[Intro: droning feedback guitar, motorik drums, shimmering synths] [Verse 1: smooth, low, detached] Flashbulbs in the Kyiv night Champagne on a silver tray She wore the city like a dress And danced the war away Magazines and velvet ropes Every lens was hers to own But the sirens in the distance Kept on calling her back home [Verse 2: building slightly] Then the phone rang after midnight A voice she didn't know Said we need someone who can swim Where the coldest currents flow She left her heels beside the mirror Her lipstick on the glass (Ya hotova) And she walked out of the party And never once looked back [Chorus: rising] Rusalka, Rusalka Into the Baltic night Rusalka, Rusalka A shadow out of sight She'll be gone before the morning She'll be gone before the dawn Rusalka, Rusalka Swimming on and on [Verse 3: tension, restrained] The general laughed across the table She's a face for magazines The colonel didn't answer He'd seen what he had seen Seen her hold her breath for minutes Seen her steady in the storm He said, sir, she's got more courage Than a hundred men in uniform [Verse 4: intensity climbing, drums driving] Black water off the island Cold enough to stop a heart She's counting every heartbeat She's playing out her part Down along the iron river Where the fire sleeps in steel (Za Ukrainu) She sets the clock and says a prayer For everything that's real [Climax: full wall of sound, soaring impassioned vocal] Rusalka! Rusalka! The sea is burning bright Rusalka! Rusalka! You gave the world your light And they'll never know your name And they'll never see your face Rusalka! Rusalka! Heroes leave no trace [Outro: drone and synths fading] [Whispered, Ukrainian female] (Do pobachennia) [Spoken, male, quiet] I knew she had it in her.
