Official Music Video
Mermaid Smiled by XTC
Lyrics & Translation
English
From pools of xylophone clear
From caves of memory
I saw the children at heart
That we once used to be
Borne on foaming seahorse herd
Compose with trumpeting shell
From lines across their hands
A song as new as new moon
As old as all the sands
Shrank to stagnant from Atlantic wild
Lost that child 'til mermaid
Smiled
Summoned by drum rolling surf
As laughing fish compel
The young boy woken in me
By clanging diving bell
Breakers pillow fight the shore
She wriggles free in the tide
I'm locked in adult land
Back in the mirror she slides
Waving with comb in hand
I was lucky to remain beguiled
Grown to child since mermaid
Smiled
Spanish translations are provided by the LyricVerse team.
Spanish translation of Mermaid Smiled by XTC
Mermaid Smiled* (original XTC)
From pools of xylophone clear
From caves of memory
I saw the children at heart
That we once used to be
Borne on foaming seahorse herd
Compose with trumpeting shell
From lines across their hands
A song as new as new moon
As old as all the sands
Shrank to stagnant from Atlantic wild
Lost that child 'til mermaid
Smiled
Summoned by drum rolling surf
As laughing fish compel
The young boy woken in me
By clanging diving bell
Breakers pillow fight the shore
She wriggles free in the tide
I'm locked in adult land
Back in the mirror she slides
Waving with comb in hand
I was lucky to remain beguiled
Grown to child since mermaid
Smiled
Mermaid Smiled (traducción LyricVerse Team)
De charcos de xilófono claro
De cuevas de la memoria
Vi a los niños de corazón
Que una vez fuimos
Llevados por manadas de caballitos de mar espumosos
Componen con conchas que trompetean
De las líneas de sus manos
Una canción tan nueva como la luna nueva
Tan vieja como todas las arenas
Se encogió a estancada del Atlántico salvaje
Perdí a ese niño hasta que la sirena
Sonrió
Convocado por el tamborileo de las olas
Mientras los peces risueños obligan
El niño pequeño despertó en mí
Por la campana de buceo que repica
Las olas luchan con la orilla como almohadas
Ella se libera en la marea
Estoy atrapado en la tierra de los adultos
De vuelta en el espejo ella se desliza
Saludando con peine en mano
Tuve suerte de permanecer hechizado
Crecí a niño desde que la sirena
Sonrió
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