Ode to the Mets - The Strokes

Night the days are waxing bleak December ice forms on the boughs A branch that severs a sole last leaf Light dwindles into a fall The brines abiding ebb and flow Pulsating rhythm of the sea Alternating tides move seamlessly As ocean storms draw near Clutches of winter Ushering death and awakening again The grasp of time Overthrowing inequity and harmony Crude are the gods of man Civilizations raised in their name For whom has blood been shed Just to be awashed in eternity Generations lost in toil The futility of conquests and triumph Implanted monoliths Bearing new laws from superior life Gone be the memories Progress demands sacrifice On through a whirl of stars Where gravity swallows all signs of life To Jupiter and beyond, beyond infinity On and on through space and time To unknown stellar domains To Jupiter and beyond, beyond infinity On and on through space and time To unknown stellar domains To Jupiter and beyond, beyond infinity On and on through space and time To unknown stellar domains

I was walking on the road the other day, I hear a little human say I was walking on the road the other day, I hear a little human say Tu n'es pas Jamaïcain, tu chantes le reggae Tu es Languedocien, et con, tu chantes en anglais Tu n'es pas Jamaïcain, tu chantes le reggae Tu es Languedocien, et con, tu chantes en anglais Mets de l'huile (mets de l'huile), mets de l'huile Mets de l'huile (mets de l'huile), mets de l'huile Mets de l'huile petit homme, dans la vie, il faut que ça glisse De l'huile petit homme, écoute, écoute Mets de l'huile petit homme, dans la vie, il faut que ça glisse De l'huile petit homme, écoute, écoute plutôt Regg'lyss Écoute, écoute I was walking on the road anoth-another day, I hear another human say I was walking on the road anoth-another day, I hear another human say Tu n'es pas rastafarien, tu chantes le reggae Ta chanson on comprend rien, et con, tu la chantes en anglais Tu n'es pas rastafarien, tu chantes le reggae Ta chanson on comprend rien, et con, tu la chantes en anglais Mets de l'huile, mets de l'huile, mets de l'huile Mets de l'huile, mets de l'huile, mets de l'huile Mets de l'huile petit homme dans la vie, il faut que ça glisse De l'huile petit homme, écoute, écoute Mets de l'huile petit homme dans la vie, il faut que ça glisse De l'huile petit homme, écoute, écoute plutôt Regg'lyss Écoute, écoute

I can feel her breath as she's sleeping next to me Sharing pillows and cold feet She can feel my heart, fell asleep to its beat Under blankets and warm sheets If only I could be in that bed again If only it were me instead of him Does he watch your favorite movies? Does he hold you when you cry? Does he let you tell him all your favorite parts when you've seen it a million times? Does he sing to all your music while you dance to Purple Rain? Does he do all these things like I used to? 14 months and seven days ago Oh, I know you know how we felt about that night Just your skin against the window Oh, we took it slow and we both know It should have been me inside that car It should have been me instead of him in the dark Does he watch your favorite movies? Does he hold you when you cry? Does he let you tell him all your favorite Parts when you've seen it a million times? Does he sings to all your music while you dance to Purple Rain? Does he do all these things like I used to? I know, Love (I'm a sucker for that feeling) Happens all the time, Love (I always end up feeling cheated) You're on my mind, Love (oh darling, lead her where that leaded) It happens all the time, Love, yeah Will he love you like I loved you? Will he tell you every day? Will he make you make you feel like You're invincible with every word he'll say? Can you promise me if this was right? Don't throw this all away Can you do all these things? Will you do all these things like we used to? Oh, like we used to

I still remember all the things you said Laying in my bed Eye to eye I'll carry thoughts you put inside my head 'Til the day I'm dead Why oh why? Do you ever think of me? After everything Give me something to hold on to I need just a little piece I'll take anything Give me something to hold on to I guess it's not the way things tend to go Not that I would know Goodbyes are slow I saw your picture on the silver screen Guess you don't miss me That's the way it seems Do you ever think of me? After everything Give me something to hold on to I need just a little piece I'll take anything Give me something to hold on to Something good, something real Something bad, something I can really, really, really feel Leave me black, leave me blue Just give me something I'll take anything from you Do you ever think of me? After everything Give me something to hold on to I need just a little piece I'll take anything Give me something to hold on to Something to hold on to Something to hold on to Something to hold on to

متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف وتفوت أيام وتمر سنين وانا حالي غريب انا مين انا مين مشدود في الساقية وعايش مبسوط وحزين ومحبط وجرئ ورزين مشدود في الساقية وعايش مبسوط وحزين ومحبط وجرئ ورزين على غفلة اتحول بركان جبار انا ضلمة وليل أنا نار ونهار متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف ماشي على طريق مكتوب مرسوم بس انا مسؤول وعليا اللوم ماقدرش أقول من الذنب برئ لا انا ابليس ولا هبقى رسول ماقدرش أقول من الذنب برئ لا انا ابليس ولا هبقى رسول قدامي طريق همشيه همشيه نفهم في الآخر كل ده لية متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف

فوسط زحمة وناس كتير وطريق أنا ماشي فيه عكس السير وسط الطموح والأمل والتمني فاضلي خطوة توصلني فوسط حاجات ومكيفات بحاول أنسى كل اللي فات في وسط صدري ضلعي مكسور ومن خلاله قلبي شايف نور أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع فوسط الليل وأنا بعيد عن البشر شفت نور يشبه نور القمر بس القمر مسيره يفارق ويسيبني تاني مع الوحدة أحارب فوسط قصة حب يعني وهمية كان لازم أصدق اصل الوحدة قوية مش كل المشاعر حقيقية أنا شفت نور معرفتش اغمض عنيا أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع