Arctic Monkeys – Cornerstone

Thought I saw you in the battleship
but it was only a look a like
She was nothing but a vision trick
Under the warning light
She was close, close enough to be your ghost
But my chances turned to toast
When I asked her if I could call her your name

I thought I saw you in the rusty hook
Huddled up in wicker chair
I wandered up for a closer look
And kissed who ever was sitting there

She was close, and she held me very tightly
Till I asked awfully politely, please
Can I call you her name

And I elongated my lift home,
Yeah I let him go the long way round
I smelt your scent on the seatbelt
And kept my shortcuts to myself

I thought I saw you in the parrot’s beak
Messing with the smoke alarm
It was too loud for me to hear her speak
And she had a broken arm

It was close, so close that the walls were wet
And she wrote it out in letraset
No you can’t call me her name

Tell me where’s your hiding place
I’m worried I’ll forget your face
And I’ve asked everyone
And I’m beginning to think I imagined you all along

I elongated my lift home
Yeah I let him go the long way round
I smelt your scent on the seatbelt
And kept my shortcuts to myself

I saw your sister in the cornerstone
On the phone to the middle man
When I saw that she was on her own
I thought she might understand
She was close, well you couldn’t get much closer
She said I’m really not supposed to but yes,
You can call me anything you want

Prevod na srpski

Kamen temeljac

Učinilo mi se da sam te video na bojnom brodu
ali to je bio samo neko sličan tebi
Ona je bila samo iluzija
pod svetlom upozorenja
Bila je blizu, dovoljno blizu da bude tvoj duh
Ali moje šanse su propale
Kada sam je pitao mogu li je zvati tvojim imenom

Učinilo mi se da sam te video na zarđaloj kuki
Šćućurenu u pletenoj stolici
Dolutao sam da bih bolje video
I poljubio onu koja god je sedela tamo

Bila je blizu, i grlila me čvrsto
Dok nisam strašno ljubazno zamolio, molim te
Mogu li te njenim imenom zvati

I produžio sam svoju vožnju kući,
Da, pustio sam ga da ide dugim okolnim putem
Osetio sam tvoj miris na pojasu
I zadržao svoje prečice za sebe

Učinilo mi se da sam te video u papagajevom kljunu
Kako čačkaš po dimnom alarmu
Bilo je preglasno da je čujem šta govori
I jedna ruka bila joj je slomljena

Bilo je blizu, tako blizu da su zidovi bili mokri
A ona je ispisala letrasetom
Ne, ne možeš me njenim imenom zvati

Reci mi gde se skrivaš
Bojim se da ću zaboraviti kako izgledaš
A pitao sam sve redom
I počinjem da verujem da si svo vreme bila samo proizvod moje mašte

I produžio sam svoju vožnju kući,
Da, pustio sam ga da ide dugim okolnim putem
Osetio sam tvoj miris na pojasu
I zadržao svoje prečice za sebe

Video sam tvoju sestru na kamenu temeljcu
Kako telefonira sa posrednikom
Kada sam video da je sama
Pomislio sam da bi mogla razumeti
Bila je blizu, ma nije mogla prići bliže
Rekla je: stvarno ne bih trebala ali da,
Možeš me zvati kako god hoćeš

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