Selo, selo moje okićeno gorom.
Vitom, vitom jelom i zelenim borom.
Sadi, sadi mala borove i jele.
Ja ću, ja ću ruže rumene i bjele.
Cradled by the mountains of blood-red stone.
Pines stretch their branches over buried bones.
You're only there to visit, but the welcome is warm,
and a party breaks out like the day you were born.
Faces shine brightly, lit by burning oak.
This is the promised land, can you see it through the smoke?
Give away the songs you've been clutching in your hand:
they're the waning roses of the promised land.
credits
from Places (EP),
released May 1, 2015
Jelena Ciric - vox and piano
Jana Sustersic - background vox
Stephen McHale - guitar
Andrea Fraenzel - bass
Mt Aditya Srinivasan - percussion
Engineered and mixed by Alayna Hughes
Mastered by Timothy Shull Jr.
Written and arranged by Jelena Ciric
Recorded, mixed, and mastered at Berklee Valencia, Spain.
Modern-Classical minimalism meets highly emotive vocals and lyrics on this masterpiece of fragile beauty. In the last years, few albums have moved me as deeply and found their way into my player as regularly as this one. Highly recommended. Dominik Sonders
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