# Morbidi i Mnoći — *Put* (The Path)
### 1987 · Belgrade · Goth/Darkwave

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## Lyrics

### Verse 1

Na svome putu moraš biti sam
Na svome putu moraš biti sam
Na svome putu ja sam opet sam
Sudbina je moja da živim
Živim za nju

### Verse 2

Svake noći ja gledam Nefretiti
I to je normalno
Udaram glavom u zid
U svaku subotu
Samo za nju

### Verse 3

Svetovid se smeje sa plafona
I to je normalno
A ja moram da živim
Za svoju sudbinu

### Chorus

Jer dete kasno je
Auu kasno je
I dete kasno je
I da se umire
I dete kasno je
Auu kasno je
I dete kasno je
Auu kasno je

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## Translation

### Verse 1

On your own path you must be alone
On your own path you must be alone
On my own path I am again alone
My destiny is to live
I live for her

### Verse 2

Every night I gaze at Nefertiti
And that is normal
I bang my head against the wall
Every Saturday
Only for her

### Verse 3

Svetovid laughs from the ceiling
And that is normal
But I must live
For my own destiny

### Chorus

Because child, it is late
Aah, it is late
And child, it is late
And to die
And child, it is late
Aah, it is late
And child, it is late
Aah, it is late

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## Notes on the Poetry

### The *sam/sam* Pivot

The most brilliant line is **ja sam opet sam**. Sing it slowly:

- **ja sam** = I am (verb *jesam*, 1st person short form)
- **opet sam** = again alone (adjective *sam*)

Identical sound. Verb then adjective. "I am again alone." The language itself is telling you that existence and solitude are the same word.

### The Arc

Verse 1 ends with *živim za nju* — "I live for her." Verse 3 ends with *za svoju sudbinu* — "for my own destiny." The grammar is identical (feminine accusative after *za*), but the object shifts from *her* to *destiny*. The path leads away from the beloved and toward fate itself.

### Nefertiti and Svetovid

A dead Egyptian queen and a pre-Christian Slavic god with four faces — two mythic figures watching him from impossible distances. One he gazes at every night; the other laughs down from the ceiling. Neither can help. "And that is normal."

### Death as Atmosphere

*Da se umire* — impersonal reflexive, imperfective aspect. Not "I die" but "dying happens," the slow ongoing condition of mortality. The chorus dissolves into repetition — *kasno je, kasno je* — until meaning fades into pure incantation.

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## Grammar Drilled By Singing This

| Form in song | Case | Why |
|---|---|---|
| *na putu* | **Locative** | location: "on the path" |
| *svome* (putu) | **Locative** | possessive agreeing with locative noun |
| *svake noći* | **Genitive** | time expression: "of every night" |
| *glavom* | **Instrumental** | means: "with the head" |
| *u zid* | **Accusative** | direction: "into the wall" |
| *u subotu* | **Accusative** | time: "on Saturday" |
| *za nju* | **Accusative** | purpose: "for her" |
| *za sudbinu* | **Accusative** | purpose: "for destiny" |
| *svoju* (sudbinu) | **Accusative** | possessive agreeing with acc. noun |
| *sa plafona* | **Genitive** | origin: "from the ceiling" |

That's 5 of the 7 cases in one short song. Only dative and vocative are missing — and *dete* arguably fills the vocative.

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## Detailed Grammatical Notes

### Verse 1
- **sam** appears twice in the pivot line — first as the verb "I am" (*jesam* short form), then as the adjective "alone." Same sound, two grammatical roles.

### Verse 2
- *svake noći* — **genitive of time**. "Of every night" = "every night." Serbian/Croatian expresses recurring time with genitive case, no preposition needed.
- **glavom** — instrumental case, no preposition. The instrument you use to do something goes into instrumental. "With-head into wall." The *-om* ending is your instrumental feminine singular marker.
- *u subotu* — **accusative of time** with *u*. Days of the week take *u* + accusative for "on [day]." Compare with *svake noći* (genitive, no preposition) — two different time constructions in the same verse.

### Verse 3
- *smejati se* — reflexive verb. Many emotional/bodily verbs in Serbian are reflexive: *smejati se* (laugh), *bojati se* (fear), *nadati se* (hope). The *se* is non-negotiable.
- *sa plafona* — **genitive of origin/separation** after *sa/s* (from). *Plafon* is from French *plafond*.
- **moram da živim** (da + present tense) vs verse 1's **moraš biti** (infinitive). Both mean the same thing. The *da* + present construction is more colloquial Serbian; the bare infinitive is more Croatian/literary.

### Chorus
- *dete* — either vocative (addressing someone: "child!") or the neuter noun "child." The ambiguity is deliberate.
- *umirati* (imperfective "to die" — the slow, ongoing process of dying, not the completed act *umreti*). *Da se umire* — impersonal reflexive: "that one dies" / "for dying to happen."