Came in from a rainy Thursday
On the avenue
Thought I heard you talking softly
I turned on the lights, the TV
And the radio
Still I can't escape the ghost of you
What has happened to it all?
Crazy, some'd say
Where is the life that I recognize?
Gone away
But I won't cry for yesterday
There's an ordinary world
Somehow I have to find
And as I try to make my way
To the ordinary world
I will learn to survive
Passion or coincidence
Once prompted you to say
"Pride will tear us both apart"
Well now pride's gone out the window
Cross the rooftops
Run away
Left me in the vacuum of my heart
What is happening to me?
Crazy, some'd say
Where is my friend when I need you most?
Gone away
But I won't cry for yesterday
There's an ordinary world
Somehow I have to find
And as I try to make my way
To the ordinary world
I will learn to survive
Papers in the roadside
Tell of suffering and greed
Here today, forgot tomorrow
Ooh, here besides the news
Of holy war and holy need
Ours is just a little sorrowed talk
And I don't cry for yesterday
There's an ordinary world
Somehow I have to find
And as I try to make my way
To the ordinary world
I will learn to survive
Every one
Is my world, I will learn to survive
Any one
Is my world, I will learn to survive
Any one
Is my world
Every one
Is my world
On the avenue
Thought I heard you talking softly
I turned on the lights, the TV
And the radio
Still I can't escape the ghost of you
What has happened to it all?
Crazy, some'd say
Where is the life that I recognize?
Gone away
But I won't cry for yesterday
There's an ordinary world
Somehow I have to find
And as I try to make my way
To the ordinary world
I will learn to survive
Passion or coincidence
Once prompted you to say
"Pride will tear us both apart"
Well now pride's gone out the window
Cross the rooftops
Run away
Left me in the vacuum of my heart
What is happening to me?
Crazy, some'd say
Where is my friend when I need you most?
Gone away
But I won't cry for yesterday
There's an ordinary world
Somehow I have to find
And as I try to make my way
To the ordinary world
I will learn to survive
Papers in the roadside
Tell of suffering and greed
Here today, forgot tomorrow
Ooh, here besides the news
Of holy war and holy need
Ours is just a little sorrowed talk
And I don't cry for yesterday
There's an ordinary world
Somehow I have to find
And as I try to make my way
To the ordinary world
I will learn to survive
Every one
Is my world, I will learn to survive
Any one
Is my world, I will learn to survive
Any one
Is my world
Every one
Is my world
Bismillah...
Pertama dengar lagu dari band Duran-Duran ini sekitar tahun 1993 ketika masih SD. Ketika itu aku masih belum mengerti bahasa Inggris kecuali yes no doang, tapi dengar irama lagu ini kok berasa "magis" gitu. Tidak ada bagian yang klimaks dimana vokalisnya melengkingkan suara seperti lazimnya band rock 80-an dan 90-an, namun irama yang cenderung datar dan konstan ini justru terasa dekat, bersahabat dan bersahaja serta membumi. Setidaknya itulah feeling aku tentang lagu ini. Kemudian dari video klipnya yang menampilkan gadis berbaju bahu terbuka memegang buket bunga tengah berjalan-jalan, seakan mengajak kita untuk melihat perjalanan kita sehari-hari.
Meski iramanya datar dan easy listening, namun tetap ada unsur dramatis dalam lagu ini, setidaknya menurut kuping aku. Petikan gitar di bagian intro kemudian diulang-ulang setelah refrain terasa sangat menyentuh, menjadi salah satu "tanda pengenal" paling akrab dari lagu ini.
Kemudian tentang liriknya, tentang cerita dalam lagu ini, benar saja dugaanku, tentang menghadapi hidup yang berliku hingga terasa extra ordinary, padahal ada hidup yang (kelihatannya) ordinary di luar sana. Perjuangan mengejar hidup yang normal ternyata berliku, namun dibutuhkan hati yang kuat dan tidak baperan. Yeah like they said "but i won't cry for yesterday...". Optimisme...itulah nilai yang menjalariku ketika dengar lagu ini. Lagu ini mengandung kesedihan, kepedihan namun optimismenya luar biasa.
Sepanjang langkah kaki mengayun, menorehkan ribuan kenangan, jutaan harapan yang patah, sepenggal hati yang hancur, namun tetaplah jangan menangisi hari kemarin. Dan tetaplah bertahan. Cheerss