Luke Sital-Singh: "Afterneath" / "Killing Me"
Luke Sital-Singh plumbs emotional depths to write tender, tuneful songs. Full bio
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from our golden night
de nossa noite dourada ♪
seus olhos abertos ♪
You are alive
que você ama ♪
Afterneath
realmente deprimentes.
that they're not really depressing at all.
important songs we have.
mais importantes que temos:
I just never tire of hearing
part of being human
muito real de ser humano,
oculta no medo e na vergonha
where it lingers and rots.
onde perdura e apodrece.
these hard emotions,
essas emoções difíceis,
that we're not alone in darkness.
conhecida como "mono no aware",
known as "mono no aware,"
as "the bittersweet poignancy of things,"
como "a pungência agridoce das coisas",
da impermanência,
sadness as things pass by in life,
conforme as coisas passam na vida,
softly lingering sadness
e levemente prolongada
in lots of life stories and moments
em muitas histórias de vida, momentos
é a comemoração da floração da cerejeira.
is the celebration of the cherry blossom.
is no more impressive
não é mais impressionante
within a single week --
dentro de uma única semana,
on the gentlest breeze --
more beautiful.
nada me atrai mais do que isso, e...
than this, and --
of my songwriting for years,
de minhas composições há anos,
in music, in song --
in poetry and painting,
na poesia e na pintura,
uma comunidade e uma empatia,
none of us alone in darkness.
nenhum de nós, sozinhos na escuridão.
that I call "Killing Me,"
chama-se "Killing Me",
não é uma favorita da pista de dança.
I've been talking about.
from the perspective of somebody else,
pela perspectiva de outra pessoa,
my late grandfather,
sem meu falecido avô,
new things in her life --
sem a alma gêmea e sente a falta dela.
her soul mate.
would you wake up today?
how I've grown in this place
que cresci neste lugar ♪
When the winter comes to stay
quando o inverno chega para ficar ♪
all the words I never said
de todas as palavras que eu nunca disse ♪
That you're not here with me
você não estar aqui comigo ♪
The wonders I can see
nas maravilhas que posso ver ♪
and time rushes away
e o tempo passe depressa ♪
like we did when we were young
quando éramos jovens ♪
when we were young
quando éramos jovens ♪
that you're not here with me
você não estar aqui comigo ♪
The wonders I can see
nas maravilhas que posso ver ♪
The wonders I can see
nas maravilhas que posso ver ♪
The wonders I can see
nas maravilhas que posso ver ♪
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Luke Sital-Singh - Singer-songwriterLuke Sital-Singh plumbs emotional depths to write tender, tuneful songs.
Why you should listen
Luke Sital-Singh is an internationally acclaimed singer-songwriter from the UK. In 2012 he released his debut single "Fail For You," which first introduced to the world his deft ability to craft songs with a mesmerizing piercing emotional quality. The song went on to be featured in numerous TV shows including Grey’s Anatomy. At the end of 2013, Sital-Singh was featured in the BBC's Sound of 2014 list and signed to Parlophone records, who released his debut record The Fire Inside later that year.
After a couple of years touring the world and opening for artist such as Villagers, The Staves, Martha Wainwright and Kodaline, in 2017 Sital-Singh released his sophomore record Time Is A Riddle, which featured the stand out song "Killing Me." His songs are rich and somber and have the tendency to stop you in your tracks. Of his songwriting, Sital-Singh says: "I like writing about the heavy things. There’s a lot of shallow stuff out there and that’s fine for certain contexts. My fun is diving as deep as I can. Inside myself and, if I can, inside others and writing songs that are as honest as I can make them. Honest to the struggles we all face, the sadness but more importantly, the hope."
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