This from today's news:

Alexander Solzhenitsyn dead at 89

The following song, one of my all time favorites, was inspired by the story of his life. 

If you have never heard it, go download it right now and give it a listen --
it features one of the most beautiful female voices ever, and a truly awesome piano part as well:

 

Pays the price, works the seasons through
Frozen days, he thinks of you
Cold as ice but he burns for you
Mother Russia, can't you hear him too?

Mother's son, freedom's overdue
Lonely man, he thinks of you
He isn't done, only lives for you
Mother Russia, can't you hear him too?

Punished for his written thoughts
Starving for his fame
Working blindly, building blocks
Number for a name, his blood flows frozen to the snow

Red blood, white snow
He knows frozen rivers won't flow
So cold, so true
Mother Russia-he cries for you

Ooh ooh ...
Bah dah dah dah ...

Punished for his written thoughts
Starving for his fame
Working blindly, building blocks
Number for a name, his blood flows frozen to the snow

Red blood, white snow
He knows frozen rivers won't flow
So cold, so true
Mother Russia-he cries for you

-- Renaissance: "Mother Russia"

Currently Listening Turn of the Cards By Renaissance track 6. Mother Russia see related