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SAMA

by Lana Cenčić

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Brala Jana 02:50
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Brala Jana kapini, Brala Jana kapini, Brala Jana kapini, Na popovi gradini, Of aman, aman, am-an, Brala Jana kapini, Na popovi gradini, Of aman, aman, am-an! Otud ide momceto, Otud ide momceto, Otud ide momceto, Na glava mu fesceto, Of aman, aman, aman! Otud ide momceto, Na glava mu fesceto, Of aman, aman, aman! Digni Jano fustano, Digni Jano fustano, Digni Jano fustano, Da ne gazis bostano, Of aman, aman, aman! Digni Jano fustano, Da ne gazis bostano, Of aman, aman, aman! Digni Jano nozite, Digni Jano nozite, Digni Jano nozite, Da ne gazis lozite, Of aman, aman, aman! Digni Jano nozite, Da ne gazis lozite, Of aman, aman, aman!
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Inside of Me 05:15
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INSIDE OF ME It’s written in my face I have been searching for a while The feeling of your grace Has been bestowed upon my child Now I feel what I thought I knew and I thought I found you but it was all in my mind In my head your were a great idea but I never let you inside on me Inside of me It’s written in my souls It’s taken me a million lives To come as close as this You sent me all your angel guides Now I feel what I thought I knew and I thought I found you but it was all in my mind In my head your were a great idea but I never let you inside on me Inside of me Copyright Lana Cenčić
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Higher 04:12
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HIGHER It’s up to me How long it takes How many lives And my mistakes I’m hungry for your loving sigh I take you in You take me high Higher Higher Higher Higher When i take you in you take me higher You offered me A love affair But i got scared and ran away And so I ran a million years You stayed with me I gave you tears Higher Higher Higher Higher Higher Higher Higher Higher Copyright Lana Cenčić
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Mind you if i shine my light? 03:49
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MIND YOU IF I SHINE MY LIGHT? Mind you if i can shine my light? It will help you shine your light too. I cannot really hide no more It hurts me that I always had to Shine light! What a sin to dim you Shine light! Was afraid to let you Shine light! When you shine you share your shine light! Would you mind if I shine my light? Mind you if I can feel my power? It will help you feel your power too. It doesn’t really serve us much If I don’t claim what I was born to Shine light! What a sin to dim you Shine light! Was afraid to let you Shine light! When you shine you share your shine light! Would you mind if I shine my light? Copyright Lana Cenčić
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U Stambolu 04:06
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U Stambolu na Bosforu U Stambolu na Bosforu 
bolan pasa lezi 
 Dusa mu je na izmaku 
crnoj zemlji tezi 

 Molitva je njemu sveta, 
 dok mujezin sa munareta, m
uci glasom svim Al
lah illallah, selam alejkum

 Dok ste vjerno sluge moje 
sluzili moj harem 
 Neka od vas svaki od vas uzme 
sedam zena barem 

Iz oka mu suza kanu, 
 pa na nimber mrtav panu, 
 stari musliman 
 Al
lah illallah, selam alejkum

 Kad je cula pasinica 
za tu tuznu vijest Da se pasa preselio 
na Ahiret svijet 

 Iz oka joj suza kanu, 
 pokraj pase mrtva panu, 
ljubav pasina 
 Al
lah illallah, selam alejkum


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Turn Me into We 04:37
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TURN ME INTO WE Align me with the light Wake me up Open up my eyes When I give up the fight Take me home As I promise no more goodbye’s Oh, I’m starving for your loving arms and All I pray for Turn ME into WE now Oh, I’m yearning for the one and only All I want is WE now Assign me just to love Forget ME Watching ME dissolve Allowing you to mold ME into A million stars shine from above Ref. Turn ME into Turn ME into WE It’s time to leave this world Thank you so much You have served me well I walk the streets of gold with my friends Your stories true I swear to tell Ref. Turn ME into Turn ME into WE Copyright Lana Cenčić
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When are we getting there? 05:05
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WHEN ARE WE GETTING THERE? 1. “Pack your bags, we’re leaving home tonight” Is what she said, then she left the room Pacing footsteps and a heavy sigh, is what i heard when she she left the room If there ever was a moment where grounds beneath me have failed to hold It was then that I came to a turning point I locked my heart, keep it safe and cold 2. Have you heard the sound of desperate tears by your mother, your only truth Eight years old, too soon to feel the dread Broken trust and there goes the youth If there ever was a moment where grounds beneath me have failed to hold It was then that I came to a turning point I locked my heart, keep it safe and cold ——— Leaving all behind, ashes of a life Nowhere else go, but to the unknown Tell me, when are we finally getting there? But you promised me, we will have a safe new home 3. One more thing, you’r father is staying here There’s a pen, you just need to sign You know mummy loves you more than him There’s a war, we don’t have much time If there ever was a moment where grounds beneath me have failed to hold It was then that I came to a turning point I locked my heart, keep it safe and cold ———— Leaving all behind, I don’t understand Will we ever find home without my dad? Familie’s apart. Nowhere I belong. What is war and what it really means, I don’t even want to know ——————————————- When are we getting there? When are we getting there? Copyright Lana Cenčić
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Layers Leaving 07:07
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LAYERS LEAVING Next time when you see me around here? I swear I won’t be the same. Each day as I’m letting the layers leave me And fully feel my pain. This time is the only time I have left to get back to love. So let me do what I can do best Love me and sing my song. You’re looking at me and seeing yourself I’m changing, I am not the same I’m seeing the constant light in myself I’m changing, I am not the same You’re looking at me and seeing yourself I’m changing, I am not the same I’m seeing the constant light in myself I’m changing, I will never be the same. —— Each time when I’m taking the leap Old parts of me have to die. Next time when you’re sweeping me off my feet To shatter the next lie This life is the life that I have chosen To get back to love So let me do what I can do best Love you and sing my song. Copyright Lana Cenčić

about

“Sama” means “Alone” in my mother tongue, Croatian and portrays my slavic roots, the experience of the civil war in
Ex-Yogoslavia, my life long Emi Immigration, endless adaptation to different cultures, the search of identity and meaning
and finally love, healing and stability found in my spiritual journey opposing the crumbling and ever-changing world I grew up in, alone, as a child.

credits

released September 28, 2018

All songs written and arranged by Lana Cenčić,
except Brala Jana and U Stambolu: Slavic folk songs arranged by Lana Cenčić

Vocals, Piano, Wurlitzer, Keyboards, Guitars and Tabla: Lana Cenčić
Guitars, Arrangements and Ambient-Genius-Wizard-Magic-Production: David Torn

Recorded at Brooklyn Recording in December 2016
Engineered by Daniel James Goodwin
Assistant: Adam Tilzer
Produced, Mixed and Mastered by David Torn
Photos and Album Artwork by Krysta Brayer

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American/Austrian/Croatian singer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer and all-around performer. Born into a musical family, in Zagreb, Croatia and started performing at the age of three at the Zagreb State Opera House. Founder of TÍHO, LANA IS and Co-founder of LANA & FLIP. Former musician and vocalist at the touring show “KURIOS” Cirque du Soleil. ... more

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