If there's something I haven't said,
I haven't asked you - I haven't thought about it.
If there's something of ours in the world
that I've promised you but I haven't given you.
Like an excuse that stayed hanging,
a trip you didn't take later,
and that rose on the bed I haven't made peace with.
It stays on me.
Some rivers never become seas
but if I swim them perhaps they'll tell me what remains.
I'll seek refuge, I'll seek refuge
on a bed of leaves but I won't look down.
I'll defend myself, I'll defend myself
even if I've painted my face and my heart blue.
Don't think about it anymore, don't think about it anymore.
I know my people are there somewhere.
And then it happens that you have it
there on the tip of your tongue,
a word so, so small
no one has seen it before.
Hey, doll,
the cannon shots don't wake me up in the morning,
and loving you is a shitty thing that doesn't calm me down.
The carnival is outside and I don't have a mask.
You're meat, I must set the table.
Hey, doll,
some rivers do not become seas
and love makes noise in the silence.
I'll seek refuge in a bed of leaves.
I'll seek refuge, I'll seek refuge
on a bed of leaves but I won't look down.
I'll defend myself, I'll defend myself
even if I've painted my face and my heart blue.
Don't think about it anymore, don't think about it anymore.
I know my people are there somewhere.
I'll seek refuge,
where? Still.
Where? I still don't know.
I'll seek refuge,
where? Still.
Where? I still don't know.
I'll seek refuge, I'll seek refuge
on a bed of leaves but I won't look down.
I'll defend myself, I'll defend myself
even if I've painted my face and my heart blue.
Don't think about it anymore, don't think about it anymore.
I know my people are there somewhere.