The Russian artist Vitaliy Zhurba wrote a song called “I’m not Charlie, I am Su-24” in tribute to the downed Russian bomber by the Turkish forces.
The lyrics:
Heavens suddenly turned into hell,
Treacherous blow from around the corner…
I am a plane with the soul of a man
With a special geometry of the wing.
When they stab you in the back, they know they will not miss it …
They know the vulnerable spots…
And the pain that started somewhere in the fuselage
Pierces from the cockpit to the tail.
What the hell is going on in this world?!
I can not see through fire and smoke.
I’m not Charlie, I am Su-24,
And where are the signs with my name?
I spiral down, my head is spinning
Mixing all like in a kaleidoscope.
I have no chance for salvation,
I meet the inevitable head on.
The earth will embrace me and will shelter me forever,
My flight recorder is engulfed in haze.
I am a plane with the soul of a man
With special geometry of the wing.
