Μεγάλωσα [Megalosa] [English translation]

I was raised up

In the city monster

I drank a lot of fear, I drank pollution, I drank lies

I swallowed fat words

I slipped from my need to learn

I fooled my thirst to see…why I am here

I was raised up

With chemistry feelings, selling and buying

Looks of sympathy and pointless effort

To be nice

We?

We’re something else, we’re somebody else

Always talking about somebody else

Always talking about somebody else

Always talking about somebody else

So as not to hurt, so as to forget

I was raised up

Family monster

Nonsense kindness, phony obedience

A child actor okaying a grown up

I’m not talking about violence, I’m talking about rape

Being an adolescent means being in war

A muddy adolescence in the disgusting city

Then, a neurotic adult

Always talking about something else

Always talking about something else

Always talking about something else

So as not to hurt, so as to forget

I grew up

Otenet connection…

Sweets from Palette…

Then, to Silhouette…

We bury the pain with food

Compressed dreams, later depression

Ego freak, with wrecked nerves

Let’s hit the road, we always hit the road

Run away – it really hurts

I spit on you I kiss you – I don’t like you but I love you

Dementedly – ingeniously – superficially

Superficially – superficially – superficially

Land – We reached land – We reached land

Tears …oh my burning tears

Soften the pain

Tears…oh my sweet tears..organic cleansing

Always talking about something else (3x)

So as not to hurt, so as to forget

I grew up

Love before “L”

And below zero, my subconscious

Muddies its soil

Recycling my rotten fruits

I grew up

But the little child’s crying

Not knowing what’s his fault

Not knowing where to go

Bites his nails and wets his crib

“serves him right – Serves him right – serves him right”

His mother yelling

She gives him milk, she scolds him

That’s how she is going to raise him

Always talking about something else

So as not to hurt, so as to forget

I grew up

Growing up meaning – playing dumb

Living the absence

Having the power

Learning to laugh

Watching out

Making decisions

Not being allowed to lose

Growing up means

Living with what makes you sick

Building new homes

Taking tons of garbage out

Blaming others

Watching the morning talk shows

Listening to analysts

Being thirsty for bloody news

Saying yes saying no

Getting used to porn

Fighting from your couch

Being addicted to coffee

Always talking about something else

So as not to hurt, so as to forget

Growing up means

Facing the changes

Times cheating you

Your mind exploding

Needing to roost

Finding oasis in other people’s neurosis

People surrounded

By faces like yours

Bent knees

Haunted dreams

Always talking about something else

So as not to hurt, so as to forget

• Artist:Haris Alexiou
• Album:Η αγάπη θα σε βρει όπου και να 'σαι - 2010