Aslan - Aren Nie

from Homecoming — Greatest Hits! by ONCE WE WERE ISLANDS & friends

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lyrics

e sitác sibé co tierida
cacsel t-ham cesá hamá
gen ie ser siné bazet hieti lo
os vai zaiza

os ten i'assa mie nana
helia ast cie lo hadá
ten ie t-hem sibé ammana
iera onai na

aren nie
a ten i'aren cie
ead darna
ten te mo sibé aiza

aren nie
a ten i'aren cie
ead bavsan
gen ne mver sibé ierbai

eza ten i'eso siné no
eva ten ie cob silé mo
gen ze col sibé cacsel t-ha
oco ze sinárra

e sitác sibé ta soiba
ten ie t-helia sibé zieza
essa siacca gen ie sa sibé
ead ge darna

aren nie
a ten i'aren cie
ead darna
ten te mo sibé aiza

aren nie
a ten i'aren cie
ead bavsan
gen ne mver sibé ierbai

aren nie
a ten i'aren cie
ead darna
gen n'lon siné ierbai

aren nie
a ten i'aren cie
ead bavsan
bavsan ead darna

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You take me by both hands
Sweet words, memories, and such
But I see steel in your eyes
At moments like that

When we sit together
Stories from your life, perhaps
And they sleep safely within me
Those feelings of loneliness

Without me
You would be empty
Another lie
That way you tell them to me

Without me
You would be empty
Just a lie
But I still listen

I will always think of you
We must always understand one another
But words of hope will not come
To my silent mouth

You take me then, heart and soul
And you tell me in this way
Indeed even though I know
It’s just another lie

Without me
You would be empty
Another lie
That way you tell them to me

Without me
You would be empty
Just a lie
Just another lie

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credits

from Homecoming — Greatest Hits!, released December 2, 2022
Written / performed: Aslan
Mixed: Mars Dietz
Mastered: Ro Stambuk

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ONCE WE WERE ISLANDS Berlin, Germany

Berlin based performance collective ONCE WE WERE ISLANDS is Chris Gylee, Aslan and collaborators.

For their first EP, Homecoming — Greatest Hits!, they worked together with the artists Jennifer Bell, Mars Dietz, Amber Fasquelle, Elie Gregory, Inky Lee and MINQ to produce original songs in the Queer language Damiá. ... more