Luke Sital-Singh: "Afterneath" / "Killing Me"
Luke Sital-Singh: « Après » / « Ça me tue »
Luke Sital-Singh plumbs emotional depths to write tender, tuneful songs. Full bio
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from our golden night
de notre nuit dorée
voir tes yeux ouverts
You are alive
Afterneath
Après
that they're not really depressing at all.
ne sont pas du tout déprimantes.
important songs we have.
importantes chansons que nous ayons.
I just never tire of hearing
dont je ne me lasse jamais
part of being human
bien réelle d'être humain
dans la peur et la honte
where it lingers and rots.
où elle traîne et pourrit.
qu'en écoutant ces chansons -
these hard emotions,
ces émotions difficiles, une fois de plus,
that we're not alone in darkness.
que nous ne sommes pas seuls dans le noir.
known as "mono no aware,"
connu comme « mono no aware »
as "the bittersweet poignancy of things,"
par « l'intensité douce-amère des choses »
conscience de l'impermanence.
sadness as things pass by in life,
éphémère tant que la vie passe,
softly lingering sadness
persistante et plus profonde,
des nombreuses histoires de vie et moments
in lots of life stories and moments
is the celebration of the cherry blossom.
la célébration de la fleur de cerisier.
is no more impressive
n'est pas plus extraordinaire
within a single week --
en à peine une semaine --
on the gentlest breeze --
la plus douce des brises --
more beautiful.
côté poignant à la vie.
than this, and --
of my songwriting for years,
de mes années de composition de chansons,
et le doute,
in music, in song --
en musique, en chansons --
in poetry and painting,
dans la poésie et la peinture,
et une affinité
none of us alone in darkness.
tous seuls dans le noir.
that I call "Killing Me,"
« Ça me tue »
pour la piste de danse.
I've been talking about.
ce dont j'ai parlé.
from the perspective of somebody else,
du point de vue d'une autre personne.
my late grandfather,
mon défunt grand-père,
new things in her life --
choses dans sa vie :
qui lui manque tant.
her soul mate.
would you wake up today?
tu te réveillerais aujourd'hui ?
how I've grown in this place
j'ai grandi ici
When the winter comes to stay
quand l'hiver arrive
all the words I never said
de tous les mots que je n'ai jamais dits
That you're not here with me
que tu ne sois pas là avec moi
The wonders I can see
les merveilles que je peux voir
and time rushes away
et le temps passe trop vite
like we did when we were young
quand nous étions jeunes
when we were young
quand nous étions jeunes
that you're not here with me
tu ne sois pas ici avec moi
The wonders I can see
les merveilles que je peux voir
The wonders I can see
les merveilles que je peux voir
The wonders I can see
les merveilles que je peux voir
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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