Original lyrics
Russian
Translation
English
Дышать!
Breathe
No, I didn't get mixed up with fraudulent loans
Didn't have sex with transvestites
Sold neither heroin nor guns
And treated the oligarchs with indifference
I didn't dabble in Freedom nor Politics
I didn't give a damn about opinions and criticism
I treated socialites with disdain
And prostitutes with respect
To live, to get up and run -
That's all that I know how to
To live, to get up and scream -
That's all that I have
To live, to get up and breathe,
In spite of paranoia,
If only you were only always with me
No, not once have I dealt millions
I didn't send soldiers to their deaths
And never did I traffick children
Was never a sugar daddy to a cute Barbie
I didn't understand, how they beat them up for being gay
Tortured cats and dogs, shot pigeons
Didn't understand when grenades were thrown
And they walked masked with machine guns
To live, to get up and run -
That's all that I know how to
To live, to get up and scream -
That's all that I have
To live, to get up and breathe,
In spite of paranoia,
If only you were only always with me
To live, to get up and run -
That's all that I know how to
To live, to get up and scream -
That's all that I have
To live, to get up and breathe,
Between heaven and earth,
If only you were only always with me
If only you were only always with me
No, I didn't get mixed up with fraudulent loans
Didn't have sex with transvestites
Sold neither heroin nor guns
And treated the oligarchs with indifference
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Ivan Luden
Ivan Luden 
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Author's comments:
Nogu Svelo frontman Maksim Pokrovsky describes this song as an "anthem of freedom" in response to Putin's amending of the Russian constitution to extend his term in power.
https://novayagazeta.ru/articles/2020/06/26/86025-vsenarodnym-ne-yavlyae...
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