Then Jerico – Big Area

I was taken by surprise
I was shattered by your eyes

Living far beyond my means
do you know how that feels?
I was waiting for so long
I was praying to belong

Only holding out to see and believing there’s only one
Strong enough and hard enough to give you away.

In this big area of mine
sometimes you break me up inside

Saying I
I want to let you go
got that feeling
If anyone who comes to know you long enough will give you away.

There was never one as I who could stand the reasons why

Who would even take the time
did you care
was I right?
Only once did you try
even then it was hard enough
Just for you to realize or believe there was only one
Strong enough and hard enough to give you away.

In this big area of mine
sometimes you break me up inside

In this big area of mine. sometimes you break me up inside

Sometimes you break me up inside
in this big area of life

Saying I
I want to let you go
go that feeling
If anyone who comes to know you long enough will give you away.

I was taken by surprise
I was shattered by your eyes

Breaking down something so right and so fine.

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Prevod na srpski
Veliki prostor

Bio sam uhvaćen nespreman
slomila si me pogledom

Živeo sam daleko iznad svojih mogućnosti
znaš li kako je to?
Tako dugo sam čekao
Molio se da negde pripadam

Samo sam preživljavao da bih video i verovao sam da ima samo jedna
dovoljno jaka i dovoljno čvrsta da te se odrekne.

U ovom mom velikom prostoru
ponekad me slomiješ iznutra

Govorim da ja
ja želim da te pustim da odeš
imam taj osećaj
Ako će svako ko te dovoljno dugo zna da te se odrekne.

Nikad nije postojao neko ko bi kao ja mogao da podnese razloge

Ko bi uopšte tome posvetio vreme
da li ti je bilo stalo
da li sam bio u pravu?
Samo jednom si se potrudila
čak i tada bilo je preteško
da shvatiš ili poveruješ da je postojao samo jedan
Dovoljno jak i dovoljno čvrst da te se odrekne.

U ovom mom velikom prostoru
ponekad me slomiješ iznutra

U ovom mom velikom prostoru ponekad me slomiješ iznutra

Ponekad me slomiješ iznutra
u ovom velikom životnom prostoru

Govorim da ja
ja želim da te pustim da odeš
imam taj osećaj
Ako će svako ko te dovoljno dugo zna da te se odrekne.

Bio sam uhvaćen nespreman
slomila si me pogledom

Slamalo se nešto što bilo je tako dobro i tako lepo.

za Nelu

3 thoughts on “Then Jerico – Big Area

  1. hvala ti puno.stvarno je haotican,potpuno je drugaciji od onog znacenja teksta koje sam ja shvatila.u svakom slucaju hvala na trudu i vremenu.poz

  2. @ nela
    Moram da naglasim da je ovaj tekst nesto najhaoticnije sto sam imala prilike da prevodim.. U principu, sve to se moze i donekle drugacije protumaciti tako da.. ako ti ne zvuci kako treba, javi pa da menjam

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