Группа КАШЕМИР — Спички

You and I are simply matches One glancing touch — And we lit up together In this empty darkness Sparks flew upward

We gave away warmth, not noticing the borders Burned out in this game without lowering our lashes I held your soul while everything burned bright But wood smolders fast when the heat is at its limit We so wanted to blaze, we flew toward this light But from burning hearts only a silhouette remained

The fire reaches the fingers It becomes too painful We let each other go Whispering in the quiet: “Enough”

And you and I are simply matches We burned without knowing measure And in this wild fire We lost our last faith But the flame ate to ash Everything that was inside Now at our embers You simply look in silence

And you and I are simply matches We left only smoke Vanished in the gray fog Under a half-empty sky We flared brighter than all For a few brief minutes But a match that has burned out Cannot be lit twice

A black charred edge Cold inside the emptiness We burned down to ash Our bridges collapsed Where are our bright days — Who took them and smashed them? I exhale your image, losing my last strength A cold wind through the window blows away the gray film None of us will kindle this light again We burned out completely — an empty, hollow matchbox And this thick smoke rises to the ceiling

The fire reaches the fingers It becomes too painful We let each other go Whispering in the quiet: “Enough”

And you and I are simply matches We burned without knowing measure And in this wild fire We lost our last faith But the flame ate to ash Everything that was inside Now at our embers You simply look in silence

And you and I are simply matches We left only smoke Vanished in the gray fog Under a half-empty sky We flared brighter than all For a few brief minutes But a match that has burned out Cannot be lit twice

Trying to flare up again — A waste of minutes Burned-out feelings twice, Alas, will not save us Only gray ash in our hands Will remind us before sleep How you and I Blazed in one fire

And you and I are simply matches We burned without knowing measure And in this wild fire We lost our last faith But the flame ate to ash Everything that was inside Now at our embers You simply look in silence

We left only smoke Cannot be lit twice We are simply matches