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Song Meaning

The lyrics open with a quiet, almost mournful scene: a "small person" fades "from legend to legend." This gentle departure is immediately contrasted with the profound sorrow of Staburags, who "cries bitter tears." The source of this grief quickly becomes clear: a hydroelectric power station, or HES, is poised to "drown" this mythical figure. This central tension between ancient myth and modern industry drives the narrative. The lyrics suggest a shared, inevitable loss, as both "you leave" and "I leave" when Staburags is submerged. There's a stark resignation in the line that "the world will build HESes," underscoring a sense of powerlessness against an unstoppable march of what's presented as progress. The individual's fate is intertwined with the fate of the landscape and its legends.