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Т​а​м​, г​д​е ж​и​в​у​т в​е​т​р​а (live)

from XXV л​е​т by Alkonost

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Just like many of our other songs this one is about how amazing and full of surprises life can be. Especially for someone who is not used to reckoning with an idea, that there are many other forces besides ones power and authority. This song tells us a story of peaceful people who worshipped a mountain river believing its water was sacred. Neighbors were afraid to invade their lands because of a legend according to which the ones who spilled the blood on the banks of the river were forever cursed and would not live another year. Once a conqueror passed through those mountains and the lake people were in his way. He shed the blood into white streams of the river and went on to his war. And despite that it seemed like an easy victory to him, he failed in this military campaign because of the curse.

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Там,
Где живут ветра,
В северных горах -
За потоком белых вод
Жил страны озёр народ –
Не ковал ни щит, ни меч,
И не ведал сеч.

Знал
Сроду стар и млад -
Белых вод край свят,
Кто окрасит в цвет рудой
Омут с белою водой -
Не пройдёт врата зимы,
Канет в царство тьмы.

Белым гребнем,
Белым змеем,
Белым бликом
В зелень чащ.
Эхо песен,
Эхо криков -
Помнит Белый Страж.

И пена вод
Его несёт
Разбитый меч,
Сожжённый плот,
Блестит, сверкает и поёт,
Что сгинет каждый
В свой черёд…

Шёл
Властелин с ордой
Через горы в бой -
И окрасил в цвет рудой
Реку с белою водой….
Не вернулся ни один
С поля сечи той.

Белым гребнем,
Белым змеем,
Белым бликом
В зелень чащ.
Эхо песен,
Эхо криков -
Помнит Белый Страж.

И пена вод
Его несёт
Разбитый меч,
Сожжённый плот,
Блестит, сверкает и поёт,
Что сгинет каждый
В свой черёд…

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from XXV л​е​т, released September 8, 2023

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Alkonost Naberezhnye Chelny, Russia

The band's history began in the second half of 1995, when Andrey Losev decided to start his own project. His attention was drawn to medieval music and Russian folk melodies. One year later, in August 1996, Alkonost was born. In over 20 years, the band has gone through many changes, but its unique sound and special atmosphere remained, being the band's distinctive features for all that time. ... more

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