Pieces on the Keys

"Pieces on the Keys (Zambia Version)"

Verse 1 – English

The room is cold, but your shadow stays,

Dancing through the silence of my empty days.

Every note I play still calls your name,

Every heartbeat burns with the same old pain.

Pre-Chorus – Tonga

Ndi kulila, moyo wangu walapuka,

(I'm crying, my heart is broken.)

Wandisiya ndeka, ndilila fye.

(You left me alone, I'm just crying.)

Chorus – English + Bemba + Nyanja

So I break on these piano keys,

Every note remembers you and me.

"Nalikutemwa..." (Bemba: I loved you...)

"...koma mwandisiya." (Nyanja: But you left me.)

"Umutima wandi walepena..." (Bemba: My heart is hurting...)

"Mtima wanga wasweka..." (Nyanja: My heart is broken...)

"Moyo wangu walapuka..." (Tonga: My heart has shattered...)

Now I'm singing through the pain,

But you'll never hear my name again.

Verse 2 – English

The rain keeps falling against my window,

Like heaven knows I can't let go.

Every dream we built has turned to dust,

Leaving only memories and rust.

Bridge – Mixed

Tonga: Sena walibona misozi yangu?

(Have you seen my tears?)

Bemba: Bushe walimona ifyo nkabila?

(Do you see how much I miss you?)

Nyanja: Bwanji munandisiya ndekha?

(Why did you leave me alone?)

English:

If love could hear this melody,

Would it bring you back to me?

Final Chorus – All Together

I'm breaking on these piano keys...

Nalikutemwa...

Ninakukonda...

Ndakakutemwa...

But now...

Umutima wandi walepena...

Mtima wanga wasweka...

Moyo wangu walapuka...

This piano cries what words can't say,

My love is gone... but the song will stay.

Outro – Soft Piano

One last note...

One last tear...

One last prayer you'll somehow hear...

Waliba kutali... (You're so far away.)

Koma nkakukonda mpaka kale. (But I'll love you forever.)

And every key still aches... for you.