Songs of the Unloved

Песни нелюбимых (Аквариум)

Songs of the unloved,
Of the discarded outright;
Of the buried unnamed,
Bricked up in the night.
Of the stricken from records,
Left out on the ice;
The song of no longer needed
Follows through time.

We learned very well–
To light cigs from burning snakes,
To rip out your own heart
To give your anger an edge;
To hold their head under water,
Let them drown in it,
To break your blade in the wound
Because God is with us.

Step on the glass if there’s no more drink in it.
Walk up the gallows, and head for the exit.
Lord, please explain the mystery of the world;
Look me in the eye and say that you willed it so.

Takes long to wait for the dawn
Staring blind right at the sun.
We had in us a small crystal bell–
It was stepped on, it won’t ring again.
This music is older than Earth;
It is awkward, and it is silly;
But I will dance to it,
Even when nobody can hear it.

Give every kind soul a dress of iron;
Blood on the sand spells “love thy neighbor”.
Lord, you can keep your
Mysteries of the world;
Just look me in the eye
And say that you willed it so.