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Rozpacz (Despair)
07:19
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[translation from Mandarin]
The Han troops have occupied our homeland.
We are surrounded by Chu folk songs.
Your Majesty, have lost all the confidence and in despair.
I, as your concubine, have also lost my will to live.
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Underground Dance
06:31
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Under the world, the bridge to sky was broken.
There's a tearing bloodless moon, hanging where the ocean died.
Holding shadow of my end, losing light of the land.
Darkness, hellish sound, prayer he could never find.
The king of ninth world, mocking my weak human hopes.
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Rosemary's Lullaby
06:30
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[translation from Mandarin]
Go to sleep my dear little baby,
Get out of all the troubles in this world.
How beautiful the blue night sky is,
The moons and the stars are shining above you,
Let me watch over you quietly, my dear little baby.
Go to sleep my dear little baby,
The little angel comes to your side quietly.
The world has gone so crazy,
I wish you live in peace all your life.
I will sing this song in your dream and you will fall asleep sweetly.
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Güle Güle Istanbul
07:44
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Write in this song, take this memory, time to say goodbye.
For you my plane tree, gypsy dancer, eyes made of fire.
Send news over there, come and embrace me, time to say goodbye.
For you my dream keeper, look into me, blue evil eyes.
So who wants to stay, who wants to depart.
So who laughs and cries, and who comes and goes.
So tries to pray, everyday's on my way.
Say goodbye to you with smiling, say güle to me with breathing.
Sun is gonna shine, our life is repeating come and go at this station.
Say güle to you with smiling, say goodbye to me with breathing.
Sun is gonna shine, our life is repeating come and go at this station.
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LOSING MY MIND!
You want to leave your everything behind.
For somewhere from the sky, you beg for my help, the hope.
The voice is faint and distance, losing my mind.
You say you want to get away from your thoughts again.
The world has stopped in its tracks, and sinking to depths, despair.
The voice is faint and distance, losing my mind.
I know that I want to find my way to, where you are now, for those quiet nights.
Live the feeling in its absolute darkness, getting closer to the place where you are.
Rescue, pitch dark.
The voice is faint and distance, losing my mind.
What I do not know, what I do not know, what I do not know?!
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Silence, breathing, everything is zero!
I have no dream however, I can see.
Night after night, the sky and ground, grey and black.
Dream disappeared, thousand of lonely waves in flows.
Strain my ears, flow to sea, no matter how far I go.
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Tell me, where do I live and stay?!
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I would still be there, if nothing had happened.
Beating of my heart, and reading movements of a thought.
Lighting the way, watching, someone standing there!
Kept my steps soundless, deep silence descended.
Keeping my breath in check, listen, and told myself.
Not there, not here, not anywhere.
Harder this time, stronger this time, ripples through the air.
Waiting for the beam to pass me, harsh light disappeared.
Watching behind rocks I waited, staring at the sky.
Frozen in space, no time to think, clinging to the ground.
Sharp pain cut through, my skin tearing, screaming to the sky.
Mutual blindness, hint of movements, strangely free of fear.
In the darkness, you spoke to me: MOVE!! RUN!!
I could feel blood dripping down my body, my face, my shoulder, and my tails.
Where could I go?!
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Annie Chen New York, New York
Vocalist, composer, and bandleader Annie Chen has led ensembles varying from duos up to her current octet, and has performed her original music at major venues in the city. Chen’s original compositions which reveal a cohesive musical vision that integrates her influences from across traditional Chinese, Western classical, gospel, Middle Eastern, Eastern European and alternative rock music. ... more
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