Прыг-Скок [Pryg-Skok] [English translation]

Swings were swinging

Without any passengers

Without anyone pushing

All by themselves...

Throat dried up

A twig got wet

A twig got wet

A ditch bloated

Full of moisture

Full of stagnant water

And black convulsions

Fingers got sore

Head got burned

Body was carried out

And the soul was swept away

Out of the village

Out of the village

Hair whitened

Words were mumbled

Wrinkles appeared

Men were laughing...

Men were laughing

And women cried

Fingers are cold...

Thoughts are small...

From this vale of tears1

Into indescribable pain — A JUMP AND HOP!!!

JUMP AND HOP!!!

JUMP UNDER THE GROUND

HOP TO THE CLOUDS

JUMP UNDER THE GROUND

HOP TO THE CLOUDS

The moustache shivered

The clocks danced

Jump — a second

Hop — a century

Jump — a second

Hop — a century...

moustaches turned gray

clocks stopped

time disappeared

semen was burned

vomit was swallowed

hiccups were choked on

fear shriveled up

under the warm sweater.......

In the darkness there's a mirror, water and a candle...

Someone inside is dying while laughing...

And foaming from the mouth...

foaming from the mouth

teeth are chattering

wait for an eclipse

wait for a sign

from those waiting for you in the field at night!..

Understand the way things are...

Understand the way things are -

Someone's a holy father2...

Someone was never alive...

Someone tore apart a ring...

Someone fell under a wheel...

Everything will come true...

Everything will be forgotten...

Everything will manifest...

The body walked

In circles around the room

Without any effort

All by itself

All by itself

ALL BY ITSELF!!!

Fingers contorted

In black convulsions

In black convulsions

Fingers contorted!

Out of tempered steel

Across monstrous distances — A JUMP AND HOP!!!

JUMP AND HOP!!!

JUMP UNDER THE SKIN

HOP TO THE APPLE TREE

JUMP UNDER THE SKIN

HOP TO THE SKY!!!

The night, a mirror, water and a candle

And a white tablecloth...

paint released fumes...

a mask turned hard as stone...

Chills in the chest

The skin is leaking

Drip-drip

Drip-drip

Drip...

The skin is leaking

The face turned blank

Hands stiffened

And the soul got swept away

The soul got swept away

Out of the village

Out of the village

Parentheses were closed

Habits were forgotten...

Throw a candle into a river

Throw a candle into a river

Let the wax float

Let the wax float

The river is flowing

The wax is floating

A child is dying

And an old man is singing:

Sit down on the ladder

And hear the song

Of the dry well

Of the guilty freak

About how it happened

That the tub got cracked

And the rope tore apart

And there wasn't any water left

There wasn't anything at all

Only the snake was snaking

And the stream was streaming

The stream was streaming...

AND THE RASPBERRIES WERE RIPENING

INHALE-AND-EXHALE

EXHALE-AND-INHALE

INHALE-AND-EXHALE

EXHALE-AND-INHALE...

throw off your disguise

put out the candle

accept the gift

TEAR OUT THE ROOT!!!

JUMP AND HOP!!!

JUMP AND HOP!!!

LOWER THAN THE GRAVEYARD

HIGHER THAN THE SUN

LOWER THAN THE GRAVEYARD

HIGHER THAN THE SUN...

JUMP — UNDER THE GROUND!!

HOP — TO THE CLOUDS!!

JUMP — UNDER THE GROUND!!

HOP — TO THE CLOUDS!!

ABOVE THE TREES!!

UNDER THE TOMBSTONES!!

LOWER THAN THE GRAVEYARD!!

HIGHER THAN THE SUN!!

JUMP AND HOP!!!

JUMP AND HOP!!!

Swings were swinging

Without any passengers

Without anyone pushing

All by themselves...

Everything will come true...

Everything will be forgotten...

Everything will manifest...

[the title of the song cannot be translated literally. the words pryg-skok literally mean jump and hop. but together they are a childish and silly way to talk about jumping. it's a phrase used in children's books. therefore it's ironic that this is the title of the song because it is very scary and dark.]

1. A Christian phrase, which means "this world full of suffering"2. a saint in the Orthodox church