# SNEGUROCHKA – WHEN MY HEART BECAME WARM [Intro – Cold wind • distant bells • delicate gusli • soft female humming] [Young Russian female voice • fragile • almost weightless] Снегурочка... [Snegurochka / Snow Maiden] Белый снег... [White snow...] Тихая ночь... [Quiet night...] I was born where winter sleeps, beneath a silver sky. No beating fire inside my chest, no tears I knew to cry. I watched the people holding hands, I heard them speak of love. Любовь... [Love...] Such a little word. Why did it mean so much? [Verse 1 – Piano • gusli • icy strings] They danced beneath the falling snow, their faces warm and bright. A mother kissed her sleeping child, two lovers held so tight. I watched them from the winter trees, where no one knew my name. Почему? [Why?] Why did their hearts make them laugh... and make them cry the same? [Pre-Chorus – Soft cello enters] Mother Winter warned me: "Do not wish for human flame." But every time I heard them whisper someone else's name... I wondered... What does love feel like? [Chorus – Female lead • deep Russian female choir beneath] Снегурочка... [Snegurochka / Snow Maiden...] I only wanted to know why human hearts could burn so bright. Снегурочка... [Snegurochka / Snow Maiden...] I only wanted someone to hold me through the night. If love is fire, then let me burn. If love brings tears, then let me learn. Я хочу любить... [I want to love...] I only wanted a heart of my own. [Verse 2 – Warmer piano • gentle strings] And then I saw you beneath the birch trees when spring began to breathe. You smiled at me as though I wasn't something winter made to leave. Ты такой тёплый... [You are so warm...] Your hand touched mine. I pulled away. Not out of fear... I had never felt warmth that way. You laughed. And something inside me wanted to hear it again. [Pre-Chorus – Heartbeat • strings slowly warming] Что со мной? [What is happening to me?] The snow beneath my feet doesn't feel as cold. When you say my name... I don't want winter anymore. [Chorus – Larger • female choir] Снегурочка... [Snegurochka / Snow Maiden...] I think I'm beginning to know why human hearts can burn so bright. Снегурочка... [Snegurochka / Snow Maiden...] I want you closer. I don't want another winter night. If this is fire, let it burn. If this is love... I want to learn. Я хочу любить... [I want to love...] I want a heart of my own. [Bridge – Music nearly stops • first birds of spring] [Voice trembling with happiness] Look... The sun. I can feel it. For the first time... I can feel everything. [Softly] Я люблю тебя. [I love you.] [Silence] I love you. [Heartbeat] Я люблю тебя... [I love you...] [Voice smiling through tears] Is this... Is this what love feels like? [Instrumental – Strings rise • bells • warmth becoming dangerous] [Final Chorus – Lead soaring • deep female choir calling her name] СНЕГУРОЧКА! [SNEGurochka! / SNOW MAIDEN!] Now I know why human hearts can burn so bright! СНЕГУРОЧКА! [SNEGurochka! / SNOW MAIDEN!] I found my love beneath the morning light! My frozen heart has learned to burn! And now... there is no return. Я люблю тебя! [I love you!] Я люблю тебя! [I love you!] [Voice suddenly weakening] Why is the snow melting beneath me? Why are my hands becoming light? [Choir – sorrowful] Снегурочка... [Snegurochka...] Снегурочка... [Snegurochka...] [Lead – crying, but peaceful] Don't be afraid. Please... don't cry. You gave me something winter never could. [Very softly] A heart. [Outro – Piano • melting snow • distant stream • one bell] [Weak whisper] Я люблю тебя... [I love you...] Even if I only had one moment... it was enough to know. [Breath] I only wanted to know what love was. Now I know. [Deep female choir, distant] Снегурочка... [Snegurochka...] Снегурочка... [Snegurochka...] [Her voice, almost gone] До свидания... [Goodbye...] моя любовь... [My love...] [Soft female humming fades into running water]
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