Hiermee ‘n poging tot ‘n singbare weergawe van Sixto Rodriquez se treffer: Crucify Your Mind.
Het ‘n jagter of ‘n speler
jou die koste maak betaal?
Wat nou laks posisies inneem,
en jou verlies prostitueer?
Het jou eie dors jou gemartel
in plessiertjies wat jy jag,
wat jou aandag eens Geboei het
en jou nou so Onbemag?
En jy beweer jy’t nou ietsie aan die gang,
en jy se dit is uniek,
maar ek sien jou self-bejammering
as trane oor jou wange giet.
Binnekort -weet jy- los ek jou
En terugkyk sal ek nooit,
Want die doelwit van my lewe
kruisig jou verstand.
So bedrieg, oortuig jou spieëltjie
nes jy maar nog altyd maak
Deur lewe gee aan skadu’s,
lewe gee sonder maat.
En jy aanvaar dat jy my iets kan aanbied,
vars geheime glinster nuut.
Maar hoeveel van jou is net herhaling
alreeds aan hom gebied?
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Oorspronklike Ingels:
Crucify Your Mind
Was it a huntsman or a player
That made you pay the cost
That now assumes relaxed positions
And prostitutes your loss?
Were you tortured by your own thirst
In those pleasures that you seek
That made you Tom the curious
That makes you James the weak?
And you claim you got something going
Something you call unique
But I’ve seen your self-pity showing
As the tears rolled down your cheeks
Soon you know I’ll leave you
And I’ll never look behind
‘Cos I was born for the purpose
That crucifies your mind
So con, convince your mirror
As you’ve always done before
Giving substance to shadows
Giving substance ever more
And you assume you got something to offer
Secrets shiny and new
But how much of you is repetition
That you didn’t whisper to him too
Source: LyricFind Songwriters: Sixto Diaz Rodriguez Crucify Your Mind lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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