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PUSSY RIOT Refuses to Keep Quiet, Releases New Song

PUSSY RIOT Refuses to Keep Quiet, Releases New Song
Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Photo Credit: Andrey Smirnov/Getty Images

By Ronan Daly | August 21, 2012

Whoever thought that locking up the notorious Russian trio, Pussy Riot, would keep them quiet, has been proven wrong. In fact it seems that Pussy Riot, has gotten even more vocal since a judge handed them a 2-year sentence last Friday. Today they released their latest song, “Putin Lights Up the Fires.”

The three members of Pussy Riot first gained international attention when they were found guilty in Russia of hooliganism driven by religious hatred and sentenced to two years in prison for performing their song, “Virgin Mary, Please Drive Putin Away” at a local church.

Listen to their new song “Putin Lights Up the Fires,” below.

And the lyrics, just in case you were wondering…

 

PUSSY RIOT “Putin Lights Up the Fires” lyrics: 

(translation credit: @Russian_Market)

This state may be stronger than time in jail.

The more arrests, the happier it is.

Every arrest is carried out with love for the sexist

Who botoxed his cheeks and pumped his chest and abs.

But you can’t nail us in the coffin. 

Throw off the yoke of former KGB!

Putin is lighting the fires of revolution

He’s bored and scared of sharing silence with the people

With every execution: the stench of rotten ash

With every long sentence: a wet dream

The country is going, the country is going into the streets boldly

The country is going, the country is going to bid farewell to the regime

The country is going, the country is going, like a feminist wedge

And Putin is going, Putin is going to say goodbye like a sheep

Arrest the whole city for May 6th

Seven years isn’t enough, give us 18!

Forbid us to scream, walk and curse!

Go and marry Father Lukashenko

 

- Ronan Daly

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