Άλλα μου τάξανε [Álla mou táxane] [English translation]

Words: Panos Falaras

Music: Marita Rossi

I was born without being asked

And I thought my lullabies

Would be the truthful and soulful songs,

But instead, I was given false tales

I grew up and faced the real world

But I found that all the roads are blocked

They said the life belongs to me

But did not let me spread my wings

I realized before I turned twenty

That I must win sooner then lose.

And not to become a pawn on the chessboard

I became free like the wind

I was promised a lot and was given nothing

But I was getting stronger, even through the pain

Everything I loved was taken of me

But not my soul, and I was not defeated.

I was born without being asked

They wanted to keep me in their prison

And to cast me into the idol of their kind,

May be a bit better then them.

Years passed but I did not live

I was trying to find myself

So, before to reach my thirties and go mad

I decided to take my life in my hands