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lyrics

Shaman’s Scream Blues

I was born in a dark house,
There was a snake crawling,
Since then I’ve been suffering from the Bite of Being.

My Mother swears at me madly,
To be saved I drink thyme,
My father named me Historical Stigma.

Chorus:
Hey, listen to me!
Yes, listen to me!
Clean your ears,
So you’ll get it right.

I went to school,
I went to college,
Often I was exiled to Magadan and Kolyma.
You, listen to me now!
Listen to me...

Ages ago I accidentally drowned somewhere,
The phantom of unknown nature glanced at me,
He said that I am in trouble and things will get worse.

He advised me to go to the Prokhy village in Penzhinskiy Bay,
Only Shamans live and only mushrooms grow there,
And there I’ll cure the wounds of my heroic past.

Now I belong to a different culture,
My hands grew into wings,
My Astral body recites Sutras of all Ancient Sciences.

Chorus:
Hey, listen to me!
Yes, listen to me!
Clean your ears,
So you’ll get it right.

I worked at a factory,
I worked with tools,
But they still try to put a straitjacket on me.
You, listen to me now!
Listen to me...

I smoked my Self in a treacherous cave,
I saw a vision:
I was buried by a savage yellow deacon.

He drew the curtains of darkness,
He threw the Fateful Anchor into the waters,
The waters of the beatifical heavens.

The Devil and Angel met me there,
They enticed me to gamble.
I lost my first game and fell.

Seeing no reality I started biting myself,
But suddenly I realised my fall,
And now I rest in peace.

Chorus:
Hey, listen to me!
Yes, listen to me!
Clean your ears,
So you’ll get it right.

I lie in gob.
Above me – the grass grows,
Disheveled Hobgoblin rambles,
And owls hoot.

Since then I am unsociable,
I have no eyes, I have no tongue.
Once I had the vision –
I was in the myth of the Bite of Being.

Hey, listen to me!
Yes, listen to me!
Clean your ears,
So you’ll get it right.

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from HA NUMA / ГА Н​У​М​А, track released October 10, 2009
Lyrics and Music by Sasha Ilyukevich

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Sasha Ilyukevich & The Highly Skilled Migrants London, UK

London-based Belarusian troubadour Sasha Ilyukevich and his British band ‘The Highly Skilled Migrants’ create an incomparable brew of post punk electric energy and topical lyricism. Ilyukevich sings in Russian, his vocals swoop from soft whispered melodies to raucous screams, defying language barriers to deliver songs that are uplifting, intelligent, macabre, romantic and melancholic. ... more

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