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This Slovenian choir, Perpetuum Jazzile, gives us some amazing version of the song Africa (originally by Toto). It starts with an imitation of a storm, thunders included. Enjoy.
Watch the original video of the song: AFRICA.
I hear the drums echoing tonight
But she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation
She’s coming in 12:30 flight
The moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me towards salvation
I stopped an old man along the way
Hoping to find some long forgotten words or ancient melodies
He turned to me as if to say, "hurry boy, it’s waiting down for you"
It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
There’s nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
I bless the rains down in Africa
It's gonna take some time to do the things we never had
The wild dogs cry out in the night
As they grow restless longing for some solitary company
I know that I must do what’s right
Sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti
I seek to cure what’s deep inside
Frightened of this thing that I’ve become
It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
There’s nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
I bless the rains down in Africa
We’re gonna take some time to do the things we never had
(instrumental break)
Hurry boy, she’s waiting down for you
It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
There’s nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
I bless the rains down in Africa, I bless the rains down in Africa
I bless the rains down in Africa, I bless the rains down in Africa
I bless the rains down in Africa
It's gonna take some time to do the things we never had
I’LL BE HANGED IF I KNOW= (from the song description in the beginning) is an emphatic way of saying "I don’t know" (a bit old-fashioned)
DRUMS= instruments you play by hitting the top with your hands
WHISPERS= very soft low voices
SHE’S COMING IN 12:30 FLIGHT= She’s coming on the plane arriving at 12:30
MOONLIT= illuminated by the moon
WINGS= the two parts used by birds (moving) or planes to fly (static)
TOWARDS= to (expressing the direction of the movement). Pronounced /təwɔ:*dz/.
ALONG THE WAY= when I was walking
ANCIENT= /eɪnʃənt/ very very old, maybe going back to centuries
GONNA= going to
DRAG ME AWAY FROM YOU= separate me from you by force (not even more than 100 men could do it)
I BLESS= I thank. The word BLESS is more emphatic than THANK because it’s got spiritual, holy connotations
TO DO THE THINGS WE NEVER HAD= to do the things we never had done (the grammar of this sentence is a bit terrible, so don’t say things like this)
RESTLESS= impatient, moving because you want some action (in this case, the wild dogs are probably getting ready to attack)
LONGING= to long is to desire something very much
SEEK= look for
TO CURE= /tə kjɔ:/ to heal (old fashioned pronunciation: /tə kjʊə*/ )
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