Marat ve vaně [English translation]

Role of personae in history is practicly based on williness to die or be killed before it can anything change.

Gaze is turning away, Copernius dressed in sutana,

death (1) takes Marat in bath,

page is turning, Koniáš (2)claps,

Gogh lies in thistles, death can be ugly,

Gogh lies in thistles, death can be ugly,

death can be ugly.

R.: Kind dusk cover your face with face experssion of terror

hand which smoothen shoulders second ago, get stoned,

pencil is for nothing, as same as deam-book, Muses dies,

there's no shoothing and means death for angel.

Song has ended, prison become home,

before church door you'll see Wenceslaus (3)

he's holding doorknocker, grave digger rubs his hands,

throw away mirrors, it's not heartwarming,

throw away mirrors, it's not heartwarming,

it's not heartwarming.

Cromwell is almost done, Huss awaits executioner,

Death has beads, beads made of gold,

they build cross for Christus, Spartacus without a sword,

is turning red under all those wounds, look at that, man,

look at that, man, look at that, man!

R:

They're trimming Joan, hand is tired,

Varlets are gurking, steel is case-hardening

Mr. Lincoln in theatre is looking at play,

Death is sitting in the trap, dressed in sateen,

Death is sitting in the trap, dressed in sateen,

dressed in sateen.

Yesenin is drung, he's preparing his noose,

Puhkin will be shooting, Tyl (4) is writting a fairytale,

you see Fra' Filippo Lippi, his spitting blood in to colour

Death chooses (5) Gerard Phillip

Death chooses Gerard Phillip

Death chooses

R:

(JFK inside car curses imp,

on hearse you'll see Palach (6)

hmmm ... )

• Artist:Karel Kryl
• Album:Rakovina