It s a Pity You re Not Here

Verse 1
Do you think you can tell the rain
From the footsteps behind your back?
Do you know where the thread breaks in vain,
Or the noose on the rope — crack, crack, crack?

Chorus
It's a pity you're not here.
It's a pity you don't hear my songs.
It's a pity you've been gone for years, years, years...

Verse 2
Can you tell the real pain
From a jester's cry on stage?
Where does the leading role begin to reign,
And where is just ambition's cage?

Chorus

Verse 3
They persuaded you to forget for good
The sky above your childhood home.
Now you only love the way you should
What they call "monetary foam."

Chorus

Verse 4
You traded the living flame
For a neon light in a shop.
Your ringing voice — for a moan of shame
In a rented flat, where echoes drop.

Chorus

Verse 5
Do you think you chose yourself —
This cage with an open door?
That you willingly believed in the elf
That sold your heart for gold and more?

Chorus

Outro (spoken word)
It's a pity you're not here.
I'm alone now on this stern.
Between us — the light of lighthouses.
Year after year, they burn in the dark and turn.

What did I find? — Freedom!
I've outlived my fears, taken off my masks.
It's a pity you're not here.
It's a pity I'm alone in this fairy tale at last.