Quote Originally Posted by Moryachka
Еще вопрос - в песне "Только не назад", Алла Пугачева поет "...жизнь моя -- вольная птица. На воле должна летать." So she's saying that she can't be cooped up somewhere? That she needs freedom, perhaps from responsibilities? Or is she indicating a lack of control over her own life? Or maybe I'm just overanalyzing... (Sorry, waxing philosophical, I couldn't think fast enough in Russian . Но можете отвечать по-русски )

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what she means is that she can't be cooped up somewhere, that she wants and needs to live free (not necessarily from responsibilities and definitelly there is no implication of the lack of control over her own life)

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