[ti:World Citizen]
[ar:David Sylvian]
[al:Babel original soundtrack]
[00:00.50]World Citizen
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[00:00.78]by David Sylvian/Ryuichi Sakamoto
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[00:01.01]What happened here?
[00:04.10]The butterfly has lost its wings
[00:08.15]The air’s too thick to breathe
[00:11.62]And there’s something in the drinking water.
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[00:21.90]The sun comes up
[00:25.65]The sun comes up and you’re alone
[00:28.85]Your sense of purpose come undone
[00:31.99]The traffic tails back to the maze on 101
[00:42.13]
[00:43.47]And the news from the sky
[00:46.37]Is looking better for today
[00:50.03]In every single way
[00:53.62]But not for you
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[00:57.54]World citizen
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[01:04.51]World citizen
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[01:11.44]It’s not safe
[01:15.29]All the yellow birds are sleeping
[01:18.66]Cos the air’s not fit for breathing
[01:22.12]It’s not safe
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[01:25.99]Why can’t we be
[01:29.19]Without beginning, without end?
[01:32.69]Why can’t we be?
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[01:40.04]World citizen
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[01:47.02]World citizen
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[01:54.29]And if I stop
[01:57.83]And talk with you awhile
[02:01.20]I’m overwhelmed by the scale
[02:04.67]Of everything you feel
[02:09.01]The lonely inner state emergency
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[02:19.02]I want to feel
[02:22.75]Until my heart can take no more
[02:26.05]And there’s nothing in this world I wouldn’t give
[02:31.53]
[02:33.21]I want to break
[02:36.55]The indifference of the days
[02:40.16]I want a conscience that will keep me wide awake
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[02:47.65]I won’t be disappointed
[02:54.46]I won’t be disappointed
[03:01.70]I won’t be.
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[03:10.72]I saw a face
[03:14.04]It was a face I didn’t know
[03:17.39]Her sadness told me everything about my own
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[03:24.86]Can’t let it be
[03:27.95]When least expected there she is
[03:31.83]Gone the time and space that separates us
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[03:38.80]And I’m not safe
[03:42.77]I think I need a second skin
[03:45.83]No, I’m not safe
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[03:53.18]World citizen
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[04:00.39]World citizen
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[04:07.66]I want to travel by night
[04:10.62]Across the steppes and over seas
[04:15.20]I want to understand the cost
[04:19.00]Of everything that’s lost
[04:22.30]I want to pronounce all their names correctly
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[04:29.19]World citizen
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[04:37.51]World citizen
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[04:43.06]I won’t be disappointed
[04:50.15]I won’t be.
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[04:57.34]She doesn’t laugh
[05:00.46]We’ve gone from comedy to commerce
[05:04.54]And she doesn’t feel the ground she walks upon
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[05:11.66]I turn away
[05:14.93]And I’m not sleeping well at night
[05:18.44]And while I know this isn’t right
[05:21.88]What can you do?
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