Rilkean Heart by Cocteau Twins
(*Rainer Maria Rilke)
Rilkean heart I looked for you
To give me transcendent experiences
To transport me out of self and aloneness
And alienation into a sense of
One-ness and connection ecstatic and magical
I became a junkie for it
I came looking for the next high
And I’m sorry
I’ve been putting the search on the wrong place
I understand that you’re confused
Feeling overwhelmed
Well that’s a feeling state from then
The reality, with cleaning up my emotion of life
And I’m getting in touch with myself
I’m beginning to ground myself
In my own sense of being as an entity
One entity on the planet
Becoming truly self-reliant and become connected
With something beyond me
That is where I have to go
I’m so sorry
I’ve been putting the search on the wrong place
You’re lost and don’t know what to do
But that’s not all of you
That’s your reality today
And that is all okay
I understand that you’re confused,
Feeling overwhelmed
Well that’s a feeling state from then
The reality
You’re lost and don’t know what to do
But it’s not all of you
That’s the reality today
And now it’s all okay
I understand that you’re confused,
Feeling overwhelmed
Well that’s a feeling state from then
The reality
Rilkean heart……
Fly, o serenade: my beloved is alone
Vola, o serenata: la mia diletta è sola
And, with the beautiful abandoned head
E, con la bella testa abbandonata
Posing between the sheets
Posa fra le lenzuola
O serenade, fly
O serenata, vola
O serenade, fly
O serenata, vola
The moon shines pure
Splende pura la luna
The silence spreads
L’ale il silenzio stende
And behind the veins of the alcove
E dietro i veni dell’alcova
Bruna the lamp turns on
Bruna la lampada s’accende
The moon shines pure
Pura la luna splende
The moon shines pure
Pura la luna splende
Fly, o serenade
Vola, o serenata
Fly, oh serenade, fly
Vola, o serenata, vola
Ah…
Ah…
Fly, o serenade: my beloved is alone
Vola, o serenata: la mia diletta è sola
But smiling still half sleepy
Ma sorridendo ancor mezzo assonnata
Go back between the sheets
Torna fra le lenzuola
O serenade, fly
O serenata, vola
O serenade, fly
O serenata, vola
The wave dreams on the shore
L’onda sogna sul lido
And the wind on the branch
E il vento su la fronda
And it still refuses a nest to my kisses
E ai baci miei ricusa ancora un nido
My blonde lady
La mia signora bionda
He dreams of the wave on the shore
Sogna sul lido l’onda
He dreams of the wave on the shore
Sogna sul lido l’onda
Fly, o serenade
Vola, o serenata
Fly, oh serenade, fly
Vola, o serenata, vola
Ah…
Ah…
I’m jealous of the rain
That falls upon your skin
It’s closer than my hands have been
I’m jealous of the rain
I’m jealous of the wind
That ripples through your clothes
It’s closer than your shadow
Oh, I’m jealous of the wind, cause
I wished you the best of
All this world could give
And I told you when you left me
There’s nothing to forgive
But I always thought you’d come back, tell me all you found was
Heartbreak and misery
It’s hard for me to say, I’m jealous of the way
You’re happy without me
I’m jealous of the nights
That I don’t spend with you
I’m wondering who you lay next to
Oh, I’m jealous of the nights
I’m jealous of the love
Love that was in here
Gone for someone else to share
Oh, I’m jealous of the love, cause
I wished you the best of
All this world could give
And I told you when you left me
There’s nothing to forgive
But I always thought you’d come back, tell me all you found was
Heartbreak and misery
It’s hard for me to say, I’m jealous of the way
You’re happy without me
As I sink in the sand
Watch you slip through my hands
Oh, as I die here another day
Cause all I do is cry behind this smile
I wished you the best of
All this world could give
And I told you when you left me
There’s nothing to forgive
But I always thought you’d come back, tell me all you found was
Heartbreak and misery
It’s hard for me to say, I’m jealous of the way
You’re happy without me
It’s hard for me to say, I’m jealous of the way
You’re happy without me
My dear, where are you hiding in a daze?
Is there something on my mind that I still can’t let go of?
We always think too bad about life
Like others not allowing us to be weird
Every cloud is unique
We all need to find the sky to exist
We are all used to wandering around in place
But can’t get used to being relied on
Give me a love that I don’t want to lose contact with in my whole life
Believe that the journey of love is the stars and the sea
Beautiful plot will not change
It’s the best arrangement of fate
You are the love that I never want to lose contact with in my whole life
Why bother forcing me to let go of my hand so cruelly?
Please come back soon. I want to hear what you have to say.
Say you are still there
Walk past the rooftop where you can watch the shooting stars
Get through the long wait of losing you
I’m so worried that no one understands your helplessness
If you leave me, who will treat you as a child?
I guess you will miss me too
I’m also afraid that I’ll get lost in the vast sea of people
It doesn’t matter as long as you are willing to look back
You will find that I am always there
Give me a love that I don’t want to lose contact with in my whole life
Every message from you is a heartbeat
I want to hold you in my arms every second
You are the cutest in the world
You are the love that I never want to lose contact with in my whole life
Even if your breath is thousands of mountains away
Please believe in the love I give you
worthy of your love
親愛的你躲在哪裡發呆
有甚麼心事還無法釋懷
我們總把人生想得太壞
像旁人不允許我們的怪
每一片與眾不同的雲彩
都需要找到天空去存在
我們都習慣了原地徘徊
卻無法習慣被依賴
你給我 這一輩子都不想失聯的愛
相信愛的征途就是星辰大海
美好劇情 不會更改
是命運最好的安排
你是我 這一輩子都不想失聯的愛
何苦殘忍逼我把手輕輕放開
請快回來 想聽你說
說你還在
走過陪你看流星的天台
熬過失去你漫長的等待
好擔心沒人懂你的無奈
離開我誰還把你當小孩
我猜你一定也會想念我
也怕我失落在茫茫人海
沒關係只要你肯回頭望
會發現我一直都在
你給我 這一輩子都不想失聯的愛
你的每條訊息都是心跳節拍
每秒都想 擁你入懷
全世界你最可愛
你是我 這一輩子都不想失聯的愛
就算你的呼吸遠在千山之外
請你相信 我給的愛
值得你愛
Don’t take it for granted
Love when you have it
You might be looking over
A lonelier shoulder
Remember when we said
We’d never have children
I’m holdin’ your baby
Now that we’re older
How time has revealed how
Little we know us
I’ve been too busy
I should’ve noticed
Days that keep slipping
A life that I’m missing
I wish it were true love
I wish we were kissing
Show me a love that
Won’t ever leave or
Look for another
One to deceive
I’m beginning to wonder
If anything’s real
Guess we’re just at the mercy
Of the way that we feel
Alive with a past
No other can share
Alone with a heart
No other can bear
So give me some heaven
Just for a while
Make me eternal
There in your smile
Lyrics English Translation
What to do~
Young children are away from home all year round.
My old mother can’t remember anything anymore,
What to do~
Worrying endlessly, what to do when we get together and break up~
I am sixty-eight and my mother is no longer here.
The second brother got divorced and left the baby to me.
what to do…
He said he would try his best while he was still young.
Maybe there will be something different when you return,
I just want him to be safe,
Too many mistakes keep repeating. What should I do…
I was seventy-eight and suddenly fell,
Lying in the hospital bed, time becomes very long,
what to do…
Facing the unknown, I was as helpless as a child,
In front of my wife, I pretend to be relieved,
Said this is just a small hurdle,
The candle of life is swaying in the wind. What should I do…
Didi-tatah, Didi-tatah, Didi-tatah, Didi-tatah,
Didi da da da didi da da da~
Didi-tatah, Didi-tatah, Didi-tatah, Didi-tatah,
Didi-dah-dah, Didi-dah-dah,
I am eighty-eight and walking in the fields,
I saw a little child crying in the wind,
Spring is shining brightly,
Obsession with the past The past is like a cloud of smoke,
There are so many scenery that no one can see clearly.
How can I achieve perfection if I can’t let go?
If life is just a big dream,
what would you do……
If life is just a big dream,
what would you do……
I had a melody, Ben added music and more lyrics, Bree injected vocal harmony. None of us are song writers, we gave it a go. Volia! A collaboration of a song came together.
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(Lyrics)
I can fly
I can hide
I can never say goodbye
You’re my life
You’re my soul
You’re my everything is true
You’re my sky
You’re my tide
You’re my everything alive
But I’d never ever let you go
That’s true, oh whoa
I can’t breathe without you
I’ll never be fulfilled
I can fly
I can hide
I can never say goodbye
Flicker of Thoughts 