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Peri Masalı (Fairytale)
02:33
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2. |
Where Do I Belong? Here.
03:15
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Unwind our history
to make sense of our reality
Pick out the peculiarities
of having two nationalities
Take a look at our ancestry
to feel a sense of normality
Give a drop of some empathy –
a life multitudes exists within me
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3. |
Balık (Fish)
03:49
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Rocking
Waiting
The water
Water
Rocking
Waiting
The water
Water
I feel it now
I feel it now
I feel it now
I feel it now
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4. |
She Knows You Too Well
05:03
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Your anger hides it
The past you find it
Reminds you clearly
You hold it dearly
Your heart inside (it)
It never quiets
The words never come
You lost it too young
But
She knows you too well
Walked you through hell
Held you through fire
That’s why you won’t cry but
She knows you too well
Walked you through hell
Held you through fire
So she knows why
Voices inside (it)
They never quiets
They’re running around
You won’t let them down
There’s no enjoyment
But that’s not important
You’re slowing down
When there’s no one around
But
He knows you too well
Walked you through hell
Held you through fire
That’s why you won’t cry but
He knows you too well
Walked you through hell
Held you through fire
So he knows why
But I know you too well
Walked you through hell
Held you through fire
That’s why I won’t cry but
I know me too well
Walked me through hell
Held me through fire
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5. |
Aklımda (In My Mind)
04:47
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In my mind
Stars on high
Gone through time
A lullaby
I’m the only one you made me
Growing up with only us three
Learning all the things you gotta learn--
together, I don’t wanna go on about it
‘cos when you’re gone
Where do I belong?
I’ll be left with all these memories
The only one whose seen all of the things we’ve seen, oh
In my mind
Stars on high
Gone through time
A lullaby
Aklımda
Bir yıldız var
Uzaklarda
Sarkılar
Yağmur yağiyor
Seller akıyor
Arap kızı
Camdan bakıyor
Yağmur yağiyor
Seller akıyor
Arap kızı
Camdan bakıyor
Yağmur yağiyor
Seller akıyor
Arap kızı
Camdan bakıyor
I’ll be the keeper of our memories
Our secrets and our stories
And when I’m left without your hand to hold
I’ll know I’ll never really be alone
‘cos when you’re gone
I’ll know I’ve belonged
To that love of yours…
Bak gülüşü bile sana benziyor
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6. |
WDIBH
02:28
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Where do I belong?
Here is the home I'm from
There are the paths I've gone
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7. |
The White Room
06:02
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Of all of the skies
We could be under
This one is ours
Yes, that's just thunder
Of all of the lies
We could be under
I can't tell you why
This one makes thunder
What could be worse?
What could be worse?
What could be worse?
What could be worse?
(Taj)
- Now that I'm dead, I have a lot of time on my hands -
I've just cracked the code
And now I know why I feel stuck
Stuck in a white room on the top of a tower, one chair in the middle,
With seemingly endless White walls, echoing a voice that says:
Finally, you’re free,
Write what YOU want on these walls.
Whatever you like.
Wherever you like.
In any language
However you express yourself.
And I freeze!
I write nothing.
Do you ever feel your personality shift when you speak another language?
In English, my voice is deeper, slower, with strange new facial expressions and accent slurs
I freeze even more! And still, I say nothing
I had dreamed of things I’d never lived and a life I’d never known.
So I wanted to leave.. And live.. Love .. laugh.. and cry
but here I am … numb
So I go back
Back there
And step into a 2x2 room,
Where the old man welcomes me with carefully cut-up carrots and cucumbers,
With a side of nuts and a glass of arak
And I’m joined by the little dog in the corner
There are scribbles on the walls, everywhere.
With such little space left between the writing
That the words make their way to the back of the frames
Of the pictures hung up on top
And up to the ceiling
I had no idea that this is what home feels like
When the line between what’s inside you and out is so blurred
that there’s a constant exchange
With no permission needed
And… I started scribbling
I wanted to.. live.. Love ..laugh and cry
And there I was … feeling it all.
Here's to life
here's to the music we speak,
here's to the silence between the notes, between your ears and mine
Cause when you find someone who speaks your language
You won't spend a lifetime explaining your soul.
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8. |
Yaşamak (To Live)
07:44
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9. |
Sausalito
00:55
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a sailboat in the wind,
the waves are akin.
to the feeling of joy they bring.
trees hiding behind,
the masts that sigh,
wood kissed by the sun in the sky.
the clouds are falling,
on hills that are rolling,
float down as the seaside sings.
I sway with the tide,
a comforting guide
Sausalito, I’m by your side.
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10. |
İstanbul (For yamO)
02:14
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There was a girl
Who would play her song
On her kanun
Everyday
And her father
In the library
Would be singing
That same tune
Lay lay lay ...
An engineer
Who would play her songs
In Istanbul
Everyday
And his niece
Walking to school
Would be singing
That same tune
Lay lay lay ...
There was a mother
Who would play her song
On the CD
Everyday
And her daughter
With an audience
Would be singing
That same tune
Lay lay lay ...
Lay lay lay ...
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First her mind astray,
Then her point of view
But it’s hard to understand the gravity
When a phone is all you’re looking through
But there she was inside
On us she drew
Sharing a line – a smile so wide
To all the things she felt were true
If we got this far,
Can we make it through?
Cos if we do I swear that I’ll remember
All the pieces of who I once knew
Gone in the night
Out of the blue.
I had hope before you left this world of ours
I’d write this song for you
I was only five
Up the stairs I’d go
Round and round your door was big and brown
I’d ring the bell and wait for you
Then you'd open up
And say merhaba
Give me two kisses on my cheeks
And slippers on my feet
Then we’d go inside
To everyone inside
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12. |
Gülyüz
02:52
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Ayda Akbal Melbourne, Australia
Ayda Akbal is a composer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist who is passionate about exploring human emotion and culture in her work.
