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Σ​υ​ν​ή​θ​ι​ζ​α​ν Έ​ξ​ω τ​η​ς Ο​ι​κ​ί​α​ς μ​ο​υ (They Used To By my House)

from Θ​ό​ρ​υ​β​ο​ς (Noise) by Mechanimal

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Συνήθιζαν έξω της οικίας μου να περνούν,
Φανταστικά παιχνίδια παίζοντας,
Χωρίς ποτέ να θορυβούν,
Θολά παιδάκια πτώματα.

Ακίνητα,
Aμίλητα,
Aγέλαστα
Και φορτωμένα όνειρα στις τρυφερές πλατούλες,
Φτερούγιζαν ασθμαίνοντας
Τη σκονισμένη άπνοια της μέρας.

Βήματα αργά,
Ψιθυριστά,
Χωρίς βιασύνη,
Ακολουθούσαν πάντοτε την ίδια διαδρομή,
Μονότονη,
Ιδρωμένη,
Εθιμοτυπική.

Σε μονοπάτια κυπαρισσίων μνημάτων,
Μικρά χεράκια βρόμικα
Λίγες βιολέτες έκοβαν
Τις κεφαλές των αγαλμάτων να στολίσουν
Και σκαραβαίους ξέθαβαν
Τις κουκουβάγιες να ταΐσουν.

Μέχρι που έγερνε στο βάθος απαθής η μέρα
Κι ονειροπόλο βάρος έκλεινε τα παγωμένα βλέφαρα.

Τότε,
Όλα μαζί
Πιασμένα χέρι χέρι
Στις χελιδονοφωλιές τους κρύβονταν
Ώστε γλυκά ν’ αναπαυθούν μέχρι την επομένη.

Κυνηγημένα όνειρα,
Εγκλωβισμένα αιώνια στην παιδική τους ηλικία,
Υπάκουα όνειρα,
Υποταγμένα σε κανόνες ενήλικων νεκρών,
Αναγκασμένα εσαεί να παίζουν
Ανώδυνα παιχνίδια,
Χωρίς ποτέ να θορυβούν,
Άδεια πουλάκια πτώματα.

***

They used to pass by my house
Playing imaginary games,
Without ever being noisy,
Blurry little children corpses.

Motionless,
Silent,
Smileless
And laden with dreams on their tender little backs,
They fluttered gasping
the dusty stillness of the day.

Steps slow,
Whispering,
Without any hurry,
Following always the same route,
Monotonous,
Sweaty,
Ceremonial.

In paths of cypress tombs,
Small dirty hands
Used to pick some violets
To have the statue heads decorated
And used to dig out scarabs
To get the owls fed.

Until the day would set in the background in apathy
And a daydreaming weight would shut the ice-cold eyelids.

Then,
All together
Hand in hand
They would hide in their swallow nests
To rest sweetly until the next day.

Hunted dreams,
Caged eternally in their childhood,
Obedient dreams,
Subject to rules of adult dead people,
Forced to play forever and ever
Harmless games,
Without ever being noisy,
Empty little birds corpses.

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from Θ​ό​ρ​υ​β​ο​ς (Noise), released March 12, 2021

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Mechanimal is a modular band from Athens (GR), an industrial project in progress, a unique collective of musicians and video artists, recording in various permutations and staying true to the original roots of post-punk melancholy.

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