Translation of video:

[text on the screen]: All of the footage for this video was filmed and sent to us by our listeners

Lyrics:

Many times, I have been bitten by sharks
Many times, I have been bitten by dogs,
I walked about during a thunderstorm
Carrying a steel rod,
I've drowned,
I've gotten into street fights,
I've already survived three separate ends of the world,
Two milennia,
I've survived these and those,
And I've also survived a blister from a high-heeled shoe,
And the income tax man,
And the dark ages,
And the rain clouds,
And the products of combustion of poor-quality tobacco,
Sexually transmitted infections
And the Fox and the Gingerbread Man.
I'll survive the elderly, the water sprites, and the house sprites,
And the verse in a maudlin greeting card.
And the death of relatives,
And the kick in the solar plexus,
And the tossing of rice at the newlyweds.
The birch bark and the papyrus,
And pants big enough to grow into,
And the basement dampness,
And the coronavirus.
And the kicks in the groin,
And the falling-apart of the Soviet Union,
And the air-tight seals on the zinc coffins.
And the burnings at the stake,
And the cavities in the teeth,
And the hysteria and the fear,
And the flies and the turtles.

Refrain: and I will survive,
And I will survive you and us,
And I'll survive trouble and laughter,
And I'll survive everything and everyone.

And the children with lollipops,
And the leaders with their twins,
Permanent waves in the hair,
And parchment,
The defrosting of the cryogenic chambers,
The fools who are on Instagram,
The hurricane and the tsunami,
Billy Eilish in a sun-hat,
And everyone along with you.
And the Russian head-dress,
And the turban,
And the hundred thousand whys,
And the bubonic plague,
And the alien war,
And the cygnet on the lake,
The new rap and the old rock,
And grandma's sweater,
And the hungry, hungry wolf won't eat me,
And the infantry, infantry regiment won't run me over,

You'll just toss a handful of earth over me
For having gotten through my years.

Refrain: I will survive, etc.


[text scrolling up the screen]

"In this video is the view from my window. On that day, I came to my city for the last time to pick up my belongings and got caught in the artillery fire." Vika

"This is the video of my picket in Moscow, after which I was given 10 days in jail. And on the way to jail, the police and I stopped by to pick up some chicken nuggets." Glafira

"My best friend and I are dancing to this song after the disco, because the song had been banned from the disco itself." Julia

"in this clip, my former boyfriend is shaving my head before the second round of high-dose chemo." Sonia

"My name is Vova. My husband Denis and I left Russia after the war began and we have been wandering around the world ever since." Vladimir and Denis

"I was living in England and after the invasion I returned to my native city of Kiev. We would often sing. Singing helps one feel less frightened." Oleksandr

"I am sending you the video of my ride in the police car after an anti-war protest, second time this year. I was given 30 days in jail." Katarina

"My young son and I have survived cancer, surgery, stem cell transplant, and radiation therapy." Inna


"In this video is our dog, whom we had to leave at home with mom". Julia and Nikita

"My husband abandoned me, I have no-one I know in a new city, I have no place to live, no money, no food. The video in my head played the song 'I will survive'" Arina

"Three weeks before the war began, I became a mom. In the first video, the air raid siren went on while we were walking in the park. But I will survive!" Alena

"My husband was killed at the end of March. I decided to get a tattoo next to my heart. In his handwriting. The words which he told me every day: "I love you" Ekaterina