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Opou​š​t​ě​ní země

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DEPARTING THE EARTH

Reflection builds a dam to water’s traces,
The landman’s horror’s mirrored in the deep.
We knead the key with our tongues and there’s no lock.
Before the waters only the drowned man’s clothes.

On the water, how can you tell the places you’ve been?
How can you tell your destination,
Other clouds, different waves,
Or the very same?
As you depart the earth, disappear behind the horizon,
You enter the unknown, a fathomless world.
Loss is eternal, infinite,
The only thing shared by us.

Fear of rejection seals the mouths,
No buts, only yeses and nos.
Smooth water on end or a swelling mass.
No, we’re not where to, yes, we’re where.

Wave so tall you don’t see the next,
Not knowing where you are.
If there’s a coast nearby. If so, what’s it like?
Will it smash you to pieces in the tide?
Departing the earth you become a Tantalus.
Without a sip of water you thirst on the bottomless sea.
Loss is terrible, infinite.
The only thing safe for us.


OPOUŠTĚNÍ ZEMĚ

Hráz staví stopám vody zrcadlení,
odrazem hlubiny je děs suchozemce.
Klíč hnětem jazyky, a zámku není.
Před vodami jen šatstvo utopence.

Jak poznáš na vodě místo, kdes´ už byl?
Jak poznáš svůj cíl
pod jinými oblaky, ve vlnách jiných,
ve vlnách stejných?
Když opouštíš zem, ztrácíš se za obzorem,
vstupuješ do neznáma ve světě bezbřehém.
Ztráta je věčná, nekonečná.
Ona jediná je nám společná.

Pečetí ústa strach z odmítnutí,
žádný ale, jen ano nebo ne.
Hladina bez konce nebo vlnobití,
ne, nejsme kam, ano jsme kde.

Vlny jsou vysoké, nevidíš na další,
teď nevíš, kde jsi.
Zda-li je blízko břeh. Je-li, pak jaký,
zda příboj tě rozdrtí.
Opustils´ zem, stal jsi se Tantalem.
Bez doušku žízníš na moři bezedném.
Ztráta je strašná, nekonečná.
Ta jediná je pro nás bezpečná.

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from Departing the Earth, released July 27, 2018

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Collective publishing project of a few kindred musicians, flowing outside (on periphery or in underground) the Czech music happening and mostly devoted themselves to alternative rock or avantgarde music. Stylistically diverse is united by a similar attitude to music perceived not as a medium, but as the way, autonomous and eminently participating on our lives, on our road. ... more

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