Spleen is a cult Russian rock band. The band's penetrating lyrics are highly praised by fans and music critics. Quotes from the songs of "Splin" carry a deep meaning and are remembered by the listener, since Alexander Vasiliev is always sincere and original in creating poetic images.
Quotes about love
The theme of love is one of the key motives of the group. Quotes from Spleen’s songs about this feeling are varied: he sings both about tragic love - unrequited or doomed to separation, and about happy, and about long gone and becoming only a memory.
Often the performer in the texts refers directly to his beloved, using the pronoun "you", sometimes he talks about the relationship of two people from the perspective of an observer.
But invariably, the author emphasizes the significance of this feeling, talks about his strength and ability to destroy a person, or save him from death.
- And you will forget my last look, but after hundreds of years you should know my voice.
- And you all watch a movie, you all look for yourself among the gray stones, but what remains behind the scenes is known only to me.
- I wanted to turn into a tram and drive into your window.
- You are beautiful, like a wave of a magic wand in the hands of a stranger from a dream I forgot.
- And two do not sleep, two smoke cigarettes of love. They feel good, will we disturb their peace?
- Love is when good people feel bad.
- And love is a cage, and again I am cornered like a helpless wounded beast.
- When throat dries of thirst, breadbags of love.
- Weep with happiness, laugh to tears - we are so alike. We look into each other's eyes, and frost on the skin.
- Kill me for the fact that I have long cooled for you.
- Without it, all life is zero.
Philosophical Quotes
In addition to love, in his work Vasiliev often discusses the meaning of life. There are quotes from the songs of "Splin", referring to the philosophical trend of fatalism. You can notice how often the poet turns to the image of the supreme observer, thereby showing the inevitability of fate and the intended path.
Sometimes a musician admits in poetry that he does not see the point: he writes about the aimlessness of being, due to the futility of efforts and limited knowledge. He draws attention to the relativity of truth, to the huge number of errors that form during the course of a person's life.
- I walk along the road, and the shoe is not sorry, along the familiar road. And not to hell, and not to heaven.
- I do not live, I follow my own life development.
- Many people, different people in the world of illusions.
- Leaning faster on the oars, you get off course faster.
- In storms and calm, an angel on a spire looks at us from above.
- I know that during the great cry, those who called us at home and promised us immortality remained dry eyes.
- We went into outer space. There is nothing more to catch in this world.
- And the notes came together in one pattern, and at midnight the conductor appeared, and we all turned his eyes to him and became obedient.
- A stone rolls, not taking apart the roads, without meaning, without a goal, without a map.
- The train remained - the platform left.
- Who danced with us on Bald Mountain that night, who took away all misfortunes and quarrels from us ...
- Fast train in the heart of the driver, the sound of wheels in the eyes of the conductor.
- Invented people outside the window dictate the last pages to us.
- Anyone with a gun in the house is equated with Kurt Cobain. Anyone who can read between the lines is doomed to have a gun in the house.
Quotes on political and social topics
In an interview, Alexander Vasilyev practically does not voice political views, calling his main task is to create good songs, and not to encourage the listener to fight.
Nevertheless, in his works the musician spoke out many times about the problems of the state and society - corruption, bureaucracy, lack of publicity. The author’s negative attitude to the war is most pronounced in the texts. Many quotes from Spleen's songs are pacifist.
- Hit the drums, shoot from anti-aircraft guns, just look, do not forget - the child is sleeping behind the wall.
- We go crazy alone and in groups, news feed us fresh corpses.
- The postman completely bent under a load of terrible telegrams. One hundred twenty-five blockade grams with fire and blood in half.
- Sleep, my child. Shells flew past.
- And a girl with a bullet in her forehead will laugh at her father’s corpse for a long time.
- Someone flies in circles over the playground, all stuffed with explosives.
- All this is a lie ... something happened, but they did not tell us anything.
- While far from Jamaica and Peter, judging by winter boots and a winter sweater, judging by the impudent gait and unwillingness to forgive.
- And here, even children can breathe in this white, like snow, powder and breathe on the glass, and write that there is no way out.
- Reincarnation is possible, you only need to pay by 19:00.
- How do we know what war is if we don't know the world.
- We are cutting the budget according to the instructions within the law.
Quotes about yourself
Like any creative person, Alexander Vasiliev in the texts tries to comprehend himself in this world, asks about the highest destination, writes a lot about internal contradictions, about talent, about the eternal search for opportunities for self-expression.
In some songs, the musician contrasts himself with society and even his own listener.
You can find quotes from Spleen in which the author admits that he cannot completely convey in words what is happening in his soul, or that he does not want and does not see the point of doing this, since he does not hope to be understood.
- Women look into my eyes and cry with thirst. And half of them honor me as a hero, while others honor me as a notorious villain.
- I will sing and throw a heap of silk lace on the table, in the interweaving of which my shaman’s tambourine laughs.
- I would tell you everything I know, only this can not be said.
- From today, please consider me negative, but attractive.
- What the dumb said will die with me.
- All that I wanted to say is beyond words.
- And I want new preludes, I want new symphonies.
- I didn’t promise to be loyal to anyone, I didn’t answer letters to anyone, I turned off my phone and locked the doors. I am independent.
- It’s very difficult for me to rank myself among poets.
- Suspended on the strings, crucified on the neck.
- He was crazy, was calm, defendant and escort.
Motivational Quotes
Despite Vasiliev’s often-motivated hopelessness, some quotes from Spleen are a call to action and motivate to great accomplishments. In his lyrics, Vasiliev reminds the listener of the value of life that is taking place right now.
This does not mean, according to the position of the author (or his lyrical hero), that everyone should set ambitious goals for themselves and achieve them. Rather, it is about the need to constantly look for something new, to know the world, to enjoy every moment spent on earth. Although the theme of struggle, and sometimes rebellion, also often arises in the poet's texts.
- Before trying, to achieve the goal, I want to remember this world as a whole.
- Take, leaving, your best songs, and tear all the rest.
- There is a wave, you rush headlong into it.
- Life is the most magical word.
- I want to defend myself, I want to attack.
- We remain and we do not give up.
- Pull yourself together, the daughter of a samurai!
- While you are young, you have to hit the hard place.
- Sleep always with the window open to feel the world.
- We were born into this world to see the light at the end of the tunnel.
- We were born into this world to read all the books, to learn all the songs by heart.
Quotes about time
A characteristic feature of the poetic talent of Alexander Vasiliev is a subtle sense of the course of life: he is able to figuratively convey the scale of a particular time period, reflect in metaphor the essence and spirit of a particular moment or period.
Vasiliev reflects on the transience of life. Sometimes the space in which the plot of his song develops is outside the usual framework of calendars and clocks, the chronology is discarded as a convention.
A clear designation of the spatio-temporal situation serves as the main means of creating the atmosphere in many tracks of the Spleen group.
- On Wednesday we sat at the table, and now it's Sunday.
- The setting sun will forever freeze in this hot July.
- Who nailed our arrows to mute dials?
- They are waiting for Christmas and at the same time they are afraid of the arrival of winter.
- From a variety of milestones, adding up his long century.
- The numbers are deliberately messed up on the calendar.
- Hour on the clock, night, like a snake, crawled on the ground.
- All times remained on the sidelines, and the sentries at their posts scored the hands on my watch.
- We did not notice how the children grew up and left at dawn.
- Kilometers will turn into films in the course of years.
- Billions of stars have come to naught since you and I are on you.
The most famous quotes
Like any group with a rich history and a huge number of listeners and fans, “Splin” has lines that everyone knows. These are not necessarily the deepest and most complex statements of the musician. Often they, on the contrary, delight in their simplicity and versatility. Usually these are the most memorable phrases from songs that have become hits and gained popularity far beyond the circle of fans of a rock band.
- She even wanted to hang herself, but institute, exams, session.
- You are so good, long fingers, skinny jeans, a neck and shoulders, but I die of boredom when someone treats me.
- People make new people at night.
- Dawn is coming. No exit. Turn the key, and flew.
- Hey. We will be happy now and forever.
- My heart has stopped. My heart sank.
- We sat and smoked, a new day began.
Of course, this is far from a complete list of quotes from the Spleen group, since almost every line from Vasiliev’s songs is worthy of attention.