Was a long and dark December
From the rooftops I remember
There was snow
White snow
Clearly I remember
From the windows they were watching
While we froze
Down below
When the future’s architectured
By a carnival of idiots on show
You’d better lie low
If you love me
Won’t you let me know?
Was a long and dark December
When the banks became cathedrals
And the fog
Became God
Priests clutched onto bibles
Hollowed out to fit their rifles
And the cross was held aloft
Bury me in armor
When I’m dead and hit the ground
A love back home unfolds
If you love me
Won’t you let me know?
I don’t want to be a soldier
Who the captain of some sinking ship
Would stow, far below
So if you love me
Why’d you let me go?
I took my love down to Violet Hill
There we sat in snow
All that time she was silent still
So if you love me
Won’t you let me know?
If you love me,
Won’t you let me know?
Prevod na srpski
Krvavo brdo
Bio je to jedan dug i mračan decembar
Sećam se, na krovovima,
Bilo je snega
Belog snega
Jasno se sećam
Sa prozora su gledali
Dok smo se mi smrzavali
Tamo dole
Kad budućnost kroji
Karneval idiota na sceni
Bolje se pritaji
Ako me voliš
Zašto mi ne pokažeš?
Bio je to jedan dug i mračan decembar
Kada banke postadoše katedrale
A magla
postade bog
Sveštenici se uhvatiše biblija
Marginalizovanih u skladu sa potrebama njihovog oružja
A krst je uzdizan visoko
Sahrani me u oklopu
Kad umrem i padnem na tlo
Jedna ljubav tamo kući se razotkriva
Ako me voliš
Zašto mi ne pokažeš?
Ja ne želim da budem vojnik
Kojeg bi kapetan nekog tonućeg broda
smestio negde daleko
Zato, ako me voliš
Zašto mi ne pokažeš?
Odneo sam svoju ljubav tamo na krvavo brdo
Tamo sedeli smo u snegu
Tad je ona i dalje bez reči bila
Zato, ako me voliš
Zašto mi ne pokažeš?
Ako me voliš
Zašto mi ne kažeš?