Granice

Eldo

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Original lyrics

Polish

Translation

English

Granice

Borderline

Day like everyday, morning like any other,

Once snow, once rain, sometimes some sun.

They say - "Face ain't glass, it won't break", but scars remain.

That wasn't the first time, that was the last time.

They say "you can do everything", so I keep my head calm.

Maybe you, 'cause I know, when I'm not allowed to do something.

They say "it's worth, so why so scrupulous?"

I rather know what's worth, no matter the price.

No matter the pride, repercussions and effects.

Even if it seduces idiots, the crowds are following something.

They tell you to "wash your dirty linen in a small group, behind the curtain."

But, well, you still have dirty hands.

I stand, nothing more and nothing less than a human.

With every disadvantage and advantage, ready to take the consequences,

to take up a cause, or to attack first

To be silent, or to take a pen and write difficult verses.

And even if I'm silent, when I should scream...

Even if I scream, when I should be silent...

My conscience will let me know.

I always have the ash by me and you don't have to help me,

I will pour it on my head by myself.

Ref:

It's just one step to cross the borderline,

to look down, not to look in the eyes.

Seperate the past with a thick line.

But maybe I still have the time to arrange everything before death.

It's just one step to think, and recede,

to keep a word that could hurt someone in the throat

Sometimes it is not allowed to leave, and stand back,

because there are more important things in life, than tranquillity.

I do not want to decide what you think is right,

but why am I the only one who beware?

Strifes has destroyed many relationships on my way,

but, well, I know what I think, I will not agree to everything.

I'm not going to make everyone's expectations come true,

life is not about gaining sympathy.

So sometimes someone accuse you of selfishness - and so what?

You have all rights to defend yourself.

It hurts - so close once, now just strange people

It can't be helped, it needed to be so.

I have no illusions, I don't have a grudge, I do not feel hated.

Best wishes, the taste of envy is unknown for me.

Only the weak ones take revenge. The cranky ones want to redeem you.

Sometimes pride doesn't let you to mend things.

Well, sometimes someone exceeds the boundaries, but how in life?

There is no return, after all the time never returns.

Ref:

It's just one step to cross the borderline,

to look down, not to look in the eyes.

Seperate the past with a thick line.

But maybe I still have the time to arrange everything before death.

It's just one step to think, and recede,

to keep a word that could hurt someone in the throat

Sometimes it is not allowed to leave, and stand back,

because there are more important things in life, than tranquillity.

So many estimations pronounced too hastily,

many decisions made too rapidly.

They were returning to me, that's why I beat with each other today.

Alone, And in the lives of others I only stand nearby.

Sometimes we do not know someone's motivation to act,

and we move away from the truth, receiving a bad azimuth.

A word to all custodians of the truth - there'll come a day, when the fate will jeer at you.

If you don't know the conditions, then the facts are also unknown to you.

It's like you lived on the moon, and wanted to say something about Poland.

Sometimes complexes prevail over common sense,

but your defeats with yourself, it is not my problem.

One day I'll take responsibility for everything in my life.

No one is less, and no one is more - just a human.

Where is the borderline? What is allowed, and what is worth?

I am searching, and each step is a big surprise for me.

Ref:

It's just one step to cross the borderline,

to look down, not to look in the eyes.

Seperate the past with a thick line.

But maybe I still have the time to arrange everything before death.

It's just one step to think, and recede,

to keep a word that could hurt someone in the throat

Sometimes it is not allowed to leave, and stand back,

because there are more important things in life, than tranquillity.

Day like everyday, once snow, once rain,

sometimes some sun.

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Slovakia

submitted on 1 Mar 2014 - 19:08

Give a shoutout to Slovakia

Author's comments:

I little bit changed the translation from source

Comments 1

Satire

29 Nov 2014, 00:00

The changes are small, but even so, I'm afraid the original version from tekstowo.pl is more accurate. And the title means "borders" or "boundaries" - there's only one Polish word for both so it's a matter of interpretation, but it's a plural nonetheless. Anyways. I love this song, thank you for adding, I hope it changed somebody's life as it changed mine the first time I heard it.