Крылья [Kryl'ya] [English translation]

(this is an almost literal translation with a few tweaks to preserve the rhythm of the song, i.e. you can sing this lyrics to the original chords)

You're taking off an evening dress

silently, facing the wall,

and the scars on your velvety back

are too fresh not to notice them all.

So hurt that I want to cry out,

fall asleep and be numb to the touch.

Where are you wings now?

the ones that I liked so much?...

refrain:

Where are you wings now

your wings that I liked so much?...(x2)

We used to have time that was ours

Now we prove what they mean:

that the strong one simply devours

the weak, and that 'dirty' means 'clean'.

We've all lost so much or so little

in this mind-altering war

where are you wings, so brittle,

yet the ones that could take us so far?

refrain

I'm not asking how rich you are now,

nor if you are married. Tonight

I'm feeling your fear of open windows

and top floors, and your fear of flight

yet, if tomorrow a fire begins

and this house goes down in flames

we will perish without your wings,

the ones that I love all the same.

refrain

• Artist:Nautilus Pompilius
• Album:Крылья