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Lyrics of Civil Defense - We - Ice

They don’t know what pain is.
  They don’t know what death is.
  They do not know what fear is.
  Stand alone among the wormy walls

Major strangle them all in a row, he goes
  He rattles his boots, but fell - ice
  And we are ice under the major’s feet!
  We are ice under the feet of a major!
  We are ice under the feet of a major!
  We are ice under the feet of a major!

They laugh easily, they have lively eyes
  They are defenseless, they like to live
  And they are all together and always have been
  They are the last to remember what is light

And we have nothing left - we are dying
  And all we can do is be ice
  But we are ice under the major’s feet!
  We are ice under the feet of a major!
  We are ice under the feet of a major!
  We are ice under the feet of a major!

When I'm with them, I stop dying
  They have open hands and colorful words.
  They breathe grass and they do not care
  And the major is going to destroy them

None of them will accept us, no one will understand
  But the major will slip, the major will fall
  We are ice under the feet of a major!
  We are ice under the feet of a major!
  We are ice under the feet of a major!

As long as we exist, there will be evil ice
  And the major will slip, the major will fall
  After all, we are ice under the feet of a major!
  We are ice under the feet of a major!
  We are ice under the feet of a major!
  We are ice under the feet of a major!
  We are ice!

Translation Civil Defense - We - Ice

Civil Defense - We Are Ice

They do not know what is a pain
  They do not know what is death
  They do not know what is fear
  Standing alone among the worm-eaten walls

Major will strangle them all in a row, he goes
  He rattles his boots, but fell - black ice
  And
  We are ice under feet of Major!
  We are ice under feet of Major!
  We are ice under feet of Major!

They laugh easily, they have lively eyes
  They are defenseless, they like to live
  And they "re all together and so always been
  They are the last who remembers what is - light

And we have nothing is left - we dying
  And all that we can - is to be just ice
  But we are ice under feet of Major!
  We are ice under feet of Major!
  We are ice under feet of Major!
  We are ice under feet of Major!

When I with them - I stop die
  They have open arms and color words
  They breathe grass and they do not care
  And major goes to destroy them

None of them will take us, no one will understand
  But the Major slip, the Major fall
  We are ice under feet of Major!
  We are ice under feet of Major!
  We are ice under feet of Major!

As long as we exist, will be evil black ice
  And the Major slip, the Major fall
  Coz we are ice under feet of Major!
  We are ice under feet of Major!
  We are ice under feet of Major!
  We are ice under feet of Major!
  We are ice under feet of Major!
  We are ice!

They don’t know what pain is.
They don’t know what death is.
They do not know what fear is.
Stand alone among the wormy walls
Major strangle them all in a row, he goes
He rattles his boots, but fell - ice
And we are ice under the major’s feet!

They laugh easily, they have lively eyes
They are defenseless, they like to live
And all of them together and always have been
They are the last to remember what is light
And we have nothing left - we are dead
And all we can do is be ice
But we are ice under the major’s feet!

We are ice under the feet of a major! (3 times).

When I'm with them, I stop dying
They have open hands and colorful words.
They breathe grass and they don't give a damn
And the major is going to destroy them
None of them will accept us, no one will understand
But the major will slip, the major will fall

We are ice under the feet of a major! (3 times).

As long as we exist, there will be evil ice
And the major will slip, the major will fall
After all, we are ice under the feet of a major!

We are ice under the feet of a major! (3 times).

We are ice!   They do not know what pain
They do not know what death
They do not know what fear
Standing alone among the worm-eaten walls
Major strangle them all in a row, he goes
He rattles his boots, but fell - ice
And we - the ice beneath your feet Major!

They laugh easily, their bright eyes
They are defenseless, they like to live
And all of them together and it has always been
They are the last who remembers what - light
And we do not have anything - we mrem
And all that we can - it just be ice
But we - the ice beneath your feet Major!

We are a major ice legs! (3 times).

When I "m with them, I stop dead
They open hands and colored words
They breathe grass and they do not care at all
A major is to destroy them
None of them will take us, no one will understand
But the major podskolznetsya major fall

We are a major ice legs! (3 times).

As long as we exist, is an evil ice
And major podskolznetsya major fall
After all, we - the ice beneath your feet Major!

We are a major ice legs! (3 times).

COMMENTS:

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We are ice under the major’s feet ...   - according to Letov, this phrase was coined by his comrade-in-arms Jeff (Evgeny Filatov).

... in March 1985, the KGB case began ... And in November we were all tied. And they began to sew a global case about an anti-Soviet organization, a terrorist act, etc. They wanted to blame us for preparing for the explosion of the oil refinery. Threats began. Promotion was right up to Moscow. Kostya was taken into the army within one day, although he has heart failure. Moreover, they sent to Baikonur, where a closed zone. And they threatened me that if I didn’t tell where the samizdat, etc. came from, they would start injecting me with so-called truth-based drugs, that is, drugs, so that I would say something in a state of insanity. After that, the case is turned so that I knocked. It stukanul, and not under pressure. This went on for a month. But I hadn’t experienced anything like it before, I hadn’t tried drugs, nothing. And then I thought, does it make sense to do something, I just decided to commit suicide. He wrote a piece of paper: "I am committing suicide under pressure from Major Meshkov Vladimir Vasilievich, etc." They somehow became aware of this. I still don’t know how. I was taken to a psychiatric hospital and the case was suspended. They have signed up with all my acquaintances and friends that they will have nothing to do with me. There was an official warning from the prosecutor's office. And when I was released three months later, I had no one to play with. And I myself began to learn to play different instruments and for a whole year I was alone writing songs. “Ice Under the Feet of a Major,” “Totalitarianism” is that time.

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E. Letov, 03/02/1990:

I think that I don’t have a single song about politics at all. In fact, all that was before - “Ice under the major’s feet” ... The major is there, etc. - this is a certain system of images and symbols ... Here is “Ice under the feet of a major” - the song is not about any major, you know, but about a certain structure of being ...

"Ice under the feet of a major"

"Ice under the feet of a major" (last concert in Sverdlovsk on February 9, 2008)

Lyrics for "Ice under the feet of a major": They don’t know what pain is. They don’t know what death is. They do not know what fear is. Stand alone among the wormy walls Major strangle them all in a row, he goes He rattles his boots, but fell - ice And we are ice under the major’s feet! We are ice under the feet of a major! (3 times) They laugh easily, they have lively eyes They are defenseless, they like to live And all of them together and always have been They are the last to remember what is light And we have nothing left - we are dying And all we can do is be ice But we are ice under the major’s feet! We are ice under the feet of a major! When I'm with them, I stop dying They have open hands and colorful words. They breathe grass and they do not care And the major is going to destroy them None of them will accept us, no one will understand But the major will slip, the major will fall We are ice under the feet of a major! As long as we exist, there will be evil ice And the major will slip, the major will fall After all, we are ice under the feet of a major! We are ice under the feet of a major!

Included in the album

COMMENTS FOR SONG:

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We are ice under the major’s feet ... - according to Letov, this phrase was coined by his comrade-in-arms Jeff (Evgeny Filatov).

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E. Letov, 1990, the journal “Peripheral Nervous System” No. 2, Barnaul:

... in March 1985, the KGB case began ... And in November we were all tied. And they began to sew a global case about an anti-Soviet organization, a terrorist act, etc. They wanted to blame us for preparing for the explosion of the oil refinery. Threats began. Promotion was right up to Moscow. Kostya was taken into the army within one day, although he has heart failure. Moreover, they sent to Baikonur, where a closed zone. But they threatened me with the fact that if I did not tell where the samizdat, etc., came from, they would start injecting me with so-called truthful means, that is, drugs, so that I would say something in a state of insanity. After that, the case is turned so that I knocked. It stukanul, and not under pressure. This went on for a month. But I hadn’t experienced anything like it before, I hadn’t tried drugs, nothing. And then I thought, does it make sense to do something, I just decided to commit suicide. He wrote a piece of paper: “I am committing suicide under pressure from Major Meshkov Vladimir Vasilievich, etc.” They somehow became aware of this. I still don’t know how. I was taken to a psychiatric hospital and the case was suspended. They have signed up from all my acquaintances and friends that they will not have anything to do with me. There was an official warning from the prosecutor's office. And when I was released three months later, I had no one to play with. And I myself began to learn to play different instruments and for a whole year I was alone writing songs. “Ice Under the Feet of a Major”, “Totalitarianism” - this is that time.

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Sergey Letov (Egor's brother). Program “What people will say”:

He (Yegor Letov), \u200b\u200bof course, was a deeply anti-Soviet man, fought against the Soviet regime, and in 87 he was even sent to compulsory treatment in a psychiatric clinic by KGB officer Meshkov, Major Meshkov, yes ... He spent three months there. And then perestroika began, and he was released.

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E. Letov, 03/02/1990:

I think that I don’t have a single song about politics at all. In fact, everything that was before was “Ice under the feet of a major” ... The major is there, etc. - this is a certain system of images and symbols ... Here is “Ice under the Major’s Feet” - the song is not about any major, you know, but about a certain structure of being ...

The text of the song "Ice under the legs of a major":

Lose: Dm, A # (4 times)

Dm G C F
  They don’t know what pain is.
  They don’t know what death is.
  They do not know what fear is.
  Stand alone among the wormy walls
  G a
  Major strangle them all in a row, he goes
  G a
He rattles his boots, but fell - ice
  Dm A #
  And we are ice under the major’s feet!

They laugh easily, they have lively eyes
  They are defenseless, they like to live
  And all of them together and always have been
  They are the last to remember what is light
  And we have nothing left - we are dying
  And all we can do is be ice
  But we are ice under the major’s feet!
  We are ice under the feet of a major! (3 times).

Lose: verse.

When I'm with them, I stop dying
  They have open hands and colorful words.
  They breathe grass and they do not care
  And the major is going to destroy them
  None of them will accept us, no one will understand
  But the major will slip, the major will fall

  We are ice under the feet of a major! (3 times).

As long as we exist, there will be evil ice
  And the major will slip, the major will fall
  After all, we are ice under the feet of a major!
  We are ice under the feet of a major! (3 times).
  We are ice!

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