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Lost In Translation

from Signs Of Life by Neil Porter

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In September this year we spent 2 months in friends' place in Switzerland - the French-speaking part - as well as some time walking in France and visiting friends near Paris and in Amsterdam, and attending a wedding in Germany. Apart from our 2 weeks in Amsterdam and the week in Germany, we were very much immersed in a French-language environment.

My musical friend Tobin Mueller commented at one stage that it would be interesting to hear what sort of music my time in Europe would produce - and the pressure was on to start writing (in a good way!). I wrote 4 or 5 songs in Switzerland - 3 of which are either finished or near completion. This is the first.

It's about the joy I have in being in a linguistic environment where I'm limited by my language skills - I understand a lot of what's going on around me in French (more in German) - TV shows, conversations in the supermarket, announcements at railway stations etc - but there's always a good 50% I don't understand. I really enjoy the sense of freedom that gives me. The song's also about the cultural differences - "do I offer my cheek, do I offer my hand?".

"Looking for signs of life" became a theme in my Swiss songs - the next one is called "Signs Of Life".

Almost forgot to mention, the drumming here is by Mike Watkins. Mike is a dream to collaborate with - always supportive, always producing killer drum tracks, and a nice guy to boot.

Hope you enjoy this.
Neil

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Lost In Translation
© 2009 Neil Porter

I’m thinking in tongues
That I don’t understand
I’m speaking in some of them too
Do I offer my cheek?
Do I offer my hand?
I’m lost in translation

If I get in your way
I’m just chasing some dreams
I’ve caught up with some of them
In perpetual motion
Life’s perpetual change
I get lost in translation

We might just be looking for clues
Out and about and avoiding the blues
Might just be searching,
Looking for some signs of life

I’ve done this before
And I’ll do it again
I’ll never get tired of this
Like my father before me
I come back to this land
To get lost in translation

You want clarification
It’s not in my game
I like dealing in tangents and dreams
Without plans or proposals
Like to follow the wind
I get lost in translation

We might just be waiting for clues
Out and about and avoiding the blues
Might just be searching,
Looking for some signs of life

You might come here to wonder
At mountains and streams
For the cafés and nightlife and bars
But when I step off the plane
I'm just longing to be
Lost in translation

I’m lost in translation
Lost in translation
Lost in translation
Lost in translation
Lost in translation
etc

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from Signs Of Life, released April 19, 2010
Mike Watkins - drums
Neil Porter - vocals, guitars, keys, bass and production

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Singer songwriter from Pambula Beach in Australia.

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