Vera Zasulich & Mariia Benevskaia

a tale of two sisters so in love with life
open the book and cast your eyes
with a rested head do not fret
for with a smile by nice or vice
she will tell such pretty lies

coming to visit with a rose in hand
and in the other a gun behind her back
she was quite clever in her thought
very clever indeed to fire but one shot
missing his heart still fading to black

she became a terrorist not to kill
but to give her life in sacrifice
she slapped his hand before his try
taking his gun so he could not strike
this is how to give and not take a life

falling heads, tears, and to her knees
she begged the crowd 'shoot me please'
dropping rose, gun, and to the ground
fingers clutching close to a cross charm
we quietly concede not all is heroic deed