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Red Blooms Lyrics
When the fists of winter fly
Driving bones into the snow
Blackened frostbitten nights
Vodka running dry
The statues cloaked in white
Migrants from museums
Losing all the feeling now that
Sunrise is outlawed
Strangers plant themselves
Down in the cold hard ground
Later when the harvest thaws
Snow drops will be in bloom
Crossed out on city maps
Prospekt Mira reveals
Shadows drinking antifreeze
'Neath the underpass
Ordered once a gulag's march
Now cities send the call
Falling from the rooftops fast
And frozen against the wall
Where strangers plant themselves
Dead souls of the underground
When February thaws
Snow drops will be in bloom again
Bloom again, bloom again
Bloom again, bloom again
Red blooms, red blooms
Driving bones into the snow
Blackened frostbitten nights
Vodka running dry
Migrants from museums
Losing all the feeling now that
Sunrise is outlawed
Down in the cold hard ground
Later when the harvest thaws
Snow drops will be in bloom
Prospekt Mira reveals
Shadows drinking antifreeze
'Neath the underpass
Now cities send the call
Falling from the rooftops fast
And frozen against the wall
Dead souls of the underground
When February thaws
Snow drops will be in bloom again
Bloom again, bloom again
Red blooms, red blooms
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My immediate reaction on reading the lyrics is that this is about the failures of Russia after the fall of Communism. Cities used to order a “gulag’s march”, but now people are committing suicide by drinking anti-freeze. People die for various reasons during the harsh winters. Then when the land thaws, all the bodies are found like red blooms.
BTW, “Dead Souls” is a famous Russian novel partially concerned with the ailing social system in post-Napoleonic Russia, and the “Prospekt Mira” is a train station in Russia. That’s from wikipedia.
I live in Moscow. Prospect Mira is an underground metro station. Most likely we are talking about the symbolism of the name. The map is a graphical representation of the dictatorship and coercion of the state. On the other hand, the word Peace literally speaks of peace. This means that there is no peace on the maps, just like in state politics. So this phrase of the song reads a play on words