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Meanwhile

The song, "Enquanto Isso" ("Meanwhile"), is sung in Portuguese and read in English over a layered melody of 12 stringed guitars and a chorus.

Lyrics (in English):

Meanwhile night falls
into regions
And if we could just see faster
We could watch everything
Dawn is next to night
And getting darker
And all the afternoons
Are falling, falling
And then just after lunch
Noon rose into full sunlight
And then another morning
Running early
Seen only by those who rose
In time to work
In the dawn that was the rising

Thanks to Nick Grace C. (gringo@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu) for this information.

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