[Verse 1] Kadri Petrovna Kuznetsova Black hair in broken strands Green-gray eyes look past you Like she has seen the land Tallinn in her bones And Tartu in her mind Two rivers in one woman Sharp-edged, hard to bind [Verse 2] Silver hoops at her ear Pale skin, matte and still A guarded, hungry kindness Beneath a stubborn will Russian in the hallway Estonian in the light English, German, Finnish She can split the dark in flight [Pre-Chorus] She hides behind the undone Like armor under cloth Observing every fracture And every crooked oath Quiet as a closing door But never out of reach When the world comes too close She answers with a breach [Chorus] Kadri Petrovna Kuznetsova Stand like stone, stand like flame (Kadri!) Kadri Petrovna Kuznetsova No one wears your name the same (the same!) She keeps her heart behind her teeth But warmth still lives inside Kadri Petrovna Kuznetsova Wild and hard to hide [Verse 3] Born in eighty-seven Between harbor and snow Psychology and shadows She learned the shape of no Foreign students gather She knows the fear they keep She points them toward tomorrow And lets the wounded speak [Pre-Chorus] Pagan in the silence Apostate in the rain Not for empty banners Still she carries change Women rising, borders open Her convictions burn She won’t lead your parade She makes the world return [Chorus] Kadri Petrovna Kuznetsova Stand like stone, stand like flame (Kadri!) Kadri Petrovna Kuznetsova No one wears your name the same (the same!) She keeps her heart behind her teeth But warmth still lives inside Kadri Petrovna Kuznetsova Wild and hard to hide [Bridge] Катя Петровна in the old rooms Kadri in the west One self, many languages One pulse inside her chest Fierce loyalty, dry laughter A shield made out of grace She does not ask permission She just takes up her place [Final Chorus] Kadri Petrovna Kuznetsova Stand like stone, stand like flame (Kadri!) Kadri Petrovna Kuznetsova No one wears your name the same (the same!) She keeps her heart behind her teeth But warmth still lives inside Kadri Petrovna Kuznetsova Wild and hard to hide [Outro] Pale moon on the Baltic Black braid in the wind Kadri Petrovna Kuznetsova Let the true song in
