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3 besede / 3 Words (Bonus Track)

from Vain – A Tribute to a Ghost by Silence

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about

3 besede / 3 Words was written for the Vain – a Tribute to a Ghost album. The track was inspired by the concept of Joni Mitchell's Both Sides Now, a record that traces the arc of a modern romantic relationship (from initial flirtation to the relationship's eventual disintegration) through 12 beautiful remakes of classic love songs. Following the same premise, 3 Words focuses on the transition between two extremes of human sentiment: love and hate. Each verse is a separate confession - one of love, the second of hate. Benko wrote the first confession in Slovene - his mother tongue. Why? In his own words: "Expressing love or writing about it in English always sounds somewhat impersonal, as though the language itself distances you from what you've written. Ordinarily, this works perfectly for me. Actually, that's an excellent question: why did I write the first verse in Slovene?" The slow-paced ballad was eventually excluded from the album in order to avert a drop in the record's overall tempo.

lyrics

Tri besede
Neizrečene
Visijo v zraku
V polmraku
Čakajo v zavetju tišine
da razbijanje srca mine,
da roke se tresoče umirijo,
begajoče oči ustalijo
in jezik jecljavi pove ti
rad te imam

Three tiny words
Three mighty words
are hanging in the air
Hidden somewhere
Beneath the surface of this mask we wear
Behind our cherished state of grace
And when the pressure gets too hard to bear
These three words
will blow up in your face
An explosive point of view
Namely, I hate you

credits

from Vain – A Tribute to a Ghost, released October 6, 2004

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