I Fuck Upward (Cracker)

Language: Russian

More of the same, for me personally. I'm kind of undecided about whether the song wound up essentially unchanged after being Babelfished, or wound up kind of broken and incoherent. It's possible that the original was incoherent too, obviously.

But in the end, I suppose I have to go with neither. In the original, after all, the speaker is being all cynical and suspicious, and this has turned it into self-castigation. Which, the two are not as far apart from one another as you'd think, but even so, it's not entirely gibberish, and it's different enough from the original.

It's odd that now that I have more or less any and all time to do whatever I want, I find I don't have any time for writing Babelpop! posts. Things happen, and I sometimes really mean to, but then I don't, and there's not really anything terribly positive to say anyway, so why bother, right? But I feel neglectful all the same. Maybe we'll turn it around. Or maybe I'll get a job and just not give a crap about whether or not I've mangled song lyrics on any particular day.

-Jessi

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Here I am now, the youngest old person in the world
and I came to bring my burden to you,
each sleepless night without you in my handles
to be drilled and calm and (sometimes) sober

I mess up by being kind-hearted
I mess up by being wise

I'm here now, I'll be the earth angel
and I came to bring my burden to you.
I was here; now, I'll be the game warden of love.
Someone accepted my gin and tonic.

I mess up. I am content, located on the bank.
It is wise; I will inspire.

I fuck upward with peace, and you won't get me to fall in love.
I fuck upward with peace, and you won't get me to fall in love.
(Which, I didn't get it in me,
I didn't get it in me; it's more.)

I fuck upward with peace and love
I fuck upward with peace and love
I fuck upward with peace and love
I fuck upward with peace and love
I fuck upward with peace and love (I fuck any)
I fuck upward with peace and love (I fuck by any)
I fuck upward with peace and love (I fuck by any)
I fuck upward with peace and love (I fuck by any)