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Qasida

from Avante by Siba

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“Nothing is where it should be and what you are looking for cannot be found but, it exists somewhere…”

lyrics

LYRICS
ENGLISH:

I remember well the moment I left
Don’t know how many times I’ve returned
As always, at the same time I arrived
I realized it was a mistake coming back
The ruins of the house are there
Only the walls are standing, there is no roof
It’s missing a door, everything is flung open
But the air doesn’t make a move to go
I've seen everything, I just need to believe
That the return gate is locked

No point taking that which isn’t there
Or trying to fit where it does not
Not knowing someone tries, and when you know
No longer takes a step forward
But in reverse nothing happens
What was no longer is will not be
And from front to back, no one will
Undo what has been done, right or wrong
I will leave this abandoned corner
Forever the way it is now

I spread out in open air, the floor is rough
A hidden cricket sings and nothing else
I'll sleep in this shelter that has only
Thirst, hunger, dirt, discomfort
To dream that I woke up from a dead dream
In the backyard of a house where I could
Not run against time as I watched
Your smile back and forth on a swing
Without going back to you I do not rest
My home is you and I already knew it

PORTUGUESE:

Lembro bem do momento em que parti
Só não sei quantas vezes retornei
Como sempre, na hora em que cheguei
Me dei conta que errei voltando aqui
As ruínas da casa estão aí
Só paredes em pé, não tem telhado
Falta porta, está tudo escancarado
Mas o ar não se mexe pra passar
Já vi tudo, só falta acreditar
Que o portão do retorno está fechado

Não adianta tirar de onde não tem
Nem tentar encaixar onde não cabe
Sem saber alguém tenta, e quando sabe
Já não dá nem um passo mais além
Pois de trás para frente nada vem
O que foi já não é e nem será
E da frente pra trás, ninguém irá
Desfazer o que fez, certo ou errado
Vou deixar este canto abandonado
Para sempre do jeito como está

Me esparramo ao relento, o chão é torto
Canta um grilo Escondido e mais ninguém
Vou dormir neste abrigo que só tem
Sede, fome, sujeira, desconforto
Pra sonhar que acordei de um sonho morto
No quintal de uma casa onde eu podia
Não corer contra o tempo enquanto via
Teu sorriso indo e vindo num balanço
Sem voltar pra você eu não descanso
Minha casa é você e eu já sabia

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from Avante, released September 30, 2013

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    Porto Alegre, Brazil

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