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Miss Sarajevo Lyrics
Is there a time for keeping a distance
A time to turn your eyes away
Is there a time for keeping your head down
For getting on with your day
Is there a time for kohl and lipstick
A time for cutting hair
Is there a time for high street shopping
To find the right dress to wear
Here she comes
Heads turn around
Here she comes
To take her crown
Is there a time to walk for cover
A time for kiss and tell
Is there a time for different colors
Different names you find it hard to spell
Is there a time for first communion
A time for east 17
Is there a time to turn the mecca
Is there a time to be a beauty queen
Here she comes
Beauty plays the crown
Here she comes
Surreal in her crown
(Pavarotti)
Dici che il fiume
trova la via al mare
E come il fiume
giungerai a me
Oltre i confini
e le terre assetate
Dici che come fiume
come fiume
L'amore giunger
L'amore
E non so pi pregare
E nell'amore non so pi sperare
E quell'amore non so pi aspettare
English translation:
You say that the river
finds the way to the sea
And as the river
you'll come to me
Beyond the borders
and the thirsty lands
You say that as river
As river
Love will come
Love
And I cannot pray anymore
And I cannot hope in love anymore
And I cannot wait for love anymore
(Bono)
Is there a time for tying ribbons
A time for Christmas trees
Is there a time for laying tables
When the night is set to freeze
O lijepa, o draga, o slatka slobodo...
A time to turn your eyes away
Is there a time for keeping your head down
For getting on with your day
A time for cutting hair
Is there a time for high street shopping
To find the right dress to wear
Heads turn around
Here she comes
To take her crown
A time for kiss and tell
Is there a time for different colors
Different names you find it hard to spell
A time for east 17
Is there a time to turn the mecca
Is there a time to be a beauty queen
Beauty plays the crown
Here she comes
Surreal in her crown
Dici che il fiume
trova la via al mare
E come il fiume
giungerai a me
Oltre i confini
e le terre assetate
Dici che come fiume
come fiume
L'amore giunger
L'amore
E non so pi pregare
E nell'amore non so pi sperare
E quell'amore non so pi aspettare
finds the way to the sea
And as the river
you'll come to me
Beyond the borders
and the thirsty lands
You say that as river
As river
Love will come
Love
And I cannot pray anymore
And I cannot hope in love anymore
And I cannot wait for love anymore
Is there a time for tying ribbons
A time for Christmas trees
Is there a time for laying tables
When the night is set to freeze
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If you know the meaning of this song, and you're just like me, you will be listening to it on repeat and sobbing, not crying, for minutes on end.
Was a more beautiful/sad song ever crafted? I think not.
"DON'T LET THEM KILL US"
This song was inspired by a documentary, also called 'Miss Sarajevo'.. which covered a beauty pageant held in war-torn Yugoslavia, which gun booming all around... A sort of a protest song..
Yeah, it's great!
This song always brings a tear to my eye, how in the midst of the atrocities going on in Sarajevo they did what people do and got on with life by holding a beauty pageant. I'd never read the english translation of Pavarotti's bit before, but that is so haunting, the urgency and despair that underlies the "Miss Sarajevo' pageant...
Pavarotti's solo adds such a wrenching emotion to this song; perhaps that was the aim of keeping the rest of the song "boring" (referring to the description given in a previous post) - so that it could highlight the contrast given to the feeling of the song when Pavarotti sings. I happen to really like the almost monotonous flow of the rest of the song; the gentle melody is nice, and I think it helps to reflect one of the subjects of the song's protest: that the countries of the Western world distracted themselves with things like consumerism (at some points in the song, the music behind Bono resembles that which could be heard in a department store), or else just drifted along while Eastern Europe burned.
I've seen the doc Miss Sarajevo; it is a great film. Go out and watch it if you're able to.
As a fan of U2, I do consider this one of their best songs and I cannot think of a better collaboration by any artist I've heard. Pavarotti's voice can still send shivers, it's so far above what I normally hear vocally (I don't listen to opera) that it really adds power.
beauty plays the cLown, not the cRown
Pavorotti is a beast in this song. Wow.
You say that the river Find your way to the sea And as the river You will come to me Beyond the borders And the thirsty lands You say that as the river as river Love will come the love And I no longer pray And in love I do not know more hope And I do not know that love wait
this song really kicks ass! what a mind trip!