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Translation
Up In The Trees
High up in the trees where the birds live
I wish to sit in peace and quiet
No one would know where I was
No one would ask where I was
I wish I could sit in a tree
And lean my head against the bark
I wish I could believe for one single day
That I'll never have to go to walk on ground again
I don't have the names you gave me anymore
Who gave you the right to say how I was
As though you knew more than me
About me, mine and my circumstance
You can forgive, you can understand
You can try to take it in now
That I rule here in my sphere
You can't call me yours now
I wish I could sit in an oak
I wish I could forget all that hurt me
Everything but the voice, everything but my faith
Now I just want to sit here where the birds live
Everything you gave me I want to destroy
Everything you destroyed I want to cherish
I'm climbing up to the sky
Don't hear when you're unhappy
I can see you talking if I look down
But I can't hear what you want from me anymore
Your mouth may be moving but it doesn't move me
I don't know what you're saying
So forget who I was before I stopped existing
I can but I never want to climb back down
Just leave me be, let me stay quiet
I can never be what you want, anyway
If someone sees me sitting in my tree
And shouts, come down now
Then I'll answer as the birds do
With a song unrestrained by words
I'm saying la, la
High up in the trees where the birds live
I wish to sit in peace and quiet
Up in the trees in secret
Restoring my dignity
High up in the trees where the birds live
Everything resting, everything forgotten
I'm saying la, la
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