Čep
Marcelo Lyrics

Čep. Ja sam čovek čep.
Bottle cap. I am a person trapped.

I nisam superheroj, nego žrtva.
And I'm not a superhero, but a victim.

Kada otvaranje duše ima zvuk otvaranja flaše,
When opening a soul sounds like opening a bottle,

Zna se: razgovor će tu malo šta da spase.
It's known: conversation won't save much there.

A i šta da joj kažeš? Reči iščašene od čaše
And what can you tell her? Words twisted by glass

što očas na očaj zabazde, slome se i zgade.
that instantly stumble into despair, break, and disgust.

A mali je sad prvi razred, sluša, ćuti, trpi, šta će.
And the little one is now in first grade, listens, keeps quiet, endures, what else can he do.

Svađe i čarke mame i tate, i uvek ta reč: pare, pare.
Fights and arguments between mom and dad, and always that word: money, money.

I nisu izvor sreće, tako učio si ga, ćale,
And they are not a source of happiness, that's how you taught him, dad,

Ali tamo gde ih nema, nesreća još kako naraste.
But where they are absent, misery still grows.

Ti bi zagulio članke, ali ti nisi član stranke,
You would raise your position, but you are not a party member,

A sad ti vezu traže čak i da bi radio kao šanker.
And now they ask you for connections even to work as a bartender.

Samo stid, beda, diploma bleda, kraj s krajem,
Just shame, misery, faded diploma, making ends meet,

Tome kraja nema. I ajde ti i žena... kako mali da nema?
There is no end to that. And go ahead, you and your wife... how can the little one have nothing?

I drobi ga taj tajac kad zajmi da vrati zajam,
And that silence crushes him when he borrows to repay the loan,

Njeno ćutanje mu gora kazna no kad preti gazda stana.
Her silence is a worse punishment to him than when the landlord threatens.

Raspori se, kožo, da vrisak izađe naglas,
Tear apart, skin, so the scream can come out loud,

Evo opet - kafana, opet u ruci je čaša.
Here we go again - the bar, again holding a glass.

Ali tada -- crni čovek... tople oči, lepa reč,
But then -- black man... warm eyes, kind words,

Kaže: 'Vidi, nije kraj. Imam plan, imam sve.
He says: 'Look, it's not the end. I have a plan, I have everything.

Azerbejdžan. Građevina. Malo mučno, ali keš.
Azerbaijan. Construction. A bit tough, but cash.

Evo ruke, samo reci, da li hoćeš, da li smeš?'
Here is a hand, just say, do you want to, do you dare?'

I kao kada izvučeš čep, iscure očaj i bes,
And like when you pull out a cap, despair and anger pour out,

Po stolu prosu se jed i poniženje i žeđ
On the table, shame and thirst spill over

Da učini se baš sve, samo kad bi znao šta,
To do anything, only if you knew what,

čoveče dobri, nebo mi te šalje, ti si spas!
Good man, heaven sends you to me, you are salvation!

Jer više nemam kud, a ako padnem ja,
Because I have nowhere else to go, and if I fall,

šta bi tek oni tad? To samo bog zna...
What would happen to them then? Only God knows...

Učinio bih baš sve, samo da imam šta,
I would do anything, only if I had something,

Druže moj, nebo te šalje za spas.
My friend, heaven sends you for salvation.

Baku, mnogo ljudi što spaja ih isti jad,
Baku, many people united by the same misery,

Ista glad, iste oči, ista volja da spasu stvar.
The same hunger, the same eyes, the same desire to save the situation.

Ali ovaj obećani grad bar miriše im na nadu:
But this promised city at least smells like hope to them:

Sagradiće život dok budu gradili tu zgradu.
They will build a life while building that building.

Doduše, njih dvadeset u sobi, bez struje...
True, twenty of them in a room, without electricity...

Ali to je valjda privremeno, sve će to bolje da bude.
But that is probably temporary, it will all get better.

I malo je čudno to što svaki pasoš im je uzet,
And it's a bit strange that each of their passports has been taken,

No dobro, birokratija, radne vize, šta je -- tu je.
Well, bureaucracy, work visas, what can you do.

Dani teku. Evo već jedan mesec. Samo jedan toalet,
Days pass. Already one month. Only one bathroom,

A njih je devedeset. Sendvič u crnoj kesi, onoj kao za smeće,
And there are ninety of them. A sandwich in a black bag, like a garbage bag,

Struje i dalje nema, samo ovo tanko ćebe.
Still no electricity, just this thin blanket.

Malo il nimalo sna, a radnih sati petnaest.
Little or no sleep, and fifteen working hours.

Psuju ih i grde, jednog čak i tukli u besvest.
They curse and scold them, one of them even beaten to unconsciousness.

Nemaš ni dana da daneš, jer kazne te čim staneš,
You don't even have a day to rest, because they punish you as soon as you stop,

A one dobre plate samo kasne, i kasne, i kasne...
And those good paychecks just keep being late, and late, and late...

I sad znam, sve laž je! Slagao si me, brate!
And now I know, it's all a lie! You lied to me, brother!

Došao da ih spasem, sad oni meni šalju pare!
I came to save them, now they send me money!

Bez pasoša, bez hrane, bez dostojanstva i nade
Without passports, without food, without dignity and hope

Da odavde uopšte živu glavu čitavu ikad spasem.
To save my own whole, living head from here at all.

I opet nemam kud, a ako padnem ja,
And still I have nowhere to go, and if I fall,

šta bi tek oni tad? To samo bog zna...
What would happen to them then? Only God knows...

Ćuti i trpi sad sve, sve poniženje i jad...
Keep silent and endure now, all the humiliation and sorrow...

Šta si mi to uradio? Mislio sam da si spas...
What have you done to me? I thought you were salvation...

Znao je da sad je već pitanje žive glave
He knew that now it's already a matter of staying alive

Kad kolegu uze infarkt, jer mu ne dadoše da s radom stane.
When a colleague had a heart attack, because they didn't let him stop working.

Skupljaše pare da nekako telo kući vrate,
They collected money to somehow send the body back home,

Strepeći da ni sami drukčije neće otići odatle.
Afraid that they themselves won't be able to leave from there differently.

Jer svako ko se bunio, osim novčane kazne,
Because everyone who rebelled, besides monetary fines,

Beše i do krvi mlaćen, s pretnjom da je zadnje.
Was also beaten until blood, with a threat that it's the last.

Policija ne haje, ti si roba, robe, neka te.
The police doesn't care, you are a slave, let them do what they want with you.

Ko zna ko je sve umešan, tek užas ne prestaje.
Who knows who is involved, the horror just doesn't stop.

Ali onda to, odjednom, puče sve:
But then, suddenly, everything broke:

Tokom noći, neki čovek reče: 'Krećite.
During the night, a man said: 'Start moving.

Samo ovde potpiši da je dobro sve,
Just sign here that everything is fine,

Da ti je plaćen keš i da sve beše fer.'
That you were paid in cash and that everything was fair.'

I tako to sa svakim pojedinačno,
And so it went with each individual,

Onda mu baci kao psu neku siću na pod.
Then he throws some change on the floor like a dog.

Potom sve njih u kombi, ko da je tor.
Then all of them into a van, like they are a load.

Аerodrom, i to beše to.
The airport, and that was it.

To? Zar je to sve? Gde je kraj, šta je posle?
That? Is that all? Where is the end, what happens next?

E pa vidiš, tu je problem: sad i priča ima svoj čep.
Well, you see, that's the problem: now even the story has its cap.

Ti ljudi, sad su ovde. Oni ćute, jer se boje.
These people, they are now here. They're silent, because they're afraid.

A tamo negde, crni čovek u ovaj košmar vodi nove.
And somewhere else, a black man is leading new ones into this nightmare.

Ali onda kad izvuče se čep, cureće očaj i bes,
But then when the cap is pulled out, despair and anger will pour out,

Po stolu prosuće jed i poniženje i žeđ
Shame and thirst will spill over on the table

Da učini se baš sve, samo kad bi smeo šta,
To do anything, only if you had the courage,

Samo kad bi neko stvarno začuo taj njihov glas.
Only if someone actually heard their voice.

Čuo bi očaj i bes, jed, poniženje i žeđ
They would hear despair and anger, shame and thirst

Da učini se baš sve, samo kad bi smeo šta...
To do anything, only if they had the courage...

Samo kad bi smeo da... samo kad bi smeo da...
Only if they had the courage to... only if they had the courage to...

Čep.
Bottle cap.