Sasha Tkachuk - The World Turned Upside Down

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**The World Turned Upside Down **

lyrics and music by Sasha Tkachuk

ART: Sasha Tkachuk, Leif Hansen (Drømmer), Devilo4ek, Andrey, Phoenix

With my crew, I was the terror of the neighborhood.
We stole, we smoked, we busted faces, I swear to God, life's a game!
We had our own rules, and we bent them,
And we couldn't even think about anything else.
And one time, we decided to shake down some suckers for cash,
We went out to do the job, as usual, in the dead of night.
We hid around the corner, waiting for a victim,
To show who's the boss in this neighborhood!

We heard footsteps, jumped out from the shadows.
A roar, a curse, fists clenched, everything was set.
But then, I was instantly lost for words,
And the world around me just froze, holy shit...
An angel appeared before me, I know it for sure.
A boy with messy, flax-colored hair,
With eyes like the blue May sky.
And I realized my whole past life was bullshit.

I fell in love! I fell in love!
I fell in love with a boy, goddamn it!
What do I do, what can I be?
My breath caught, everything inside me just snapped.
I was speechless, as if I'd lost my tongue,
And my heart dropped into my stomach, where it started beating like crazy.
I fell in love! I fell in love!
I fell in love with a boy!

He stood there barefoot, like he wasn't from this world,
His feet were dirty, but there was some kind of power in them.
His bare feet, damn it, drove me crazy, man.
And I realized all my honor was in the shitter.
I'm the terror of the hood, a bandit, a hooligan,
And then suddenly this bullshit, such a punch to the gut.
I'm supposed to be tough, cynical,
And then this love, like snow on your head, bam!

What do I do now, how do I go on living?
'Cause the crew won't get it, they'll laugh, they'll kick me out.
There's a war inside me, how can I reconcile
The angel-boy and this dark neighborhood?

I fell in love! I fell in love!
I fell in love with a boy, goddamn it!
What do I do, what can I be?
My breath caught, everything inside me just snapped.
I was speechless, as if I'd lost my tongue,
And my heart dropped into my stomach, where it started beating like crazy.
I fell in love! I fell in love!
I fell in love with a boy!

What do I do? What can I be?
This boy—he's my cross to bear, my destiny, my thread.
The crew or him? Or can I somehow have both?
What do I do, what can I be?
His bare feet, damn it, won't let me live!
Ah, fuck it all!
I can't take it anymore, I'm going to him!
I love him.