Name: First Time the Earth Stood Still [Rock Mix] by MC Delta T
Duration: 5 min 19 s
Description: Do you remember the first time you fell in love?

US AND THEM (Live Cover)

Do you remember the first time you fell in love?

First Time the Earth Stood Still [Rock Mix]

A heartfelt tribute to Polish legend Stanisław Sojka, who left us in August 2025. This English reimagination of Tolerancja preserves the reflective spirit of his 2016 performances, arranged with piano, acoustic guitar, warm electric bass, brushed drums, light ride cymbal touches, subtle tambourine shimmer, and violin swells. The result is a folk-rock ballad with jazz-inflected harmonies and a tender, soulful atmosphere — honoring a timeless voice of empathy and humanity.

For those who speak Polish and know the original, I ask for grace in the poetic liberties I’ve taken with the English lyrics. Every effort has been made to remain faithful to Sojka’s message, even as the words have been reshaped to sing naturally in another tongue.

[LYRICS]

Why don’t we speak of wounds that ache, in plain?
To build up walls around the heart’s in vain.
A gentle word, a hand upon my skin,
At times that’s all I crave, all I seek within

For mercy’s sake,
Life’s not a thing to only take.
Life’s not to drift in endless wait,
To truly live, your soul must dedicate.

Your cares and mine, our fights, the world’s affairs,
As hairs upon the head are numbered, so our days
Let the faultless be the first to cast the stone,
For far from Paradise is where they stand alone.

For mercy’s sake,
Life’s not a thing to only take.
Life’s not to drift in endless wait,
To truly live, your soul must dedicate.

Tolerancja • English Tribute Reimagined (In Memory of Stanisław Sojka) • Tolerance

💔 Goodbye, Line

A final farewell to the love of my life — the dream that lived for 30 years has finally come to rest.

Artist note:
This is not a song of regret — it’s one of gratitude.
What began in youth has found its peace in time.
Some stories aren’t meant to end with “forever,”
but with thank you and goodbye.

⸻

Lyrics

Verse 1
Goodbye, my love — goodbye that smile,
The way your eyes could light a mile.
Goodbye the spark in what you said,
When passion’s fire turned skies to red.

Verse 2
Goodbye the love that could never bend,
The kind that time will never end.
Goodbye those nights in Cancún’s glow,
Where ocean winds still softly know.

Chorus 1
Goodbye to the dream, goodbye to the pain,
Goodbye to the heart that called your name.
Goodbye to the truth, to the fire, to the flame —
Goodbye, my sweet Line…
Goodbye, my love, again.

Verse 3
Goodbye the talks that bared our souls,
Goodbye the pieces time still holds.
Goodbye that gentle tilt, those closing eyes,
The peace that lived in midnight skies.

Bridge
Goodbye the embrace I longed to find,
The future built inside my mind.
Goodbye the ache that made me grow,
Goodbye, at last, to letting me go.

Final Chorus
Goodbye to the dream, goodbye to the pain,
Goodbye to the tears that fell like rain.
Goodbye to the story that love began —
Goodbye, my sweet Line…
My heart, my truth, my friend.

Outro
Goodbye, my love…
Goodbye, my sweet Line.

First Time the Earth Stood Still [Rock Mix]

MC Delta T

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