Right then!

The sun is bouncing off the slate roof,
I’m standing here to offer proof.
That I can smile and stand up straight,
And meet you by the garden gate.
I’ve practiced this inside the mirror,
To make the signal loud and clear.
I’ve tucked the shadows out of sight,
To step into the sudden light.

Shwmae! How are things today?
I’m throwing all the clouds away.
Shwmae! It’s good to see your face,
Lighting up this quiet place.

We’re patching up the broken strings!
Shwmae!

You ask me how I’m getting on,
I lie and say the ghosts are gone.
I talk about the books I read,
And not the silence in the bed.
I’m talking fast, I’m talking loud,
I’m dancing through the busy crowd.
I promise that I’m doing fine,
I’m walking on a steady line.

Shwmae! How are things today?
I’m throwing all the clouds away.
Shwmae! It’s good to see your face,
Lighting up this quiet place.

(How are things? How are things?)
We’re patching up the broken strings!
Shwmae!

I’m shouting so you don’t look deep,
At all the secrets that I keep.
I’m waving wildly from the shore,
Because I miss you to the core.
I’m terrified the gap is wide,
So I put a little joy inside.

Shwmae! How are things today?
I’m throwing all the clouds away.
Shwmae! It’s good to see your face,
Lighting up this quiet place.

We’re patching up the broken strings!

Shwmae!
Yeah, everything is good.
Everything is good.

Shwmae!

Ka Ka Ka Po (From "Kadhalum Kadanthu Pogum")

Santhosh Narayanan