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Description
When everything inside is crumpled up like a wrinkled shirt after being packed in a suitcase, and there's no way to smooth out those wrinkles in your head. When someone's scent still seems to linger in the empty bed, but it's just your memory playing tricks on you.
The words of farewell are stuck somewhere between your throat and your heart - and the harder you try to swallow them, the more you feel the emptiness. Pride, regrets, things left unsaid - everything that prevents you from breathing easily.
It sounds like a prayer for strength that will keep you on your feet when your only desire is to run away. But instead of running away, all you can do is stand and listen as the music gently applies a band-aid to the most painful place.
Director and animator: Mitchell Pond
Cast: Nimino and Manta
Producer: Noted Management
Label: Ninja Tune / Counter Records
Lyrics and translation
Original
Lord, give me some strength
I don't wanna run away
Face up to my head
I don't wanna say goodbye
We're never gonna make it better, better, better
Lord, give me some strength
I don't wanna run away
Face up to my head
I don't wanna say goodbye
We're never gonna make it better, better, better
All I do is try
Iron out the creases in my mind
Empty shapes where you used to be
Nothing fits the space where you're supposed to sleep
And as you go
Find peace along your way
And I hope
I find solace in your place
I'm just haunted by the past
And I wish I could've been ten times new
And I hope
I find solace in your place
Lord, give me some strength
I don't wanna run away
Face up to my head
I don't wanna say goodbye
We're never gonna make it better, better, better
Lord, give me some strength
I don't wanna run away
Face up to my head
I don't wanna say goodbye
We're never gonna make it better, better, better
Lord, give me some strength
I don't wanna run away
Face up to my head
I don't wanna say goodbye
We're never gonna make it better, better, better
Lord, give me some strength
I don't wanna run away
Face up to my head
I don't wanna say goodbye
We're never gonna make it better, better, better
Mistaking your scent as if you're here
Guess I like to think that you're still next to me, my dear
I'm just haunted by the past
And I wish I could have been ten times the man
All the things that I should have said
Pride that I should have let go
Freed up my hands
And as you go
Find peace along your way
And I hope
I find solace in your place
I'm just haunted by the past
And I wish I could've been ten times the man
And I hope
I find solace in your place
Lord, give me some strength
I don't wanna run away
Face up to my head
I don't wanna say goodbye
We're never gonna make it better, better, better
Lord, give me some strength
I don't wanna run away
Face up to my head
I don't wanna say goodbye
We're never gonna make it better, better, better
Lord, give me some strength
I don't wanna run away
Face up to my head
I don't wanna say goodbye
We're never gonna make it better, better, better
Lord, give me some strength
I don't wanna run away
Face up to my head
I don't wanna say goodbye
We're never gonna make it better, better, better
Lord, give me some strength
I don't wanna run away
Face up to my head
I don't wanna say goodbye
We're never gonna make it better, better, better