Midnight in Thessaloniki

Salty wind from the harbor cuts through the air,
Ice cube melts down in the amber crystal glass.
Did you expect me to drown in deep despair,
Crawling until the morning shadows pass?
Down in Ladadika, where the tavern starts to roar,
I hold my head up high against the night!
My scars are healed, my feet are on the floor,
My patience broke, and now I claim my right!


(Hey! Opa!)
Look in my eyes while strings begin to scream!
(I am free!)
No bridges left across this burning stream!

Припев
Midnight in Thessaloniki tears it all apart!
(Opa-opa!)
You’re dancing close, but you’re a stranger now!
I toss old memories right where waves restart,
No grief remains upon my hardened brow!
Midnight in Thessaloniki! Crash plates on the stone,
(Take the blow!)
I have moved on, and you are left alone!


In smoky corners, violins weep in vain,
The tavern keeper fills my cup without a word.
The one who truly loved won’t bow to pain,
He burns the cage that trapped the broken bird.
Your silk scarf dropped into another's hand,
I couldn't care less where you fade away.
The crossroads meet across this ancient land,
No melodrama left for you to play.

Припев
Midnight in Thessaloniki tears it all apart!
(Opa-opa!)
You’re dancing close, but you’re a stranger now!
I toss old memories right where waves restart,
No grief remains upon my hardened brow!
Midnight in Thessaloniki! Crash plates on the stone,
(Take the blow!)
I have moved on, and you are left alone!




(Silence over the pier...)
Thermaikos washes shadows out to sea...
I paid the heavy price to set me free!
(Drum crack!)
No dark can ever pull me down again!

Припев
Midnight in Thessaloniki tears it all apart!
(Let's go!)
You’re dancing close, but you’re a stranger now!
I toss old memories right where waves restart,
No grief remains upon my hardened brow!
Midnight in Thessaloniki! Sunrise claims the coast!
(Opa!)
You are no more than just a fading ghost!