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lyrics

The Glory of the Soviet Union

She said
She longed for the glory of the Soviet Union
Where brave men and women went into outer space
And hoist the flag of communism.

She said
She longed for the huge parades on the large avenues
Where tanks and missiles rolled on the moaning concrete like roaring thunder;
And everyone wore the same hats and the same scarves and the same overcoats
And everyone was happy.

She said
She’d experienced hunger but is was alright because everyone felt the same hunger at the same time
Because everyone was equal and hunger, like corn, was something everyone shared.
(But then, I guess, she’d never seen Khrushchev on TV, eating a really big dinner…)

And then she told me she was Jewish
And that her whole family had been deported by the Nazis in ‘43
And she had been raped, several times.
And her sister had been raped.
Only once. But then, they shot her.
And she said that she had only survived by escaping and hiding in a hole, in the woods, in January.
She said she didn’t feel the cold anymore, since then, except in her soul.




She said she longed for the glory of the Soviet Union
Where brave men and women fought for their freedom and everyone had the same ideas.
Usually nice ones.

She said we could have sex, but always in the dark and that she would never, ever speak.
She would never enjoy it.
She said that we could marry, that she would respect me, but that she would not ever, ever, be able to love me.
She would always smell the damp of the snow, the taste of blood in her mouth, the bitter stench of dead bodies undisposed of.
And she would hear the rats.

And then she said she also, once, hid like a rat.
But brave men and women, her people, rescued her when she had already given up.
She longed for the glory of the Soviet Union, she said -

The glory of the Soviet Union.
The glory of the Soviet Union.

credits

from Hemlock Smith & les Poissons Autistes: "The Necrophone Sessions", released February 26, 2021
Stéphane Babey: six-string electric cello, electric guitar, bass, no-input guitar effects, laptop.
Michael Frei: vocals, piano, Mellotron, percussion.
Philippe Simon: trumpet, bass, electric guitar, laptop.

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Hemlock Smith Lausanne, Switzerland

Hemlock Smith come from Lausanne (Switzerland). Since 2002, they’ve released 7 regular albums with intelligent pop, as well as 2 soundtracks for silent film and 2 collaborations with Noise duo Les Poissons Autistes. Fronted by singer-songwriter Michael Frei, Hemlock Smith's distinctive voice is complemented by a talented band seamlessly blending Pop, Folk, Rock and Trip-Hop Sensibilities ... more

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