AWAY FROM ME

By: Nick Cave
Translated by: Fadil Bajraj

For you my love, I was born
I grew up for you
For you I lived and for you I will die
I'm dying for you now
You were my little love of thirty
In a world where everyone outshine everyone else
You who are far away from me
away from me
Far away from me
Across some cold neurotic sea
away from me

I would talk to you about all matters
With a smile you would answer
Then the sun would leave your beautiful face
While you would withdraw before your eyes
I keep hearing that things are going well
I hope your heart beats happily in your infant chest
You are very far from me
away from me
away from me

There is no knowledge, but I know
There is nothing to learn from that empty voice
That sails towards me across the line
From the funny to the sublime
Glad to hear things are going well
But you really can't find anyone else to call and tell them
Did he ever feel it for me?
Were you ever close to me when I was in trouble?
Far away from me

You said you'd stay by my side
In black and white days
Those were your words
My friend is a hairdresser
You were my fearless girlfriend
When I got into trouble, you ran back to your mother
Far away from me
away from me
Suspended in your bleak, fishless sea
away from me
away from me