Suzanne Vega "Penitent" lyrics

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Penitent

Once I stood alone so proudHeld myself above the crowdNow I am low on the groundFrom here I look around to seeWhat avenues belong to meI can’t tell what I’ve found now

What would you have me doI ask you please?I wait to hear

The mother, and the matadorThe mystic, each were here beforeLike me, to stare you downYou appear without a faceDisappear, but leave your traceI feel your unseen frown

Now what would you have me doI ask you please?I wait to hearYour voiceThe wordYou sayI waitTo seeYour signWould IObey?

I look for you in heathered moorThe desert, and the ocean floorHow low does one heart goLooking for your fingerprintsI find them in coincidenceAnd make my faith to growForgive me all my blindnessesMy weakness and unkindnessesAs yet unbending stillStruggling so hard to seeMy fist against eternityAnd will you break my will?

Now what would you have me doI ask you please?I wait to hearYour voiceThe wordYou sayI waitTo seeYour signCould IObey?

Maa

Tuotaha kuo tu'u au mo e laukauTu'u fefeka mei he kakaiKae ma'ulalo au 'i he faliki'Ele'ela 'e au mei heni ke sio'A e ngaahi hāla ni 'oku kau'i kia au'Ikai keu 'ilo'i 'a e me'a neu kumi ai 'oku fo'ou.

Ko e ha me'a ke ke pehe keu faiKole au kia te koe?Tali au ki ho'o tali.

Ko e fa'ē mo e matatoa1Ko e lilo, taki taha kuo 'i heni mei mu'aHange ko au ke nau matamatahifo kia te koeKe 'asi ange ta'emataMae kae tuku ho'o taufa'alaOngo'i au ho'o mata'ita ta'esio.

Pea ko e ha me'a ke ke pehe leva keu faiKole au kia te koe?Tali au ki ho'o taliHo le'oKo e fo'ileaKe peheTali auKe sioHo faka'ilongaKeuAngatonu ki ai?

Fekumi au koe 'i he fonua lanumahanaKo e toafa mo e faliki moanaA'u ma'ulalo fefe 'a e loto?Fekumi ki ho'o topunimaKumi au ia 'i he fakalavanoaPea 'ai ia ke tupu 'eku tuiFakamolemole'i 'eku kuiMo hoku angahala mo e ta'e'ofaKae kehe kei angatu'uKo e tau fefeka ke sio'Eku nima ki he ta'engataPea te ke maumau'i 'eku finangalo?

Pea ko e ha me'a ke ke pehe leva keu faiKole au kia te koe?Tali au ki ho'o taliHo le'oKo e fo'ileaKe peheTali auKe sioHo faka'ilongaKeuAngatonu ki ai?

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