Partir para ficar

Mãe, eu quero ficar sozinho.
Mãe, eu não quero pensar mais.
Mãe, eu quero morrer mãe.
Eu quero desnascer, ir-me embora, sem sequer ter que
me ir embora.
Mãe, por favor, tudo menos a casa em vez de mim.
Outro maldito que não sou senão este tempo que decorre
entre fugir de me encontrar e de me encontrar fugindo,
de quê mãe?
Diz, são coisas que se me perguntem? Não pode haver
razão para tanto sofrimento.
E se inventássemos o mar de volta? E se inventássemos
partir, para regressar?
Partir e aí nessa viagem ressuscitar da morte das
arrecuas que me deste.
Partida para ganhar, partida de acordar, abrir os
olhos, numa ânsia colectiva de tudo fecundar, terra,
mar, mãe...
Lembrar como o mar nos ensinava a sonhar alto, lembrar
nota a nota o canto das sereias... Lembrar cada
lágrima, cada abraço, cada morte, cada traição, partir
aqui com a ciência toda do passado, partir, aqui, para
ficar...

by Linda Martini

It's hard to say

The singer finished singing and she's walking out
The singer sheds a tear, her fear of falling out
And it's hard to say how I feel today
For years gone by and I cried

It's hard to say that I was wrong
It's hard to say I miss you
Since you've been gone, it's not the same

My worries weigh the world, how I used to be
And everything, I'm cold, seems a plague in me
And it's hard to say how I feel today
For years gone by and I cried

It's hard to say that I was wrong
It's hard to say I miss you
Since you've been gone, it's not the same
It's hard to say I held my tongue
It's hard to say if only
Since you've been gone, it's not the same

Worse than the fear it's the lie you told a thousand times before
Worse than a fear it's the knife
But it's hard to say how I feel today
For years gone by and I cried

It's hard to say that I was wrong
It's hard to say I miss you
Since you've been gone, it's not the same
It's hard to say I held my tongue
It's hard to say if only
Since you've been gone, I'm not the same
It's hard to say (God, it's hard to say)
Since you've been gone,
I'm not the same

by The Used