Lady Sings the Blues - A Ukraine Mix
Oh my goodness this has been a work in progress for forever. BASICALLY. I love Ukraine. So I decided to make a mix for her! Because she needs more love in this fandom srsly.
And somewhat of a warning uh. It might be a little different from the accepted fanon...? (Her relationship to Russia, as well, might differ from fanon). I don't see the USSR as being... a happy family. So therefore this is not exactly a HAPPY mix when covering that part of her life. Not that it covers her whole life, I kind of skipped Kievan Rus' BUT ANYWAY WHATEVER HAVE THE MIX NOW.
Lady Sings the Blues
A Ukraine Fanmix
Horse and I
[Cossacks. She was one of them. They were her people initially.]
Got woken in the night,
by a mystic golden light.
My head soaked in river water.
I had been dressed in a coat of armor.
They called a horse out of the woodland.
"Take her there, through the desert shores."
They sang to me, "This is yours to wear. You're the chosen one, there's no turning back now."
The smell of redwood giants.
A banquet for the shadows.
Horse and I, we're dancers in the dark.
Came upon the headdress.
It was gilded, dark and golden.
The children sang.
I was so afraid I took it to my head and prayed.
They sang to me, "This is yours to wear. You're the chosen one, there's no turning back."
They sang to me, "This is yours to wear. You're the chosen one, there's no turning back."
There is no turning back.
There is no turn.
There is no turning back.
There is no turn.
There is no turning back.
There is no turn.
The Beacon
[Ukraine & Russia: From childhood to his days as an empire, she has been there for her brother, always.]
Burning beacon in the night
Can't feel its heat, or see its light
That single solitary guide, it must get lonely there sometimes
You were a child forgot
Lessons of love untaught
Now no embrace can quite replace
The one that never found you
I was raised tenderly
All that was taught to me
I will apply, your parents tried but they didn't know how to
Like a Sieve
[Ukraine: She is always there, always helping, always herself.]
I rest my head on water
I slip under
I descend into the deep
Past the rushes, past the shipwrecks
Into my tears I float
And like a sieve I’m catching leaves and sticks
I’m catching planks and fishes
So it washes through me clean
I’m run clean through
Ah!
What I Say and What I Mean
[Civil War in Ukraine. The Bolsheviks are winning. Her brother is winning.]
Walking from my past
But I don't think I’ve said my goodbyes
Sometimes I’ve just found
That they keep sneaking up from behind
Closing up the wounds
I suppose it's best to take some more time
Then why do I find
That we've closed every door in our lives?
And I know you're the only one for me
Quit standing in my sleep
"Never going back and forth
I'm only going forward"
That's what I keep saying
"Never going back and forth
I'm only going back"
That's what I mean
Something haunts my dreams
Don't know what it means
-
My screws are loose
My noose is tight
I'm lost
I'm back and forth
I'm in between
Disturbia
[1921. Bolshevik victory establishes a Soviet Ukrainian Government. COMMUNISM.]
No more gas in the rig
Can't even get it started
Nothing heard, nothing said
Can't even speak about it
All my life on my head
Don't want to think about it
Feels like I'm going insane
Yeah
It's a thief in the night
To come and grab you
It can creep up inside you
And consume you
A disease of the mind
It can control you
It's too close for comfort
Throw on your break lights
We're in the city of wonder
Ain't gonna play nice
Watch out, you might just go under
Better think twice
Your train of thought will be altered
So if you must falter be wise
Your mind is in disturbia
It's like the darkness is the light
Disturbia
Am I scaring you tonight
Your mind is in disturbia
Ain't used to what you like
Disturbia
Disturbia
--
Faded pictures on the wall
It's like they talkin' to me
Disconnectin' your call
Your phone don't even ring
I gotta get out
Or figure this shit out
It's too close for comfort
It's a thief in the night
To come and grab you
It can creep up inside you
And consume you
A disease of the mind
It can control you
I feel like a monster
--
Release me from this curse
I'm trying to remain tame
But I'm struggling
You can't go, go, go
I think I'm going to oh, oh, oh
-
Am I scaring you tonight
Your mind is in disturbia
Ain't used to what you like
Disturbia
Disturbia
Restless
[Soviet Ukraine. She thought she’d get independence after the Russian Empire collapsed. Instead, she is a founding member of the U.S.S.R.]
She embraced, with a smile,
as she opened the door.
A cold wind blows,
it puts a chill into her heart.
You have taken away the trust,
you're the ghost haunting through her heart.
Past and present are one in her head,
you're the ghost haunting through her heart.
Take my hand as I wander through,
all of my life I gave to you.
Take my hand as I wander through,
all of my love I gave to you.
Canvas
[Soviet Ukraine -> Belarus & Russia; she can’t seem to hold them back anymore.]
Slow hard dark weighed-down love, black canvas
Revolve within, you understand
Fragile earth where cracks in the temperature
Keep it cool to give, you understand
Keep it cool to give, you understand
Slow hard dark weighed-down love, black canvas
Revolve within, you understand
Fragile earth where cracks in the temperature
Keep it cool to give, you understand
Cause I just can't find the strength to pull you up and keep you taut
No I just can't find the strength to hold you up and keep you taut
Hijacked lost track light fades another day left
Its long shadows lure you in
The more you look the less you see
So close your eyes and start to breathe
Oh, you said yourself, this wasn't easy
Mm, you said yourself this wasn't easy
Oh, I just can't find the strength to pull you up and keep you taut
No, I just can't find the strength to hold you up and keep you taut
Dollhouse
[Soviet Ukraine. She is trapped.]
Pushing, pulling me down again
Pushing, pulling me down again
Pushing, pulling me down again
Pushing, pulling me down again
breathe
breathe
breathe
breathe
I won't let them in
I won't let them in
It's getting bad
I can't breathe
breathe
breathe
breathe
breathe
Don’t Be Scared
[Soviet Ukraine. She has her people, and she is with them; they’ll all keep moving along.]
Don't be scared to decode
I know it seems sometimes there is no hope
Don't be scared
You're not alone
Don't be scared
Please just don't be scared
Don't be scared
Don't be sad
It will be all right
This too shall pass
Just get through one more night
Don't be sad
Give us a smile
Don't be sad
Just try a while
Don't be sad
It'll be all right
Don't be sad
Just get through one more night
Don't be sad
Just give us a smile
Don't be sad
Don't be scared to feel afraid
Nightshade and bile, I am erased
The words you say
will keep you safe
And it's all the hurt
that will be erased
So don't be scared
Don't be scared
Don't be scared
And don't be sad
White Bird
[Soviet Ukraine. She's still herself, despite it all.]
White bird with a black tail
Eyes dark and face so pale
Do you know what your future holds?
Over your side of the road
White bird with a black tail
You look like an open sail
Made me look up from my shoes
To show me what you stand to lose
--
White feathers dipped in tar
It's hard to tell how old you are
Wondering how much you know
About all of us below
Half of you is heavenly
Showing off your purity
The rest of you is from the street
Like a line where they both meet
God Help Me
[Soviet Ukraine]
God help me,
I don't see how I can live this way
And I don't know why he's touching me
Won't you shine in my direction and help me?
Won't you lend me your protection and help me?
God help me
Believe me, this wasn't what I wanted
But no, I can't leave, he's got me
Won't you shine in my direction and help me?
Won't you lend me your protection and help me?
Am I guilty or am I just waiting around
For the tide to come in so the truth can come out
If I had a dollar for every time
I repented the sin and commit the same crime
I'd be sitting on top of the world today
I'd be sitting on top of the world today
God, God help me
Just maybe I'll learn to help myself
Speak to me, don't leave me, he's burning me
Won't you shine in my direction and help me?
Won't you lend me your protection and help me?
Places, everyone, this is a test
Throw your stones, do your damage, your worst
And your best, all the world is a judge
But that doesn't compare to what I do to myself
When you're not there
And if I had a dollar for every time
I repented the sin and commit the same crime
I'd be sitting on top of the world today
I'd be sitting on top of the world today
Don't make me choose, I've got too much to lose
Don't make me choose, I've got too much to lose
Don't make me choose, I've got too much to lose
Don't make me choose, I've got too much to fucking lose!
For I am with you, and also with You
I am with you, and also with You
God help me
Undone
[Soviet Ukraine.]
There's a moment made of frozen hopes
Put under lights in an empty space
In my little museum
My little museum
And at closing time when the crowds dissolve
I slip right past the velvet rope
And press my fingers to the case and I hold you in my arms
This isn't where I should be
To stand and stare when I should run
Why am I only waiting
For what can only come undone?
Only come undone?
Only come undone?
You were hidden in a highway curve
Solid lines a silent shield
Against metal twisted cold
I am twisted
Like sudden daylight there you were
Took all I had just not to swerve
And slow instead to yield
But then your light was gone
Lady
[She is jaded, a product of the world around her.]
Lady sing the blues so well
As if she mean it
As if it's hell down here
In the smoke-filled world
Where the jokes are cold
They don't laugh at jokes
They laugh at tragedies
Corner street societies
But they believe her
They never leave her
While she sings she make them feel things
She says, I can sing this song so blue
That you will cry in spite of you
Little wet tears on your baby's shoulder
Little wet tears on your baby's shoulder
And I have walked these streets so long
There ain't nothing right, there ain't nothing wrong
But the little wet tears on my baby's shoulder
The little wet tears on your baby's shoulder
Lady lights a cigarette, puffs away, no regret
Takes a look around, no regrets, no regrets
Stretches out like branches of a poplar tree
She says, I'm free
Sings so soft as if she'll break, says
I can sing this song so blue
That you will cry in spite of you
Little wet tears on your baby's shoulder
Little wet tears on your baby's shoulder
--
But on this stage
I've learned to fly
Learned to sing
And learned to cry
Little wet tears on my baby's shoulder
Little wet tears on my baby's shoulder
But now it's time
To say goodbye
Some might laugh
But I will surely cry
Little wet tears on my baby's shoulder
Little wet tears on my baby's shoulder
Lady lights a cigarette
Puffs away, and winter comes
And she forgets
Face Up
[Ukraine: Despite everything bad that may have happened, she still, always, looks forward--tomorrow could be better.]
It's late and I am tired, wish I could spark a smile
The place is flying high but right now I want to be low
Don't want to move an inch, let alone a million miles
And I don't want to go but I know I gotta go
I just want to feel alive
The times you don't want to wake up
'Cause in your sleep it's never over when you give up
The sun is always going to rise up
You need to get up, gotta keep your head up
Look at the people all around you
The way you feel is something everybody goes through
Dark out, but you still gotta light up
You need to wake up, gotta keep your face up
Seems like the more you grow, the more time you spend alone
Before you know it you end up perfectly on your own
City's shining bright, but you don't see the light
How come you concentrate on things that don't make you feel right
I just want to feel alright
I Could Say
[Post USSR: It was hard, leaving her brother, but she has never felt so free, and she never wants to go back.]
Since you've gone I've lost that chip on my shoulder
Since you've gone I feel like I've gotten older
Now you're gone it's as if the whole wide world is my stage
Now you're gone it's like I've been let out of my cage
You always made it clear that you hated my friends
You made me feel so guilty when I was running round with them
And everything was always about being cool
And now I've come to realise there's nothing cool about you at all
Survivor
[BECAUSE SHE IS.]
Now that you're out of my life
I'm so much better
You thought that I'd be weak without you
But I'm stronger
You thought that I'd be broke without you
But I'm richer
You thought that I'd be sad without you
I laugh harder
You thought I wouldn't grow without you
Now I'm wiser
Though that I'd be helpless without you
But I'm smarter
You thought that I'd be stressed without you
But I'm chillin'
You thought I wouldn't sell without you
Sold 9 million
--
Thought I couldn't breathe without
I'm inhaling
You thought I couldn't see without you
Perfect vision
You thought I couldn't last without you
But I'm lastin'
You thought that I would die without you
But I'm livin'
Thought that I would fail without you
But I'm on top
Thought it would be over by now
But it won't stop
Thought that I would self destruct
But I'm still here
Even in my years to come
I'm still gon be here
--
After of all of the darkness and sadness
Soon comes happiness
If I surround my self with positive things
I'll gain prosperity
I'm a survivor (What?)
I'm not gon give up (What?)
I'm not gon stop (What?)
I'm gon work harder (What?)
I'm a survivor (What?)
I'm gonna make it (What?)
I will survive (What?)
Keep on survivin' (What?)
--
+ Songs & .zip file HERE
+ I am still not sure how I feel about connecting “Disturbia” to communism.
+ Nor am I sure how I feel about Destiny's Child on here.
+ Please comment if taking! That is all I ask.
And somewhat of a warning uh. It might be a little different from the accepted fanon...? (Her relationship to Russia, as well, might differ from fanon). I don't see the USSR as being... a happy family. So therefore this is not exactly a HAPPY mix when covering that part of her life. Not that it covers her whole life, I kind of skipped Kievan Rus' BUT ANYWAY WHATEVER HAVE THE MIX NOW.
Lady Sings the Blues
A Ukraine Fanmix
Horse and I
[Cossacks. She was one of them. They were her people initially.]
Got woken in the night,
by a mystic golden light.
My head soaked in river water.
I had been dressed in a coat of armor.
They called a horse out of the woodland.
"Take her there, through the desert shores."
They sang to me, "This is yours to wear. You're the chosen one, there's no turning back now."
The smell of redwood giants.
A banquet for the shadows.
Horse and I, we're dancers in the dark.
Came upon the headdress.
It was gilded, dark and golden.
The children sang.
I was so afraid I took it to my head and prayed.
They sang to me, "This is yours to wear. You're the chosen one, there's no turning back."
They sang to me, "This is yours to wear. You're the chosen one, there's no turning back."
There is no turning back.
There is no turn.
There is no turning back.
There is no turn.
There is no turning back.
There is no turn.
The Beacon
[Ukraine & Russia: From childhood to his days as an empire, she has been there for her brother, always.]
Burning beacon in the night
Can't feel its heat, or see its light
That single solitary guide, it must get lonely there sometimes
You were a child forgot
Lessons of love untaught
Now no embrace can quite replace
The one that never found you
I was raised tenderly
All that was taught to me
I will apply, your parents tried but they didn't know how to
Like a Sieve
[Ukraine: She is always there, always helping, always herself.]
I rest my head on water
I slip under
I descend into the deep
Past the rushes, past the shipwrecks
Into my tears I float
And like a sieve I’m catching leaves and sticks
I’m catching planks and fishes
So it washes through me clean
I’m run clean through
Ah!
What I Say and What I Mean
[Civil War in Ukraine. The Bolsheviks are winning. Her brother is winning.]
Walking from my past
But I don't think I’ve said my goodbyes
Sometimes I’ve just found
That they keep sneaking up from behind
Closing up the wounds
I suppose it's best to take some more time
Then why do I find
That we've closed every door in our lives?
And I know you're the only one for me
Quit standing in my sleep
"Never going back and forth
I'm only going forward"
That's what I keep saying
"Never going back and forth
I'm only going back"
That's what I mean
Something haunts my dreams
Don't know what it means
-
My screws are loose
My noose is tight
I'm lost
I'm back and forth
I'm in between
Disturbia
[1921. Bolshevik victory establishes a Soviet Ukrainian Government. COMMUNISM.]
No more gas in the rig
Can't even get it started
Nothing heard, nothing said
Can't even speak about it
All my life on my head
Don't want to think about it
Feels like I'm going insane
Yeah
It's a thief in the night
To come and grab you
It can creep up inside you
And consume you
A disease of the mind
It can control you
It's too close for comfort
Throw on your break lights
We're in the city of wonder
Ain't gonna play nice
Watch out, you might just go under
Better think twice
Your train of thought will be altered
So if you must falter be wise
Your mind is in disturbia
It's like the darkness is the light
Disturbia
Am I scaring you tonight
Your mind is in disturbia
Ain't used to what you like
Disturbia
Disturbia
--
Faded pictures on the wall
It's like they talkin' to me
Disconnectin' your call
Your phone don't even ring
I gotta get out
Or figure this shit out
It's too close for comfort
It's a thief in the night
To come and grab you
It can creep up inside you
And consume you
A disease of the mind
It can control you
I feel like a monster
--
Release me from this curse
I'm trying to remain tame
But I'm struggling
You can't go, go, go
I think I'm going to oh, oh, oh
-
Am I scaring you tonight
Your mind is in disturbia
Ain't used to what you like
Disturbia
Disturbia
Restless
[Soviet Ukraine. She thought she’d get independence after the Russian Empire collapsed. Instead, she is a founding member of the U.S.S.R.]
She embraced, with a smile,
as she opened the door.
A cold wind blows,
it puts a chill into her heart.
You have taken away the trust,
you're the ghost haunting through her heart.
Past and present are one in her head,
you're the ghost haunting through her heart.
Take my hand as I wander through,
all of my life I gave to you.
Take my hand as I wander through,
all of my love I gave to you.
Canvas
[Soviet Ukraine -> Belarus & Russia; she can’t seem to hold them back anymore.]
Slow hard dark weighed-down love, black canvas
Revolve within, you understand
Fragile earth where cracks in the temperature
Keep it cool to give, you understand
Keep it cool to give, you understand
Slow hard dark weighed-down love, black canvas
Revolve within, you understand
Fragile earth where cracks in the temperature
Keep it cool to give, you understand
Cause I just can't find the strength to pull you up and keep you taut
No I just can't find the strength to hold you up and keep you taut
Hijacked lost track light fades another day left
Its long shadows lure you in
The more you look the less you see
So close your eyes and start to breathe
Oh, you said yourself, this wasn't easy
Mm, you said yourself this wasn't easy
Oh, I just can't find the strength to pull you up and keep you taut
No, I just can't find the strength to hold you up and keep you taut
Dollhouse
[Soviet Ukraine. She is trapped.]
Pushing, pulling me down again
Pushing, pulling me down again
Pushing, pulling me down again
Pushing, pulling me down again
breathe
breathe
breathe
breathe
I won't let them in
I won't let them in
It's getting bad
I can't breathe
breathe
breathe
breathe
breathe
Don’t Be Scared
[Soviet Ukraine. She has her people, and she is with them; they’ll all keep moving along.]
Don't be scared to decode
I know it seems sometimes there is no hope
Don't be scared
You're not alone
Don't be scared
Please just don't be scared
Don't be scared
Don't be sad
It will be all right
This too shall pass
Just get through one more night
Don't be sad
Give us a smile
Don't be sad
Just try a while
Don't be sad
It'll be all right
Don't be sad
Just get through one more night
Don't be sad
Just give us a smile
Don't be sad
Don't be scared to feel afraid
Nightshade and bile, I am erased
The words you say
will keep you safe
And it's all the hurt
that will be erased
So don't be scared
Don't be scared
Don't be scared
And don't be sad
White Bird
[Soviet Ukraine. She's still herself, despite it all.]
White bird with a black tail
Eyes dark and face so pale
Do you know what your future holds?
Over your side of the road
White bird with a black tail
You look like an open sail
Made me look up from my shoes
To show me what you stand to lose
--
White feathers dipped in tar
It's hard to tell how old you are
Wondering how much you know
About all of us below
Half of you is heavenly
Showing off your purity
The rest of you is from the street
Like a line where they both meet
God Help Me
[Soviet Ukraine]
God help me,
I don't see how I can live this way
And I don't know why he's touching me
Won't you shine in my direction and help me?
Won't you lend me your protection and help me?
God help me
Believe me, this wasn't what I wanted
But no, I can't leave, he's got me
Won't you shine in my direction and help me?
Won't you lend me your protection and help me?
Am I guilty or am I just waiting around
For the tide to come in so the truth can come out
If I had a dollar for every time
I repented the sin and commit the same crime
I'd be sitting on top of the world today
I'd be sitting on top of the world today
God, God help me
Just maybe I'll learn to help myself
Speak to me, don't leave me, he's burning me
Won't you shine in my direction and help me?
Won't you lend me your protection and help me?
Places, everyone, this is a test
Throw your stones, do your damage, your worst
And your best, all the world is a judge
But that doesn't compare to what I do to myself
When you're not there
And if I had a dollar for every time
I repented the sin and commit the same crime
I'd be sitting on top of the world today
I'd be sitting on top of the world today
Don't make me choose, I've got too much to lose
Don't make me choose, I've got too much to lose
Don't make me choose, I've got too much to lose
Don't make me choose, I've got too much to fucking lose!
For I am with you, and also with You
I am with you, and also with You
God help me
Undone
[Soviet Ukraine.]
There's a moment made of frozen hopes
Put under lights in an empty space
In my little museum
My little museum
And at closing time when the crowds dissolve
I slip right past the velvet rope
And press my fingers to the case and I hold you in my arms
This isn't where I should be
To stand and stare when I should run
Why am I only waiting
For what can only come undone?
Only come undone?
Only come undone?
You were hidden in a highway curve
Solid lines a silent shield
Against metal twisted cold
I am twisted
Like sudden daylight there you were
Took all I had just not to swerve
And slow instead to yield
But then your light was gone
Lady
[She is jaded, a product of the world around her.]
Lady sing the blues so well
As if she mean it
As if it's hell down here
In the smoke-filled world
Where the jokes are cold
They don't laugh at jokes
They laugh at tragedies
Corner street societies
But they believe her
They never leave her
While she sings she make them feel things
She says, I can sing this song so blue
That you will cry in spite of you
Little wet tears on your baby's shoulder
Little wet tears on your baby's shoulder
And I have walked these streets so long
There ain't nothing right, there ain't nothing wrong
But the little wet tears on my baby's shoulder
The little wet tears on your baby's shoulder
Lady lights a cigarette, puffs away, no regret
Takes a look around, no regrets, no regrets
Stretches out like branches of a poplar tree
She says, I'm free
Sings so soft as if she'll break, says
I can sing this song so blue
That you will cry in spite of you
Little wet tears on your baby's shoulder
Little wet tears on your baby's shoulder
--
But on this stage
I've learned to fly
Learned to sing
And learned to cry
Little wet tears on my baby's shoulder
Little wet tears on my baby's shoulder
But now it's time
To say goodbye
Some might laugh
But I will surely cry
Little wet tears on my baby's shoulder
Little wet tears on my baby's shoulder
Lady lights a cigarette
Puffs away, and winter comes
And she forgets
Face Up
[Ukraine: Despite everything bad that may have happened, she still, always, looks forward--tomorrow could be better.]
It's late and I am tired, wish I could spark a smile
The place is flying high but right now I want to be low
Don't want to move an inch, let alone a million miles
And I don't want to go but I know I gotta go
I just want to feel alive
The times you don't want to wake up
'Cause in your sleep it's never over when you give up
The sun is always going to rise up
You need to get up, gotta keep your head up
Look at the people all around you
The way you feel is something everybody goes through
Dark out, but you still gotta light up
You need to wake up, gotta keep your face up
Seems like the more you grow, the more time you spend alone
Before you know it you end up perfectly on your own
City's shining bright, but you don't see the light
How come you concentrate on things that don't make you feel right
I just want to feel alright
I Could Say
[Post USSR: It was hard, leaving her brother, but she has never felt so free, and she never wants to go back.]
Since you've gone I've lost that chip on my shoulder
Since you've gone I feel like I've gotten older
Now you're gone it's as if the whole wide world is my stage
Now you're gone it's like I've been let out of my cage
You always made it clear that you hated my friends
You made me feel so guilty when I was running round with them
And everything was always about being cool
And now I've come to realise there's nothing cool about you at all
Survivor
[BECAUSE SHE IS.]
Now that you're out of my life
I'm so much better
You thought that I'd be weak without you
But I'm stronger
You thought that I'd be broke without you
But I'm richer
You thought that I'd be sad without you
I laugh harder
You thought I wouldn't grow without you
Now I'm wiser
Though that I'd be helpless without you
But I'm smarter
You thought that I'd be stressed without you
But I'm chillin'
You thought I wouldn't sell without you
Sold 9 million
--
Thought I couldn't breathe without
I'm inhaling
You thought I couldn't see without you
Perfect vision
You thought I couldn't last without you
But I'm lastin'
You thought that I would die without you
But I'm livin'
Thought that I would fail without you
But I'm on top
Thought it would be over by now
But it won't stop
Thought that I would self destruct
But I'm still here
Even in my years to come
I'm still gon be here
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After of all of the darkness and sadness
Soon comes happiness
If I surround my self with positive things
I'll gain prosperity
I'm a survivor (What?)
I'm not gon give up (What?)
I'm not gon stop (What?)
I'm gon work harder (What?)
I'm a survivor (What?)
I'm gonna make it (What?)
I will survive (What?)
Keep on survivin' (What?)
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+ Songs & .zip file HERE
+ I am still not sure how I feel about connecting “Disturbia” to communism.
+ Nor am I sure how I feel about Destiny's Child on here.
+ Please comment if taking! That is all I ask.