Sting

A Thousand Years

A thousand years, a thousand more
A thousand times a million doors to eternity

I may have lived a thousand lives, a thousand times
An endless turning stairway climbs
To a tower of souls

If it takes another thousand years, a thousand wars,
The towers rise to numberless floors in space

I could shed another million tears, a million breaths,
A million names, but only one truth to face

A million roads, a million fears
A million suns, ten million years of uncertainty

I could speak a million lies, a million songs,
A million rights, a million wrongs in this balance of time

But if there was a single truth, a single light
A single thought, a singular touch of grace

Then following this single point, this single flame,
This single haunted memory of your face

I still love you
I still want you
A thousand times the mysteries unfold themselves
Like galaxies in my head

I may be numberless, I may be innocent
I may know many things, I may be ignorant
Or I could ride with kings and conquer many lands
Or win this world at cards and let it slip my hands

I could be cannon food, destroyed a thousand times
Reborn as fortune’s child to judge another’s crimes
Or wear this pilgrim’s cloak, or be a common thief
I’ve kept this single faith, I have but one belief

I still love you
I still want you
A thousand times the mysteries unfold themselves
Like galaxies in my head
On and on the mysteries unwind themselves
Eternities still unsaid
‘Til you love me


HILJADU GODINA

Hiljadu godina, još hiljadu
Hiljadu puta, milion vrata do večnosti

Možda sam živeo hiljadu života, hiljadu puta
Beskonačno penjanje kružnim stepenicama
do kule duša

Ako bude trebalo još hiljadu godina, hiljadu ratova
Kule se povećaju za bezbroj spratova u svemiru

Mogao bih proliti još milion suza, milion uzdaha
Milion imena, ali samo jedna istina

Milion puteva, milion strahova
Milion sunaca, deset miliona godina nesigurnosti

Mogao bih ispričati milion laži, milion pesama,
Milion ispravnih, milion pogrešnih stvari u ovom bilansu vremena

Ali postojala je samo jedna istina, samo jedna svetlost
Jedna istina, dodir milosti u jednini

Onda, nakon te jedne tačke, jednog plamena,
Te jedne uspomene na tvoje lice koja me progoni

Još uvek te volim
Još uvek te želim
Hiljadu puta se razotkrivaju te misterije
Kao u mojoj glavi galaksije

Možda sam bezbrojan, možda sam nevin
Možda mnogo toga znam, možda sam neuk
Ili bih mogao jahati sa kraljevima i osvojiti mnoge zemlje
Ili osvojiti ovaj svet na kartanju i dozvoliti da mi iz ruku izmakne

Mogao bih biti topovsko punjenje, hiljadu puta uništeno
Ponovo rođen kao dete sreće da osuđujem zločine drugih
Ili nositi ovaj ogrtač hodočasnički ili biti lopov sitni
Sačuvao sam ovu jednu jedinu veru, samo u jedno verujem

Još uvek te volim
Još uvek te želim
Hiljadu puta se razotkrivaju te misterije
Kao u mojoj glavi galaksije
Iznova i iznova, misterije se razotkrivaju
Večnosti stoje neizrečene
Dok ti ne voliš mene