день рождения наоборот (Birthday on the contrary) Lyrics – pyrokinesis

день рождения наоборот (Birthday on the contrary) Lyrics Meaning

[Verse 1]
The first verse introduces a dark, surreal atmosphere. The singer is preparing to dig, carrying a pickaxe, and mentions stepping into the “crypto” world, which hints at dealing with complicated and unexplainable things. He references taking a “loan” from the sky, implying a debt to something greater, and now it’s time to repay it. As rain falls, he tries to answer a child’s innocent question about death — why his mother is being placed in a wooden box. The singer struggles to explain, comparing death to an “inverse stork” or being lost in a cabbage, implying that it’s like birth but backward. He describes a situation that feels like a twisted, backward version of a birthday, where people bring flowers and the deceased is dressed up, but it’s a moment of loss, not celebration.

[Chorus]
The chorus reflects the confusion of a child trying to understand the disappearance of loved ones. Adults try to explain that the deceased are taken by storks, a strange metaphor for death, implying that it’s just something one has to live with, even if it’s hard to understand. The repetition of this line emphasizes how children are forced to accept the loss of family members without truly grasping its meaning. The song portrays the difficulty of explaining death in simple terms, as adults themselves may not fully comprehend it.

[Verse 2]
In the second verse, the singer is standing in front of a family tomb in the rain with a young boy named Nikita. The boy asks when his mother will return, which creates an uncomfortable silence because the singer doesn’t know how to explain death to him. The boy believes that adults know everything, waiting for a concrete answer about his mother’s fate. The singer feels helpless and emotionally strained, sensing the boy’s hope and growing confusion. The verse shows the singer’s internal struggle, as he realizes the child is starting to feel something but doesn’t understand it yet. He tries to comfort him, but deep down, he knows the child won’t fully understand death until he’s older. The verse ends with the feeling that death isn’t truly understood until much later, and what’s left is just the twisted version of life — a “birthday on the contrary.”

[Chorus]
The chorus repeats, reinforcing the theme of loss and the emotional toll it takes on both children and adults. It emphasizes how children must learn to live with the absence of loved ones, even if they don’t fully understand the reasons behind it. The repeated mention of the “storks” metaphor shows how adults try to make sense of death, but the child can’t yet comprehend the concept, leaving them to simply cope with the absence. The phrase “learn to live with it” speaks to the emotional resilience needed to handle such profound loss.