Deszcz Na Betonie (?) Lyrics in English Taco Hemingway

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Verse 1

I'm returning to Warsaw by express

I left her at the hotel saying 'I'm off, 'cause I've got business'

Every problem I had is now expired

I'm returning to music if the airwaves are still mine

A year and a half and my PESEL is still known to you

Everyone around is forever making a fuss

You asked where Fifi was, he was hidden on the coast

I spent the whole summer there licking my marble wounds

In my head, two different worlds are clashing

I want to be outside the mainstream, but the ghost of platinum tempts me

On one hand, I'd like to be moved again someday writing raps

On the other, I'd like to make cash, and feel basically nothing but that

I came up with a new project

That'll crush my writer's block and crush the walls in my head

But now I'm sitting in the dining car with a cup of train station swill

Afraid that I'll never forget the scent of your skin

Chorus 1

Your skin smells like the last days of summer vacation

Today the air smells like the last days of summer vacation

Rain on the concrete, rain on the concrete

Your skin smells like the last days of summer vacation

What's the point of this train, if you're not at the station

And the melody cuts off like the St. Mary's Trumpet Call

Chorus 2

Your skin smells like the last days of summer vacation

Today the air smells like the last days of summer vacation

Rain on the concrete, rain on the concrete

Your skin smells like the last days of summer vacation

What's the point of this train if you're not at the station

And the melody cuts o-

Verse 2

People in love want pathos

I try to be down-to-earth and I have a way

I won't tell you your presence is a gift from fate

Or the song of skylarks, or a f*cking lotus flower

In the morning, the smell of a proper coffee

Short sleeves on a summer day, the smell of mown grass

A full tank, an empty road, a series of green lights

A song on the radio by one of your underrated bands

An unexpected tax refund

A long weekend for those drowned in the corporate world

When everyone around sounds bland, I still drink in your voice

Like the crackle of vinyl in the morning

The sound of a downpour pounding on the concrete

Drumming on the panes, when you fall asleep alone or with a woman

When you wake up at dusk, you feel a moment of anxiety

You grab your jacket, everything's there: wallet, keys, phone

Chorus 3

And her hair smells like the last days of summer vacation

Today the air smells like the last days of summer vacation

Rain on the concrete, rain on the concrete

Your skin smells like the last days of summer vacation

What's the point of this train, if you're not at the station

And the melody cuts off like the St. Mary's Trumpet Call

Chorus 4

Your skin smells like the last days of summer vacation

Today the air smells like the last days of summer vacation

Rain on the concrete, rain on the concrete

Your skin smells like the last days of summer vacation

What's the point of this train if you're not at the station

And the melody cuts o-

Verse 3

The express train is heading for a stop

Warsaw center, nobody's waiting for me at the station

Incognito, when I don't have a beard

Don't look for me on the internet, there are probably no posts there

My words are always modest, there are probably no ornaments there

Good intentions, there are probably no thorns there

Life changed when I started singing in Polish

Now I have to run, see you on the wax

Chorus 5

Your skin smells like the last days of summer vacation

Today the air smells like the last days of summer vacation

Rain on the concrete, rain on the concrete

Your skin smells like the last days of summer vacation

What's the point of this train, if you're not at the station

And the melody cuts off like the St. Mary's Trumpet Call

Chorus 6

Your skin smells like the last days of summer vacation

Today the air smells like the last days of summer vacation

Rain on the concrete, rain on the concrete

Your skin smells like the last days of summer vacation

What's the point of this train if you're not at the station

And the melody cuts o-

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skowronków — larks

Skowronków is the genitive plural of skowronek, meaning 'lark'. It's a beautiful and somewhat poetic word, less common in everyday conversation than 'bird' (ptak).

In the song, Taco Hemingway contrasts grand romantic declarations with simple, tangible pleasures. He states, "Nie powiem ci, że twa obecność jest jak dar od losu / Albo śpiew skowronków, albo pierdolony kwiat lotosu" (I won't tell you that your presence is like a gift from fate / Or the singing of larks, or a damn lotus flower). By mentioning the 'singing of larks', he evokes a sense of natural beauty and idyllic peace, making it a memorable and evocative word that stands out.

Welcome to a modern classic from one of Poland's biggest rap stars, Taco Hemingway! (He's from Poland, not Brazil, by the way!) This song, whose title means "Rain on Concrete", is a journey inside the artist's mind as he travels back to Warsaw on a train.

He's leaving a lover behind, and the whole song is filled with a feeling of nostalgia and bittersweet memories. The main idea is captured in the beautiful line, "Twoja skóra pachnie jak ostatnie dni wakacji" (Your skin smells like the last days of summer vacation). It’s about that specific feeling when something wonderful is ending. He contrasts big, cliché declarations of love with the simple, everyday things that he truly finds beautiful, like the smell of coffee, the sound of rain, or an empty road. It’s a song about the conflict between art and money, fame and privacy, and the lonely feeling of returning to a city where the person you're thinking of isn't waiting for you.

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