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“BaBopByeYa” is the epic finale track in Monáe’s The ArchAndroid. It features three distinct movements and incorporates impressive use of orchestral instrumentation.
BaBopByeYa serves as Cindi Mayweather’s melodic call to her lover, Anthony Greendown. He is her BaBopByeYa. In a video describing the...
[Movement 1]
The only love my heart approaches
Your tender eyes fill mine with roses
I drink your wine
And never will my heart dry inside
Or be denied
Walking like a lonely fool in Prague
Singing a love song and the words I wrote
I wrote for two
Gentle as a lullaby at night
I hear you humming private melodies
You're near
BaBopByeYa, where are you my darling?
My BopByeYa, can you hear me calling?
Rewind the clock, our time's approaching
Give us the eyes to guide us most when
We have no light to see throughout all our darkest days
And troubled ways
[Movement 2]
(Meet me at the door by the garden)
(Meet me at the door by the garden)
(Meet me at the door by the garden)
(I'll be waiting there)
BaBopByeYa, they know all about you
BaBopByeYa, I will leave without you
Ojos miran hacia la luna (Eyes look to the moon)
Evitan un mundo tan triste (Avoid a world so sad)
Dominado bajo el odio (Ruled under the hate)
Donde el amor no existe (Where there is no love)
Dame en su reino refugio (Give me refuge in your kingdom)
De la oscuridad peligrosa (From the dangerous darkness)
Espero en la esquina, Querida (I’ll wait at the corner, my love)
Busco la llamanda amorosa (I'll search for the call of love)
Like a lonely matador at night
Fighting in the darkness for the light
I won't stop until I hear the call of love
And when I'm alone, you are near to me
You have made a home in my memory
There you will abide for forever
And I will keep you warm in the night
(Like a lonely matador at night)
(Fighting in the darkness for the light)
In the face of an awful danger
He risks his life to save her
Lowly manger
Arms of strangers
To me
Allude me
Pursue me
Truly
[Movement 3]
I hear echoes of your laughter in the corners of my mind
While I memorize each detail of your intricate design
In your hair there is a symphony
Your lips, a string quartet
They tell stories of a Neon Valley Street
Where we first met
Now somewhere time pursues us
As we love in Technicolor
But I dwell in silence on your words
Which move me like none other
This time I shall be unafraid
And violence will not move me
This time we will relax
This time we will stay in our movie
I see beyond tomorrow
This life of strife and sorrow
My freedom calls and I must go
I must go
I must go
I must go...
BaBopByeYa was written by Roman GianArthur & Janelle Monáe & Chuck Lightning & Nate “Rocket” Wonder & Dr. Nathaniel Irvin II.
BaBopByeYa was produced by Roman GianArthur & Janelle Monáe.
Janelle Monáe released BaBopByeYa on Tue May 18 2010.