Songs
8th Floor
Description
"8th Floor" is a song originally composed and performed by Regina Spektor. The song was never officially recorded or released. "8th Floor" was performed for the first time on 2002-03-13 at The Living Room in Brooklyn, NY. The song would go on to be performed a total of eight times between 2002 and 2006 before being resurrected in 2019 for a WFUV studio session and the first night of Regina's Broadway residency. The WFUV studio session is particularly noteworthy for its professional sound and video of the performance.
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Lyrics
No one waits for her inside the house
She spots a stranger in the mirror
And the record spins her nearer
To the outcome of her day
You live inside the city
You forget how tall the trees can get
A bird sits on
A branch across
From my eighth floor window
And you can't really say
That it's an eighth floor branch
Cause trees don't have floors
And buildings do
Восьмой этаж
Восьмой этаж
Все высоко
Все под тобой
Вот идет домой
Карман пустой
Хоть милостыню просите
Три рубля на водку и буханку белого хлеба
А теперь, наверное, все дороже
И дорожки те забыты
А над ними паруса
Первый этаж
Я маленькая
Все высоко
Все надо мной
Восьмой этаж
Америка
Я высоко
Все подо мной
Я высоко...
I came in from the rain which
Wasn't really rain
It was just
January snow in denial
And something must have gotten lost
In the translation
Russian to English
And winter wasn't wintery today
She comes into the house
And no one waits for her inside the house
She spots a stranger in the mirror
And the record spins her nearer
To the outcome of her day
You live inside the city
You forget how tall the trees can get
A bird sits on a branch of my eighth floor window
A bird sits on a branch of my eighth floor window
A bird sits on a branch of my eighth floor window
Song Facts
Release Status:
Unreleased
Originally By:
Original
Collaborators:
Solo
Alternate Titles:
N/A
Written:
Unknown
Demo:
N/A
First Official Release:
N/A
First Live Performance:
Last Live Performance:
Song Stats
First Known Date:
Last Known Date:
Time Between First Known Date and Last Known Date:
about 17 years and 3 months
Time Between First and Last Performance:
about 17 years and 3 months
# of Appearances on Official Releases:
0
# of Times Performed Live:
13
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