The meaning of the lyrics of the song "Lyrical" (Liricheskaya) the performer of the song "Mikhail Krug"

Shut up, close your mouth, bend your smile, serve the glasses, slut, and the wine.

When the gate creaked today, you got scared, looking out the window.

And in the silence of brick Proletarka — what they say about you in Slobidka —

You were accepting gifts without me — presents from the boys from Somin.

You spat in my soul with pleasure: 'Water off a duck's back' — you were squandering mine.

And after — a raid and chaos on Sunday... Seven years have passed — seven long 'selyavi'.

Don't be a smartass, don't spoil the holiday, listen better, girl, to this:

You're playing with fire, slut, teasing the wind, that the 'urki' never forgive.

Your cop will come soon, he'll see me. It was raining yesterday, and I couldn't come,

I was afraid: to inherit... You even changed our lock.

Don't cry, close your eyes, be quiet and listen: seven years ago you ratted me out here,

You hung noodles on the cop's ears, and, 'tail up', went for a walk in the garden with him...

Молчи, закрой свой рот, согни улыбку, подай стаканы, лярва, и вино.

Когда сегодня скрипнула калитка, ты испугалась, выглянув в окно.

И в тишине кирпичной Пролетарки — что о тебе в Слободке говорят, —

Ты принимала без меня подарки — подарочки от соминских ребят.

Ты мне плевала в душу с наслажденьем: "С гуся вода", — гуляла на мои.

А после — шмон и шухер в воскресенье... Семь лет прошло — семь долгих "селяви".

Ты не бери на понт, не порти праздник, послушай лучше, девочка, сюда:

С огнём играешь, лярва, ветер дразнишь, что урки не прощают никогда.

Сейчас придёт твой мент, меня увидит. Вчера был дождь, и я зайти не мог,

Боялся: наслежу в своей обиде... Да ты ещё сменила наш замок.

Не плачь, закрой глаза, молчи и слушай: семь лет назад ты здесь меня сдала,

Навешала менту лапши на уши, и, "хвост задрав", с ним в сад гулять пошла...

In Mikhail Krug's song "Liricheskaya" ("Lyrical"), the lyrical hero addresses his former lover, who betrayed him, with bitter reproach and exposure. The text is filled with contempt and anger, but through them shines the pain of betrayal.

Already the first lines "Shut up, close your mouth, bend your smile, serve the glasses, you scum, and wine" demonstrate the hero's contemptuous attitude towards the woman. He uses the rude word "scum", depriving her of individuality, identifying her with something low and insignificant. He is not interested in her feelings; he came to express everything that has accumulated over the years.

The description of her reaction to the creak of the gate ("you were frightened, looking out the window") betrays the fear of exposure. The hero knows about her double life, about the rumors that circulate about her ("what they say about you in Slobodka"), about the "gifts from the guys from the other side of the tracks" accepted in his absence. The phrase "You spat in my soul with pleasure: 'It's like water off a duck's back'" is a metaphor for betrayal, treason, committed cynically and in cold blood. "Seven years have passed — seven long 'c'est la vie'" — a time period emphasizing the duration of the hero's experiences and suffering. "C'est la vie" - a slang expression meaning "that's life", adds bitterness and fatalism.

The hero warns his former lover: "You're playing with fire, you scum, tempting fate, because thieves never forgive", hinting at a possible retribution for betrayal. He is not afraid of her new lover, a policeman, contemptuously calling him a "cop", emphasizing his own moral superiority. The culmination is the exposure: "seven years ago you sold me out here, hung noodles on the cop's ears, and, 'tail wagging,' went for a walk in the garden with him...". The final scene depicts the woman completely destroyed, deprived of all dignity.

Mikhail Krug's "Liricheskaya" is a story of betrayal, pain and retribution, told in the language of the streets, cruel but honest.