Undestructable

Gogol Bordello

When I was younger I lived in fear
That incarceration of some kind is near
I checked my head in tact with rules
I nearly became a goddamn fool

But I've heard voices not in the head
Out in the air they called ahead
Through ripped out speakers
Through thick and thin
They found a shelter
Under my skin

How many darkest moments and traps
Still lay ahead of us
How many final frontiers
We gonna mount
And maybe no victory laps
But if you stepped on path of sacred art
And stuck it out through thick and thin
God knows you become one
With undestructable

And so no longer live I in fear
Them are too greedy to pay my asylum bills
This is my life and freedom is my profession
This is my mission throughout all flight duration

There is a core and it's hardcore
All is hardcore when made with love
Love is a voice of a savage soul
This savage love is undestructable

How many darkest moments and traps
Still lay ahead of us?
Undestructable
How many final frontiers we gonna mount
With maybe no victory laps?
Undestructable
But if you stepped on path of sacred art
And stuck it out through thick and thin
God knows you become one
With undestructable

Undestructable!

How many
Undestructable
How many final frontiers
With maybe no victory laps?
Undestructable
But if you stand on path of sacred art
And stuck it out through thick and thin
God knows you become one
With undestructable

Ох сколько мгновений чёрных
Невозможных
Нам всем предстоит преодолеть
Ох сколько пиров победных впереди
Но всё равно нам не успеть
Но если, если сокровенный путь один
Ты будешь несокрушим
Несокрушим!

Undestructable
Undestructable!


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Undestructable Lyrics as written by Eugene Hutz Eliot Ferguson

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    О, сколько мгновений черных, невозможных нам всем предстоит преодолеть О, сколько пиров победных Но все равно нам не успеть но если, если сокровенным путь один ты будешь несокрушим, несокрушим

    xhahon March 19, 2010   Link
  • +1
    General Comment

    This is basically a Russian version of

    How many darkest moments and traps Still lay ahead of us How many final frontiers We gonna mount And maybe no victory laps But if you stepped on path of sacred art and stuck it out through thick and thin God knows you become one With undestructable

    a_kuntzon August 14, 2007   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    This is the best song by Gogol Bordello.

    suchaheroon June 24, 2006   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    Obviously about a character - presumably Eugene - growing up and finding music after coming from a tough background.

    Great song!

    Ed Joneson December 09, 2006   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    A skolko mngnoveniy chernih nevozmozhnih nam vsem predstoit preodolet. Undestructible. A skolko [...] a vse ravno nam ne uspet, no eli, esli a sakrovennij put est odin. no bez menya budesh nesokrushim. Undestructable!

    This is missing from the end of the song.. Besides the [...] which is a little unclear to me, these lyrics should be 95% correct. BTW, i think this is the best part of the song, for those who know Russian, these are very powerfull lyrics.

    anikitoson January 15, 2007   Link
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    A skolko mngnoveniy chernih nevozmozhnih nam vsem predstoit preodolet. Undestructible. A skolko [...] a vse ravno nam ne uspet, no eli, esli a sakrovennij put est odin. no bez menya budesh nesokrushim. Undestructable!

    could somebody translate this (anikitos) i know you can

    gypsybaxton April 10, 2007   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    Ooooh wheee, this song is so incredible. I love singing it out loud! I can only imagine what it must be like live.

    birdgerhlon July 13, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment

    so soul-biting song....

    VileVerminon October 01, 2012   Link

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