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Alit Mahendra Bramantya

Shinseiki no Love Song

October 27, 2011 by Alit Mahendra Bramantya | 0 comments

On the evening news a plane crashed into a building
The newscaster covered their eyes, there were days like that
When we struggled with love and righteousness as our weapons
The world goes on, as if nothing ever happened

Oh, your tears, the 21st begins
Are a blessed rain
This is our new century

selamat hari blogger nasional …
selamat datang era kepentingan baru …

apa kabar kepentingan?
apa kabar pesta?
apa kabar nusantara?
apa kabar para blogger perjuangan?

____ video and lyrics from Asian Kung-Fu Generation – 新世紀のラブソング

October 25, 2008
by Alit Mahendra Bramantya
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Maaf

Oh simple thing where have you gone?
I"m getting old and I need something to rely on
So tell me when you"re gonna let me in
I"m getting tired and I need somewhere to begin
(Keane – Somewhere Only We Know)

langkah kaki coba menyusuri hari, mengeraskan telapak tuk terus menjejak, mengejar ia yang berada diujung setapak.

dan ketika peluh bercucuran melemahkan diri, aku hanya dapat mengucap “maaf..” agar ia mau tuk terus mengunggu disana..

We"ll do it all.. Everything.. On our own
We don"t need.. Anything.. Or anyone

If I lay here.. If I just lay here..
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

I don"t quite know.. How to say.. How I feel
(snow patrol – chasing cars)

saat begitu banyak kata dan hanya kata-kata yang berulang, hati dan imagi beriring sepi, tanda tanya, dan segala bujukan atas semua ketakpastian.

wajar.. dan sangat wajar… dan sekali lagi aku hanya dapat berkata “maaf…”

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