The Wilderness and Beyond

	作词 : Matthew Hall
	作曲 : Matthew Hall
	The Wilderness and Beyond


	Verse 1. Into the wilderness
	And then head out from there
	Axle-deep in midsummer mud swamps
	Mosquitoes like a dust storm are everywhere

	Less than a month
	Before the window closes, it’s serious
	Human spirit clinging to the wire
	Before the winter freezes Siberia

	Br. The road through Russia’s east frontier
	(The road through Russia’s east frontier)
	On the Kolyma Highway
	Asia’s last goodbye-way
	Ch.
	The Wilderness
	And Beyond

	Verse 2. Where Yakutsk gleamed
	Spirits flag on the endless road to Magadan
	The Road of Bones
	Right through the heart of nowhere in particular

	Heading east
	For two thousand brutal kilometres
	Past the gaunt old ghosts of the gulags
	And the phantom city of Kadykchan

	Br. Where tower blocks crumble and decay
	(And in the lone apartments)
	Diaries left abandoned
	The Posters still on walls



	Verse 3.

	(And now / Then…) The Pole of Cold
	Where the solid earth creaks down below
	(And) Ice Fogs enfold
	Timber shacks (that are) bowed by the permafrost

	Don’t stall the truck !
	Keep the motor running - it’s (I’m) serious
	Life freezes before your very eyes
	In an almost delirious state of mind

	But what a story you can tell
	(What a story you can tell)
	On the Kolyma Highway
	Russia’s passed on by-way

	zuò cí : Matthew Hall
	zuò qǔ : Matthew Hall
	The Wilderness and Beyond


	Verse 1. Into the wilderness
	And then head out from there
	Axledeep in midsummer mud swamps
	Mosquitoes like a dust storm are everywhere

	Less than a month
	Before the window closes, it' s serious
	Human spirit clinging to the wire
	Before the winter freezes Siberia

	Br. The road through Russia' s east frontier
	The road through Russia' s east frontier
	On the Kolyma Highway
	Asia' s last goodbyeway
	Ch.
	The Wilderness
	And Beyond

	Verse 2. Where Yakutsk gleamed
	Spirits flag on the endless road to Magadan
	The Road of Bones
	Right through the heart of nowhere in particular

	Heading east
	For two thousand brutal kilometres
	Past the gaunt old ghosts of the gulags
	And the phantom city of Kadykchan

	Br. Where tower blocks crumble and decay
	And in the lone apartments
	Diaries left abandoned
	The Posters still on walls



	Verse 3.

	And now Then The Pole of Cold
	Where the solid earth creaks down below
	And Ice Fogs enfold
	Timber shacks that are bowed by the permafrost

	Don' t stall the truck !
	Keep the motor running it' s I' m serious
	Life freezes before your very eyes
	In an almost delirious state of mind

	But what a story you can tell
	What a story you can tell
	On the Kolyma Highway
	Russia' s passed on byway