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Lyrics for Government (1988)



A rusty bunker - that’s my freedom
The sweet pastry has long ago dried up
With the boots of my people
The foremen hamper the shit

Hidden around the corner
Someone killed with a garbage can
The one who willingly descended into the basement
Doomed to failure from the start

I killed the government within me

Mute in a world of invective
Able to see in a world of empty eye sockets
Balancing on the edge
Between rows of thick eyebrows1

The forgotten are around the corner
Dulled by the garbage can
The exhausted into the basement
Doomed to failure from the start

We’ve killed the government within us

A rusty bunker - that’s your freedom
A door boarded up with a cross
A whole ditch full of the enemies of the people
I will cover it with dry leaves

Hidden around the corner
Someone killed with a garbage can
The one who willingly descended into the basement
Doomed to failure from the start

KILL THE GOVERNMENT WITHIN YOU!

Kill!


This song was featured on the episode Yegor Letov and the National Bolsheviks


  1. possibly a reference to Brezhnev ↩︎