There Will Be Time

Album: Johannesburg (2016)
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  • Heto mi halanma
    Mine waddimi yiddema
    Ko ane tane holimi
    Holimi ko ndjidirmi o Dunne Dunne
    Hum hum waddimi yidde

    But in the cold light, I live to love and adore you
    It's all that I am, it's all that I have
    In the cold light, I live, I only live for you
    It's all that I am, it's all that I have

    Humm ko ane holimi
    Koliyo ngopei ndjoukirade
    Hasidagal modiani
    Waddimi yiddema
    Waddimi yiddema
    Mine waddimi yiddema
    Ko ane tane rokimi
    Ko nanei nanei nanei nanei nanei mi waddno
    Ko jonni jonni jonni jonni jonni mi watti
    Ko jonni jonni jonni jonni jonni mi watti

    So open up my eyes to a new light
    I wandered 'round your darkened land all night
    But I lift up my eyes to a new high
    And indeed there would be time

    But in the cold light, I live to love and adore you
    It's all that I am, it's all that I have
    In the cold light I live, I only live for you
    It's all that I am, it's all that I have

    And in the cold light, I live to love and adore you
    It's all that I am, it's all that I have
    In the cold light, I live to love and adore you
    It's all that I am, it's all that I have
    Why do I keep falling?
    Why do I keep falling?

    There is a time, a time to love
    A time to sing, a time to shine
    A time to leave, a time to stay
    There is a time, a time to cry
    A time to love, a time to live
    There is a time, a time to sing
    A time to love

    And in the cold light, I live to love and adore you
    It's all that I am, it's all that I have
    In the cold light, I live to love and adore you
    It's all that I am, it's all that I have
    Why do I keep falling?
    Why do I keep falling? Writer/s: Baaba Maal, Benjamin Walter David Lovett, Edward James Milton Dwane, Marcus Oliver Johnstone Mumford, Winston Aubrey Aladar Marshall
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Jacey Kelly from Madras, OrThis song. It has inspired me. And made me realize my great loves even if it isn't romantic. I listened to it more than any other song. I wish I could speak to Baaba Maal and Marcus Mumford and the whole band to see what it means to them. I feel a such passion when listening to this song more than any other of their songs (and I am a big fan of mainly the Mumford and Sons because English but when I look up the lyrics to Baaba Maal OMG). But this is my go to song. It gives me such lightness and truth and I wish to know what the inspiration was. I love bog but not easily, and yet I can relate to this song so easily. I NEED TO KNOW ITS INSPIRATION NOW. It has been too long without knowing. I'll go old age and find out how to write a letter to these guys to find out.
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