Compatriots Songtext

von Sarah Slean

I saw my compatriots walking that nightfall
Soccer games blaring from every café
It's amazing how life can go somehow unnoticed
Somehow so loud it rattles your brain
My eye is digesting the infinite parcels
Beauty and ugliness, matter and light
Oh saint, oh sinner, oh ancient beginner
Oh trembling river of life
Forgive me, sir
I know not the magic words
Is it the fever first
And then the fire?
The neighbor above me is slamming his windows
Insults bounce off me like peppercorn rain
I'll answer him later, return the favor
When I have perfected Parisian disdain
The city is bristling, biting its fingers
Bellies are full of the same butterflies
Count down the seconds in twenty-five languages
Oh the millions of eyes
Forgive me, sir
I know not the magic words
Is it the fever first
And then the fire?
Forgive me, sir
I know not the magic words
Is it the fever first
And then the fire?
Forgive me, sir
I know not the magic words
Is it the fever first
And then the fire?
I know not the magic words
Is it the fever first
And then the fire?
And then the fire