We were together since we were five
She was so pretty
Emma was a star in everyone’s eyes.
And when she said she’d be a movie queen
Nobody laughed
Her face like an angel
She could be anything.
Emily. Emma
Emily
I’m gonna write your name high on that silver screen.
Emily
Emma
Emily
I’m gonna make you the biggest star this world has ever set
At seventeen we were wed
And worked day and night to earn our daily bread.
And ev’ ry day
Emma would go out searching for that play
That never ever came her way.
You know
sometimes she’d come home so depressed
I’d hear her crying in the back room
Feel so distressed.
And I’d remember back
when she was five
To the words that used to make
Emily come alive.
Emily
Emma
Emily
It was cold and dark
December night
When I opened the bedroom door
To find her lying still and cold up on the bed;
A love letter lying on the bedroom floor
It read:
Darling, I love you
But I just can’t keep on living on dreams no more
I tried so very hard not to leave you alone.
I just can’t keep on tryin’ no more
Emily – Oh Emily – Emily
Prevod pesme
Ema
Zajedno smo bili od godine pete
Bila je tako lepa
Po opštem mišljenju, Ema bila je zvezda
A kada rekla je da biće filmska zvezda
Nikom nije bila smešna
Imala je lice anđela
Ona mogla je sve.
Emili. Ema
Emili
Ispisaću tvoje ime visoko na tom filmskom platnu
Emili
Ema
Emili
Napraviću od tebe zvezdu najveću na svetu
Sa sedamnaest bili smo venčani
i danonoćno radili da bi za hleb zaradili.
I svakoga dana Ema bi izlazila u potrazi za tom ulogom
Koju nikad nikada nije dobila
Znaš
Ponekad bi se vratila kući jako deprimirana
Čuo bih je kako plače u zadnjoj sobi
Bila je jako ogorčena
A ja bih se setio onog vremena
kad imala je pet godina
Reči koje su činile
da Emili se oseća živa.
Emili
Ema
Emili
Bila je hladna i mračna
decembarska noć
Kad otvorio sam spavaće sobe vrata
Da bih je video kako na krevetu leži nepomična i hladna;
Na podu spavaće sobe ležalo je pismo ljubavno
U njemu je pisalo:
Dragi, volim te
Ali jednostavno više ne mogu da živim od snova
Da te ne ostavim samog toliko sam se jako trudila.
Jednostavno više ne mogu da se trudim.
Emili – Oh Emili – Emili
The Sisters of Mercy – Emma