Lyrics for 8th Floor as interpreted by kalelian

8th Floor Lyrics
no one waits for her inside the house
she spots a stranger in the mirror
and the record spins her nearer
to the outcome of her day
you live inside the city
you forget how tall the trees can get
a bird sits on a branch across
from my eighth floor window

and you can't really say
that it's an eight floor branch
cause trees don't have floors
and buildings do

I came in from the rain which
wasn't really rain it was just
january snow in denial
and something must have gotten lost
in the translation, russian to english
and winter wasn't wintery today

she comes into the house and no one
waits for her inside the house
she spots a stranger in the mirror
and the record spins her nearer
to the outcome of her day
you live inside the city
you forget how tall the trees can get
a bird sits on a branch
of my eighth floor window

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applause
11-10-2006

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i love this song, but i think someone capable should write the russian parts with their translations

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pimpmyliz
12-01-2006

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what album is this song from? basically, im obsessed with regina and want to own every single song by her. haha.

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Lozeli
01-17-2007

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Translation coming soon, I have a friend who is Russian and she is busy translating it for me :)

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looiz
01-24-2007

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i don't speak russian, so i don't know how accurate it is, but i found this from lyricwiki.org:
Восьмой этаж
Восьмой этаж
Все высоко
Все надо мной

Вот идет домой
Карман пустой
Хоть милостыню просите
Три рубля на водку и буханку белого хлеба

А теперь, наверное, все дороже
И дорожки те забыты
А над ними паруса

Первый этаж
Я маленькая
Все высоко
Все надо мной

Восьмой этаж
Америка
Я высоко
Все подо мной
Я высоко...

translation!

The eighth floor
The eighth floor
Everything's high
Everything is above me

Somebody is coming home
Pocket is empty
You could go begging
It's three rubles for vodka and a loaf of white bread

But now, for certain, everything's more expensive
And the old paths are forgotten
Above them we set sail

The first floor
I'm really small
Everything's high
Everything is above me

The eighth floor
America
I am high
Everything is below me
I am high...

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angelchild
01-24-2007

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i am from russia and this translation is good)

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idontknowme
02-03-2007

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i think this ones about Regina coming to America. She comes home and looks in the mirror to see a totally different person. She looks out the window to see something that reminds her of when she used to live on the first floor (poor), and I'm gonna assume that she means Russia by the first floor too because in the translated part American is the eigth floor. I also think this because when she sings in Russian shes speaking from the view of someone who lives on the first floor.

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idontknowme
02-03-2007

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by the way, thanks looiz!!!!

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newsies234
02-10-2007

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I love, love, love the part about the rain being January snow in denial. She is fantastic.

And I love listening to the Russian part, despite not understanding a word.

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satirecafe
04-08-2007

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the translation is good :D "i'm really small" should actually be just "i'm small," but it doesn't really matter

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envirohodges
04-30-2007

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this is a great song. i always hear interviews of regina saying that she loved listening to the beatles despite the language barrier, and i can relate because the rusian in this song is so striking. learning phoneticly is even great.

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crow_heart
06-06-2007

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i love this song!!!!

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littleliv
07-02-2007

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were can i find this song?

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*Star*eyes*
07-31-2007

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This song is really nice but I don't have a clear version of it so I can just make out the words she's sayin :/

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ClaireFx
08-06-2007

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I can't find this song anywhere! Where can I get it?

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love_is_free
01-18-2008

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This is one of the very few songs by her i don't have either. :[ Sendspace, anyone?

I think idontknowme is right on; this song is about coming to America and not recognizing herself through the changes in her that have occured since she moved from the first floor (russia) to the eight floor (america). i think it's also about missing russia and wanting to not forget how tall the trees get (nature being russia and the buildings being america).

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sophiaclovee
02-13-2008

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when you search for regina for example on limewire, try browsing the host.. i stumbled like onto 20 songs of hers that way.. YAY ME!!

but seriously, when you find a song by her that you dont have do browse the host the usually have like complete albums of live performances

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ne me quitte pas
04-24-2008

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wow...

"i came in from the rain which
wasn't really rain it was just
january snow in denial"

yaaaaay for the poetic genius of Regina!!!! I love that entire verse...

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kaysntees
02-12-2009

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For anyone searching for this song, here's a link to 3 recordings: http://respektonline.com/songs.php?s=6

You can find most Regina songs on respektonline.com

Regina herself has admitted to using it to look up lyrics.

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anythingatall02334
02-28-2009

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LOVE IT when she includes Russian verses in her songs!!!

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MissPizzatarian
09-20-2009

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I think this is a lovely song about what it's like when you emigrate and the things that don't properly translate...
Like the way that winter isn't the same thing in New York as it is in Moscow.

"wasn't really rain it was just
january snow in denial
and something must have gotten lost
in the translation, russian to english
and winter wasn't wintery today"

I think putting the verses in Russian was very deliberate, because it gives us (who don't speak russian) a sense of not understanding the way she didn't understand things when she first moved, and those who do understand are reminded of russia and speaking in russian....

I love how all the little details show the differences...

Ps. Russian sounds so good when regina sings it!

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