Fake Plastic Trees

"Fake Plastic Trees"
(Pohon Plastik Tiruan)


Her green plastic watering can
(Hijaunya plastik basahi kaleng)
For her fake Chinese rubber plant
(Dari tumbuhan palsu buatan Cina)
In the fake plastic earth
(Di dunia plastik tiruan)

That she bought from a rubber man
(Dia dibeli dari lelaki karet)
In a town full of rubber plans
(Di kota berisi tanaman karet)
To get rid of itself
(Tuk gembirakan diri)

It wears her out, it wears her out
(Sungguh lelah, sungguh letih)
It wears her out, it wears her out
(Sungguh lelah, sungguh letih)

She lives with a broken man
(Dia bersama lelaki yang hancur)
A cracked polystyrene man
(Seorang polystyrene rapuh)
Who just crumbles and burns
(Yang remuk dan terbakar)

He used to do surgery
(Harusnya dia men-dempul diri)
For girls in the eighties
(Demi generasi 80-an)
But gravity always wins
(Namun gravitasi selalu menang)

It wears him out, it wears him out
(Sungguh lelah, sungguh letih)
It wears him out, it wears him out
(Sungguh lelah, sungguh letih)

She looks like the real thing
(Dia seperti nyata)
She tastes like the real thing
(Dia berasa nyata)
My fake plastic love
(Kekasih plastik tiruan)

But I can't help the feeling
(Tapi ku tak dapat rasakan)
I could blow through the ceiling
(Ku berhembus lalui loteng)
If I just turn and run
(Andai dapat berbalik dan berlari)

It wears me out, it wears me out
(Sungguh lelah, sungguh letih)
It wears me out, it wears me out
(Sungguh lelah, sungguh letih)

If I could be who you wanted
(Bila ku dapat menjadi yang kau inginkan)
If I could be who you wanted all the time
(Bila ku dapat menjadi yang kau inginkan sepanjang waktu)

All the time...
(Sepanjang waktu...)
All the time...
(Sepanjang waktu...)


(Gelumbang, South Sumatra, Indonesia/ January 6, 2015)