Far Away

Embracing Distance: Kongos' Melody of Longing and Love
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Lyrics

You hear that

You perceive a sound

There's a song to make you feel alright

There's a song that brings comfort

It's calling me, and calling you

The song beckons both you and me

So won't you sing all afternoon

Let's sing without restraint throughout the afternoon

Loud and carelessly

Loudly and without concern


You hear that

You sense

There's a song to fill the empty space

There's a song to fill the void

It'll take you back to better times

It transports you to happier times

A summer track you'll recognize

A familiar summer track

That brightens up your day

That brightens your day


You told me, told me in the morning when you woke up from a daze

You shared with me in the morning after awakening from a daze

That lately, lately you've been hiding that you choke up

Lately, you've been concealing your emotional struggle

'Cause everyone you love is far away

Because everyone you love is physically distant

Don't want to be far away

Desire to avoid being distant

Don't want to be far away no more

Not wanting to be far away anymore

Far away

Emphasis on being far away

Don't want to be far away

Expressing the wish not to be distant

Don't want to be far away no more

Reiteration of not wanting to be far away


You feel that

You sense again

There's a weight that can't escape the room

There's a burdensome feeling inescapable

It's underneath the skin and bones

It resides beneath the surface of skin and bones

It settles deep and sets like stone

It settles deeply and becomes unyielding

With every restless sleep

With each troubled sleep


You told me, told me in the morning when you woke up from a daze

You conveyed to me after waking from a daze

That lately, lately you've been hiding that you choke up

Recently, you've been hiding your emotional distress

When everybody goes...

When everyone departs

Home is, home is where you'd like to see the sunset, from a roof

Home is where you prefer to witness the sunset, from a roof

Not roaming, 'cause Rome is even lonely in a new bed

Not wandering, as even Rome feels lonely in a new bed

When everyone you love is

When all your loved ones are

Holding, barely holding on when they wake up from a daze

Hanging on, barely, when they emerge from a daze

And maybe, maybe they've been hiding that they choke up

Perhaps, they've been concealing their emotional struggles

'Cause everyone they love is far away

Because everyone they love is physically distant

Don't want to be far away

Desire to avoid being far away

Don't want to be far away no more

Not wanting to be far away anymore

Far away

Emphasis on being far away

Don't want to be far away

Expressing the wish not to be distant

Don't want to be far away no more

Reiteration of not wanting to be far away

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