All the burdens for sale

I'm buried treasure, hidden gem, my roughness hides my brilliance.
Emerging stars become eclipsed by dazzling lights of cities.
I have no choice, I shine in vain, like ancestors for centuries.
Alas, mere normalcy's esteemed and only it endures.


I was so crushed, I was so broke,
I came to you to sell my sword.
I may be damned, but feel more free
Without that right of choice for me.


Я хотел бы считаться нормальным, я хотел бы им быть.
Но признание можно...
Лишь у других получить.

Странный мальчик нормальным вряд ли станет...
The aberrant boy molds himself in vain,
И летят в меня камни и слова...
And stones of derision rain.
Я сказал: "Я не желаю вам зла"
"I wish no harm," I plead in strain,
Но из доброго могут сделать тирана
Yet goodness warps, and tyrants reign.

Мне говорила мама быть собой...
My mother said, "Stay true, remain."
Каждое слово правда
Her words a benediction, yet a chain.
Но это боль:
Нормальный,
Ненормальный...
Этот мир - стих в молчании...
Ordinary, extraordinary,
This silent world seems stationary.

I longed for the grace
Of the simplicity...
Sought solace
In conformity.
But alas:
Recognition dwells in others' gaze,
The lie of normality fuels the maze.


I came to you to sell my soul,
Cause in your eyes I found my role!
A constellation veiled in coal,
This shadow yearns to swallow whole.

Shattered dreams and broken wings:
Life's a game with cruel strings...
The marionette dances, heavens implore,
Yet echoes haunt behind closed doors.


I was so crushed, I was so broke,
I came to you to sell my soul.
I may be damned, but feel more free
Without that rotten piece of me.


From your mouth to God's ears -
Hold close all your fears!
From your lips, divinity resounds,
To trembling hearts, fate unbounds.
As dams collapse and truth cascades,
Revelations emerge from the darkest shades:..

Beneath celestial orbs aglow,
Vertigo entwines with love’s flow.
Upon the summit of ecstasy,
A whispered invocation: "Speak to me."


The weight of chains became my crown,
What once broke me, now holds me down.
But chains can guide, or they can bind,
I chose to wield, not be confined.

Through the fires I rose, through ash I walked,
A merchant of chaos, where gods once balked.
I deal in fates and laugh at despair,
The power is mine; let them beware!


I was so crushed, I was so broke,
I came to you to sell my all!
Now I buy swords, I deal in flames,
And trade in shadows, names for names.

What once was sold, now I reclaim,
The game's not played — I own the game...