dark
he’s your father, he loves you endlessly
unconditionally
run run I see you run away
there’s no need to run away the won’t leave you behind child
run run I see you run away
there’s no need to run away they’re always by your side child
and you run and you run and you run…
he’s your father …
she’s your mother …
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11. |
Blue Eyes
04:50
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11 blue eyes
where are you now with your blue eyes?
where are you now with your blue eyes?
with the dolphins and the sharks deep down in the blue
with the mola mola in the dark rising upwards to the moon
you are where the light has no power
where everything turns into blue
the colors need the sunlight
like I need you
where are you now with your blue eyes?
where are you now with your blue eyes?
caught up in a mermaids charms deep down in the sea
i’ll come and tear you out of her arms take you home with me
you are where the light has no power
where everything turns into blue
the colors need the sunlight
like I need you
where are you now? where are you now?
where are you now with your blue eyes?
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VERONIKA'S NDIIGO Bern, Switzerland
She recorded two songs with Serj Tankian (System of a Down), one of them for the movie "The Promise" (Terry George - Hotel Rwanda) and won the Russian World Music Award 2016. Now Veronika Stalder and her band Veronika's Ndiigo are releasing the third album - "Fly". Her voice gets under your skin, her songs enchant, her band thrills. Real music for real people. ... more
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