Luke Sital-Singh: "Afterneath" / "Killing Me"
لوك سيتل سينغ: "بعد الرجوع الخفي" / "يقتلني"
Luke Sital-Singh plumbs emotional depths to write tender, tuneful songs. Full bio
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from our golden night
You are alive
Afterneath
that they're not really depressing at all.
أن الأغاني الحزينة ليست كذلك على الإطلاق.
important songs we have.
من أكثر الأغاني المُهمة لدينا.
I just never tire of hearing
من سماعها أبدًا
part of being human
من كوننا بشر
خلال الخوف والحرج
where it lingers and rots.
these hard emotions,
بهذه المشاعر القاسية،
that we're not alone in darkness.
بأننا لسنا وحدنا في الظلام.
known as "mono no aware,"
لا تدل على عمق المشاعر" (mono no aware)،
as "the bittersweet poignancy of things,"
وحلو الأشياء،"
أو الانفعال المُفرط تجاه الأشياء.
sadness as things pass by in life,
كما الأشياء تعبر في الحياة،
حول عدم ثبات الواقع.
softly lingering sadness
in lots of life stories and moments
على عمق المشاعر"
هو الاحتفال بتفتح أزهار شجر الكرز.
is the celebration of the cherry blossom.
is no more impressive
ليس أكثر إثارة من شجرة التفاح أو البرتقال،
within a single week --
on the gentlest breeze --
في يومٍ ذي نسيم عليل
more beautiful.
than this, and --
of my songwriting for years,
لتأليف الأغاني الخاصة بي لسنوات،
in music, in song --
وفي الأغنية...
in poetry and painting,
لنعلم أن لا أحد فينا وحيدًا في الظلام.
none of us alone in darkness.
that I call "Killing Me,"
I've been talking about.
from the perspective of somebody else,
my late grandfather,
new things in her life --
her soul mate.
would you wake up today?
how I've grown in this place
إلى أي مدى كبرتُ في هذا المكان
When the winter comes to stay
عندما يأتي موسم الشتاء ليبقى
all the words I never said
التي لم أقلها أبدًا
That you're not here with me
The wonders I can see
and time rushes away
والوقت يمضي على عجل
like we did when we were young
when we were young
that you're not here with me
The wonders I can see
The wonders I can see
The wonders I can see
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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