Chepetsk...

You're still here, And so am I. The morning fog above the factory sky. The river moves so slow it never says goodbye. Gray panel buildings standing side by side. In every crack and corner, Something I can't hide. The babushki on benches watch the world go by. They've seen a thousand winters, Never asking why. And somewhere in the silence of this ordinary Town, I lost myself, And somehow I was found. I dreamed of trains that take you far away, To cities bright when night turns into day. But every road walked to chase the new, Kept circling back, circling back to you. Cheboksary, you're written in my bones. Gray skies, warm heart, I'm coming home. Where the factory hums a lullaby, And every sunset knows my name. Cheboksary, my nowhere, my everything. The quiet town that taught my heart to sing. I left you, but you never left me. Cheboksary, you're my eternity. You're my eternity. You're my eternity. The old cinema with posters torn and pale. Stories of a world that seemed so far away. The bridge across the river where we stood at Night, talking about the future in the thin light. The railway station echoing with hellos and Goodbyes. Faces that grew up are still shining in My eyes. And every snowflake falling covers up the Past. But some faces, some places, They're just built to last. I chased the capitals, I chased the fame. But no one there could speak my name the Way you do. In every stranger's accent, in every foreign street, I heard you whispering out to me. Cheboksary, you're written in my bones. Gray skies, warm heart, I'm coming home. Where the factory hums a lullaby-And every sunset Knows my name. Cheboksary, you are my everything. The quiet town that taught my heart to sing. I left you, but you never left me. Cheboksary, you're my eternity. You're my eternity. Oh. Oh. You're in my accent when I speak. You're in my silence when I'm weak. You're in the way I drink my tea. The way I love, the way I grieve. I thought I had to leave to grow. But everything I need to know was in your Frozen winter air. In your unremarkable, remarkable prayer. Prayer