Compatriots

[Verse 1]
I saw my compatriots walking at nightfall
Soccer games blaring from every cafe
It's amazing how life can go somehow unnoticed
Somehow so loud it rattles your brain

[Verse 2]
My eye is/eyes' [?] digesting the infinite parcels
Beauty and ugliness, matter and light
Oh saint oh sinner
Oh ancient beginner
Oh trembling river of life!

[Chorus]
Forgive me sir
I know not the magic words
Is it the fever first
And then the fire?

{Verse 3}
The neighbor above mе is slamming his windows
Insults pour off me like peppеrcorn rain
I'll answer him later, return the favor
When I have perfected Parisian disdain

[Verse 4]
The city is whistling biting its fingers
Bellies are full of the same butterflies
Countdown the seconds in 25 languages
Oh the millions of eyes!

[Chorus]
Forgive me sir
I know not the magic words
Is it the fever first
And then the fire?
Forgive me sir
I know not the magic words
Is it the fever first
And then the fire

[Instrumental bridge]

[Chorus]
Forgive me sir
I know not the magic words
Is it the fever first
And then the fire?
I know not the magic words
Is it the fever first
And then the fire?
And then the fire!