07.02.2025
Archimedes
And like a scarlet star, my cigarette butt flies away
From the window onto the snow1
Be careful
And this drunken fool runs through the square
Like Archimedes ran in his time
Hey, get dressed
And so, oh gods
Let's summarize
My head is in place and my feet are not cold
It seems
On the way, they chased us to the river with water cannons
The president kisses the beard and baptizes the children
Never tell anyone your real last names
And give me the lever2
And I will turn this world upside down
Hit the chakra, hit the head, commander
Remember, gravitational force has gravity
Or forget and do as they say
And like a scarlet star, my cigarette butt flies away
From the window onto the snow
Be careful
And this drunken fool runs through the square
Like Archimedes ran in his time
Hey, get dressed
Eureka, eureka, eureka
Why are you yelling like that, what kind of America have you discovered there
Everything is fine with us, we put on glasses
Shoulders are tanned and streams are murmuring
We lie in the tub and don't need too much commotion
And turn off the water
The mind is a mess
This cartoonish freedom
Not yours, not ours
Remember, any action triggers resistance
Or go for a walk and remember your place
And like a scarlet star, my cigarette butt flies away
From the window onto the snow
Be careful
And this drunken fool runs through the square
Like Archimedes ran in his time
Hey, get dressed
Oh yes, oh yes
On the head, a hat3
Under the tongue, words
Under the index finger, a mouse
On the hair, cream
We danced on the bones and ran home
We kissed the monitor and deleted the spam
And tomorrow, there's a fresh batch of news and amusing emails
- 1. The word 'fortochka' is used, but this is uncommon in English, so 'window' was used instead. A fortochka is a 'small ventilation window, spanning the frame of one window pain, that opens on hinges independently of the whole window', according to Wiktionary.
- 2. This references Archimedes' law of the lever, in which he claims that, with a long enough lever, he could move the world. 'Rychag' could be translated as 'leverage', but due to the law of the lever, I opted to keep it as 'lever'.
- 3. A 'koplak' is specifically a hat with a high crown.