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How Lovers Fail and Fall (All Bad)

from 3 Nights by Zulya and the Children of the Underground

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1. How Lovers Fail and Fall (All Bad)
words and music - Zulya Kamalova

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I am icy cold, you’re hot as fire,
I extinguish your burning desire,
You melt my frozen soul, the rising clouds of steam
Turn into tears, it’s the end of an unhappy dream.

So all that’s left is a puddle of our souls.
Who is to blame that lovers fail and fall?
How long must they endure this love they can’t avoid?
Why do lovers always fall for those they will destroy?

The light is gone, the shadows fade away.
Words are missing, dreams have gone astray.
The fire is dead, your eyes are now lukewarm.
There’s no more music, all the love is gone.

Нем поэт, он не прочтет стихи.
Художник слеп, и все певцы глухи.
Лишь грустный клоун свой покажет глупый трюк,
Но не поможет ничего уж нам, мой бедный друг.

Луна и та глуха, и пуст рассвет.
Бесслезен ветер, вот уж много лет
Слепой рыбак бросает в ночь сухую сеть.
Все мрачно, все мертво, как-будто жизни больше нет

Но осень просит песен золотых,
А голос голоден, болен и тих.
Забыты песни, навсегда они
Ушли от нас не спеть уже нам их.

The poet is dumb, he will not read his verse.
The painter is blind, the singer has lost her voice.
Perhaps the sad clown will perform his silly trick
But nothing more will help us, my poor friend.

The moon is bare, the sunrise is barren.
The wind is tearless, for so many years
The blind fisherman has cast his dry net into the night,
All is so bad and dismal as if life itself has departed.

And yet autumn waits for her song
But the voice is ill, hungry and forlorn.
All the songs we knew are forgotten
They have left us forever, never to return.

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from 3 Nights, released April 1, 2007

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Zulya and the Children of the Underground Melbourne, Australia

Zulya and The Children of the Underground perform exquisite original music inspired by Zulya’s Tatar and Russian roots. The music defies being labelled, but has been described as “Kurt Weillish, Euro-Cabaret jazz colliding with lullabies constructed to tear your heart out.” Since their formation in 2003, they have enjoyed unprecedented success throughout their native Australia and abroad. ... more

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