Сергей Крестьянинов - Чёрный квадрат
текст песни

I looked at the black square for a long time
I was so unhappy, I was very happy
I thought I had learned all its facets
Late evening, early morning

Reflections floated across oil stains
Some people don’t understand art again
Paints have cooled on an old easel
I'll tell you, but you won't believe it

We chose a corner and stood closer
If you want, you'll see one day
On the left is a smile, on the right is a mockery
The truth, as usual, is hidden between

Stitches and strokes of a pliable brush
Thousands of faces hovered over the figure
Eyebrows frown and seem to
How black birds flock together

How the forest is filled with screams
Where the lakes are circle and cemeteries are cross
Where the new dawn is no longer so important
The triptych will not say this directly

I looked at the black square for a long time
I was so unhappy, I was very happy
I thought I had learned all its facets
Late evening, early morning

Reflections floated across oil stains
Some people don’t understand art again
Paints have cooled on an old easel
I'll tell you, but you won't believe it

Please do not touch the canvas
I take someone's hand - I feel the elbow
Pushing into the gloom of dark rooms
The night sky, empty, huge

Experts looking into lenses fight
In the solution to the art of Suprematism
How to find out what the author wanted to say
How fiction and truth are mixed

How to blame it on all these sides
Crows fly in the dark night
Thousands of faces hover over the edges
There is an eternal shadow of misunderstanding now

I looked at the black square for a long time
Was so miserable, there was heaven and hell
Thought I had learned all its facets
Late evening, early morning

Reflections floated across oil stains
Some people don’t understand art again
Paints have cooled on an old easel
I told you - you didn't believe it