Переживу [Perezhivu] [English translation]

[Verse 1]

More than once I was bitten by sharks

More than once I was bitten by dogs

I strolled through a storm with a metal rod

I drowned, and fought in the city yard

I outlasted three ends of the world:

Two thousand years, these and those,

And a blister from a shoe, and the taxman,

Dark skies and the dark ages,

And the combustible byproducts of cheap tobacco,

Venereal infection, the wolf and the red-riding hood,

[fox and kolobok, a Russian folk tale]

I will outlast the elderly, house ghosts, and water sprites

And even the well-wishes on a Hallmark card,

The death of loved-ones, and the fouled shot

The throwing of the rice at the groom and the bride,

The bark and the papyrus, the hand-me-downs

The humid underground and the coronavirus

The low blows, and the fall of the USSR

Hermetically sealed zinc coffins,

The burning at the stake, and dental cavities

The fear and hysteria, the tortoise and the hare

[Refrain]

I will outlast: you and us

The laughter and the shame

Everyone and everything

I will outlast: you and us

The laughter and the shame

Everyone and everything

[Verse 2]

Children holding candy, world leaders with their doubles

Permanent and parchment, the thaw of cryo-chambers

The fools on Instagram, tsunamis, hurricanes

Billie Ellish in a stupid hat, and all your kind

The turban and the bonnet, a thousand "whodunit?"

The bubonic plague, and even Honey Boo Boo

[Vova Chuma or "plague" a 90s pop hit]

Intergalactic strife and songs about Katyoosha,

[songs about the river swan, a popular folk song]

Classic rock, new school hip-hop, my grandma's knitted sweater,

And the hungry hungry wolf won't bite,

And the special special forces won't fight,

Only throw a handful of earth onto me,

As my lips move whispering

• Artist:Monetochka