James Blunt - Simona

dublin sky

I’ve been down a lonely street tonight
And I don’t know what’s wrong with me
I don’t know what’s wrong with me
The clouds cover up the Dublin sky
I don’t know what’s left of me
I don’t know what’s right with me
And I’ve tried to keep my distance
And I’ve sung Amazing Grace
I’ve tarnished all our memories
But there’ll always be a trace of you
Of you

I remember laughing on that river’s edge
Trying to get you to jump with me
Trying to get you to fall for me
And your trembling heart it beat so fast
Holdings hands you promised me
Holding hands we counted to three
And I felt your slipping fingers
And I saw you change your mind
If I hadn’t dragged you in with me
You would have let me dive without you
Without you

They sent you all the way from Hollywood
And maybe that Dublin sky was changing you
It put diamonds in your eyes
I always thought we were going to make it through
But I wanted to hear it first from you

How many days am I going to regret you?
How many nights till I forget you?
Have I been wasting all those years?
Held down by these tears?
How many dreams have I left deserted?
How many hopes have been diverted?
Have I been buried in the dirt?
Held down by this hurt?

How many loads did I let you hijack?
How many ways can I stand here in playback?
How did I end up lying here
Crying underneath the Dublin sky?

How many days am I going to regret you?
How many nights till I forget you?
Have I been wasting all these years?
Drowning in my tears?

How many nights am I going to regret you?
How many days till I forget you?
Have I been wasting all these years?
Drowning in my tears?

Brave

I’m not ashamed of winning
But it wasn’t that way in the beginning
It was this way, it was kiss me
Come kick me and diss me

I had to give it up
Now it’s a way different feeling
You took my soul, I had to steer it back
Now it’s this way, now it’s flipped, babe
A mistake, just listen, I had to give it up

All of this rein you’ve been given
It’s just a reminder of livin’
It was crazy, had a baby
He’s amazin’ and he saved me

And this time it’s just us
You raised me up, I can say that
I was too young, I’ll never get that back
Now it’s this way, now it’s flipped, babe
I’m happy, just listen, I had to give it up

I was super cool but now I’m super strong
I had nothing to lose but I was super wrong
It was the circumstance I got the power from
I was super tough but now I’m super strong

Super strong

I’m a brave heart
I’m a brave heart
I’m a brave heart

So come and pin my purple heart
Come and pin my purple heart
Come and pin my purple heart
I didn’t run

I was super cool but now I’m super strong
I had nothing to lose but I was super wrong
It was the circumstance I got the power from
I was super tough but now I’m super strong

It’s the end
Oh baby you’re leaving me
It’s the end
You know that you’re killing me
It’s the pain
It’s going to return to you
It’s the pain
But you’ll change your point of view
It’s the end
Oh babe I believed in you
You’re looking for someone better
You say I mistreated you
But now it don’t really matter

Babe
You’ll never meet an angel
Pray to find a better guy oh baby
Hey
I’ve never been an angel
Pray
You’ll never see me cry oh baby

Ooh your heart is too blind
Your soul is too cold
It’s cold as the winter
Cold as the winter
Your soul is too cold

It’s gonna be a long long journey. It’s gonna be an uphill climb. It’s gonna be a tough fight. There’s gonna be some lonely nights but I’m ready to carry on. I’m so glad the worst is over (cos it almost took me out). I can start living now. I feel like I can do anything and finally I’m not afraid to breathe . Anything you say to me and everything you do… You can’t deny the truth cos I’m the living proof. So many don’t survive, they just don’t make it through but look at me … I’m the living proof - oh yes I am. Thinking ‘bout how life’s been painful, took a while to learn how to smile… So now I’m gonna talk to my people about the storm. So glad the worst is over. I can start flying now . My best days are right in front of me. Yet I’m almost there Cos now I’m free. I know where I’m going cos I know where I’ve been. I kind of feel strong as I’m gonna stay strong keep going. That’s the way that I’ll win. Nothing ‘bout my life’s been easy but nothing’s gonna keep me down no, cos I know a lot more today and I know yesterday .So I’m ready to carry on.

Angels lift you off the ground. I’ve got shadows weighing me down. Still you believe, you believe in me. I wish I could feel that way. You can trust so easily.
I can’t give you all of me. Still you’re holding on when you should be gone. I wish I was that brave… You go to war for love like a soldier, I wanna run away. You’re never scared to walk through the fire. I wish I had your faith. I just turn away. No, if my heart could break. I’m so afraid to lay down my armour. I’m not brave… Keep my shield up constantly stop these arrows piercing me. Now I don’t know how how to put it down. I wish I was that brave…

photos by Platon Yurich

I was the one who would always jump in first
I didn’t think twice to look behind
Got such a good feeling just from playing in the dirt
Once when I was little

We could build a rocket, fly to the moon
Leave Tuesday morning, be back for noon
And there wasn’t nothing, nothing that we couldn’t do
Once when I was little

I used to feel so strong
Even when they’d tell me, tell me I was wrong
That I can’t live in a magic world
‘Cause it’s time for me to grow up
And I’ve got to live like the rest of them
Well, I know things have been lost

So here comes the next one, next in line
Stay as young you can, for the longest time
‘Cause those days flew by
Like a breeze just passing through
Once when I was little…

Once When I Was Little

Looking back on the memory of
The dance we shared beneath the stars above
For a moment all the world was right
How could I have known you’d ever say goodbye
And now I’m glad I didn’t know
The way it all would end the way it all would go
Our lives are better left to chance I could have missed the pain
But I’d of had to miss the dance

Je t’écris peut-être
Bien plus qu’une lettre
C’est comme un message
Après un naufrage

Dans le grand silence
J’appelle au secours
Voici que je lance
Un dernier mot d’amour

Toi l’enfant terrible
Le rêve impossible
Ma raison de vivre
ma folie d’aimer
Toi par qui j’existe
Toi le seul artiste
Qui ait fait danser
mon coeur de Pierrot triste

Tu riras petit-être
En lisant ma lettre
Ce cri de détresse
Qu’écrit ma tendresse

Je m’en fous je t’aime
C’est bien assez pour
T’envoyer quand même
Un dernier mot d’amour

Toi l’impénétrable
Toi l’irremplaçable
Plus beau que le diable
Plus lointain que Dieu
Toi par qui je saigne
Toi sans qui s’éteignent
La joie dans mes yeux
Et le feu dans mes veines

What hurts the most
Is being so close
And having so much to say
And watching you walk away
And never knowing
What could have been
And not seeing that loving you
Is what I was trying to do