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Farewell, and if it is for good then farewell for good 1

If o’er the edge – then go, adieu, but do remember me 2

So near’s the edge with mist of dusk

And laughing January’s drunk 3

I am encircled idol like within its fire ring 4

Forget what you have never known, forget these words of mine

Said not by me, or never said, so take them out of mind

Beyond the edge, there lurks the dark

And winter’s not by all means far

And my own shadow with yours hugged for road’s setting out

Beyond eternity and carefree and finite blizzard days

When sleep was far apart from us, when we had no wink of eyes

We’ll never wake up, never come back to each other or the rest

Right from the polished side behind the looking-glass 5

And when in embers of the morn you turn estranged from me

When I become estranged as well from you, my soul mate

Hold on to air in the freeze

The air as sharp as killing steel

It rose between us like a wall; we have to struggle for breath

Beyond eternity and carefree and finite blizzard days

When sleep was far apart from us, when we had no wink of eyes

We’ll never wake up, never come back to each other or the rest

Right from the polished side behind the looking-glass

Beyond transparent and then dreary and time-wasted winter days

When skies of blue get mutely torn, when sleepless nights are white all right 6

We’ll never come back to each other or ex-selves

Right from the polished side behind the looking-glass (X2)

1. Fare thee well! and if for ever,

Still for ever, fare thee well – Lord Byron ‘Fare Thee Well’ 2. ‘Adieu, Adieu! Remember me!’ Hamlet’s father’s ghost’s words pointed out by Hellawes herself 3. Drunken January is a common expression and title of some Russian songs. January is a partying time due to 10 day long banking holidays, January 7th is Orthodox Christmas and January 13th is the “Old” New Year according to Gregorian calendar. 4. meaning everything about a new album and concert tours must be accomplished by January otherwise everybody will be blissing out for a month with no work in mind 5. Lewis Carroll ‘Through the Looking-Glass” 6. White Nights in St.Petersburg