Lyrics from the post
Why Have I Never Heard of Vitas?LIST of Songs in this Post:
1) Opera #2
2) Cranes Crying
3) "Mad Scene" from Lucia di Lammamoor:
See this post for lyrics (at end): Vitas Makes an Exception for Italian
4) Extraterrestrial Friend
5) Mama
6) The Star
You can also find most Vitas lyrics at this link
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| Opera 2, Kremlin maoyi, photobucket |
2000 Link to Video
LYRICS
My house has been built but I am alone here
The door banged behind my back
An autumn wind is knocking on the window
Crying over me all over again...
Thunderstorm at night and fog in the morning...
The sun has turned completely cold
The sun has turned completely cold
Old pains are following one another
Let them all get together!
My house has been built but I am alone here
The door banged behind my back
An autumn wind is knocking on the window
Crying over me all over again...
This is Fate and I can't
Ask anything of Fate!
I just know how the winds
Will be wailing after I'm gone
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CRANES CRYING
2006
Link to Video (with subtitles)LYRICS
I meet your eyes,
We haven’t talked about love
For a long time already.
I shall tell you about it
With night rain,
And you, with the rustle of leaves.
I shall cry with a wedge of cranes:
“I love you!”
And shall answer with a head wind:
“I love you.”
No, I have enough words,
Like spring has enough flowers,
But no word can express
That of all luminaries that I loved,
Only the Moon can be compared to you.
I shall cry with a wedge of cranes:
“I love you!”
And shall answer with a head wind:
“I love you.”
Let winds, rains, and cry of bird flocks far away
Be our talking about love...
...And I shall answer with a head wind:
“I love you...”
The "MAD SCENE"
(Il Dolce Suono)
from Donizetti's opera LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR
2006
See lyrics at end of the post:
"Vitas Makes an Exception for Italian"
This 2003 concert is particularly poignant, as he had only just written the song.
MAMA
2003
Link to Video
LYRICS
I can hardly put into words
Those feelings rooted deep in my soul
How can I explain it?
At nights I stay awake because of haunting thoughts
It's you, mum, I recall again and again
My dear, my sweet one, please forgive me
For I've always been so stubborn
Have been searching for hard ways
Forgive me, my dear, for parting with you
For my occasional letters
In my thoughts I kiss your hand
And your tightly pressed lips
I often cry when I remember
How I used to hurt you at times
Forgive me, my dear!
Forgive me with love for the last time
How much I failed to understand...
And I still have to understand so much!
It seems that I loved too little
If I failed to experience love...
Forgive me, my dear, for parting with you
For my occasional letters
In my thoughts I kiss your hand
And your tightly pressed lips
Your love is love without measure
Your hopes and dreams...
Forgive me for my impertinent manners
Which upset you so much
Now I know more about life
I managed to understand a lot of things
I remember all your care
Longing to embrace you.
Forgive me, my dear, for parting with you
For my occasional letters
In my thoughts I kiss your hand
And your tightly pressed lips
LYRICS
I'll wait just a little bit more
I'll wait just a little bit more
"Vitas Makes an Exception for Italian"
MAMA
2003
Link to Video
LYRICS
I can hardly put into words
Those feelings rooted deep in my soul
How can I explain it?
At nights I stay awake because of haunting thoughts
It's you, mum, I recall again and again
My dear, my sweet one, please forgive me
For I've always been so stubborn
Have been searching for hard ways
Forgive me, my dear, for parting with you
For my occasional letters
In my thoughts I kiss your hand
And your tightly pressed lips
I often cry when I remember
How I used to hurt you at times
Forgive me, my dear!
Forgive me with love for the last time
How much I failed to understand...
And I still have to understand so much!
It seems that I loved too little
If I failed to experience love...
Forgive me, my dear, for parting with you
For my occasional letters
In my thoughts I kiss your hand
And your tightly pressed lips
Your love is love without measure
Your hopes and dreams...
Forgive me for my impertinent manners
Which upset you so much
Now I know more about life
I managed to understand a lot of things
I remember all your care
Longing to embrace you.
Forgive me, my dear, for parting with you
For my occasional letters
In my thoughts I kiss your hand
And your tightly pressed lips
THE STAR
2003
Link to Video (with subtitles)
LYRICS
So many times I asked myself
What for I was born into this world and grew up
And why the clouds float and rains pour
You shouldn't expect anything for yourself in this world
I would fly up to the clouds but I have no wings
That starlight lures me from afar
But it's hard to reach the star though the goal is close at hand
And I don't know if I 'll have enough strength for the throw
I'll wait just a little bit more
And then will get ready for my journey
Towards the Dream and Hope
Oh my star, please don't burn out, just wait!
How many paths do I have to go by?
How many peaks should I conquer to find my own self?
How long should I keep falling from the cliff?
How many times should I start from the beginning and is there any sense to it?
I'll wait just a little bit more
And then will get ready for my journey
Towards the Dream and Hope
Oh my star, please don't burn out, just wait!
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