WAIT FOR ME (Чекай мене! Жди меня!)

[Intro – deep sub-bass, soft strings, distant thunder, 8 bars] [Verse 1 – male vocal, broken, tired, almost whisper] Wait for me. I will return. Wait for all you're worth. Wait, when sulphurous rains they burn Snuffing out all mirth… [Pre-chorus – voice cracks, bass deepens] Wait, when from that distant land Letters never come. Wait, when all are weary and Leave the wait to some. [Chorus – voice rises, strained, emotional] Wait for me. I will return. Don't indulge the rest. Who too quick their thoughts adjourn… Feel amnesia's best. [Instrumental – 16 bars, crying strings, slow, painful] [Verse 2 – darker, more broken] Let my son and mother think I am lost in mire. Let my friends from waiting shrink, Sitting by the fire. Let them drink wine's bitter cup. Toast abandoned wait. Wait. Refuse with them to sup. Don't bemoan my fate. [Pre-chorus – same, more intense] Wait for me. I will return. Spiting death with pluck. Let them say, who waiting spurn: “It's his happy luck.” [Chorus – repeat, voice nearly breaking] Those un-waiting ones won't get That amidst the flames 'Twas your yearning saved me yet… Vanquished mortal claims. [Bridge – spoken, almost dead, bass only] I survived. We both shall know… Only you and I. Just because you waited so… Wouldn't let me die. [Outro – beat fades, strings hold, last whisper] Wait for me. [breath, silence, then distant thunder]