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The Farewell

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Hush or the words will awake,
Eagles will holler, forests will quake,
Clang.
Wind brought forth scents of the day
Words pure as lilac
Back when
Their first love began

Amber, the moon and the grass,
Inscribing the windows with rain,
Winter has melted
In fields.
Monet breathing close to the heart
A boy in the street full of “Dreams”
Quietly sings
“Nation, rise up!”

Asphalt his only turnout
Rusted from thousands of cars
Branches of scars
In the dust.
Lonesome, the steps make a chain
Slaps on the face from your portrait,
Fused with the eye
Of my land!

My fault,
Sorry, I can’t sing no more
I’m donning a cloak of glass
My fault,
Sorry, I’m eastward-bound
My fault!

Greetings, oh concrete, my friend!
You made things so cozy for me
What with white crickets
And fear.
The past in the left hand clutched tight
Squeezed till the temples pop up,
That’s the response
To the call of the land!

My fault,
Sorry, I can’t sing no more
I’m donning a cloak of glass
My fault,
Sorry, I’m eastward-bound
My fault!

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from Vezhlivy Otkaz, released January 25, 1989
Lyrics by Gor Oganisyan

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Vezhlivy Otkaz Moscow, Russia

Vezhlivy Otkaz was formed in 1985 with a then-popular reggae/ska blend. Since then, they have gone through numerous stylistic changes,
flirting with everything from free jazz to Russian folk. Their sound, however, has always been unique and immediately recognizable.
Suslov’s rhythmic guitar work and unusual high-pitched vocals gives VO’s music a precisely constructed,
crystal-clear sound.
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