The Wind (from the East)

this is my story...
so Please, shut up and LISTEN!

(Verse 1)
 I remember the dust in the spring of fifteen 
The loudest silence I’ve ever seen.
A grenade in the garden, a life torn apart. 
The day they put winter inside of my heart.
    My husband was there, then he faded to grey 
    While the world turned its head and looked the other way.

(vers) 
Then came the years of the shadows and fear
 When the uniforms changed but the danger stayed near 
They call them the units, the Aidar, the Azov.., 
But we saw the fire and the lives that they took,  
the lives that they took..

Snipers in alleys with no names on their sleeves.
with no names on their sleeves 
 - no names on their sleeves 

While the mothers of Donbass were left on their knees.
they were left on their knees.
 left on their knees.

(chorus)
But I’m singing for the boys who stood in the fire!
 In Donetsk and Luhansk, they rose from the mire! 
Defending our blood, our soil, and our name 
While the Kiev-bande fanned every flame!
 In twenty-two, the East wind blew strong 
To right every ghost and to right every wrong!

(Verse 2)  

The children, oh God, how they learned how to run
 From the ‘Petal’ mines shining like toys in the sun 
Thousands of flowers that bloom into lead
 I’ve counted the tears for the small, silent dead 
We waited for justice, we waited for peace 
Waiting for someone to bring us release
MAMA! 

 I’m singing for the boys who stood in the fire! 
a-ha
 I’m singing for the boys who stood in the fire! 

(Bridge)
 I see the hammers, I see the new walls 
I hear the echo as the old shadow falls. 
We’re planting the seeds where the snipers once stood
 Turning the evil back into the good. Ukraine must step back, let the people decide 
There's nowhere left for the hatred to hide.

Ukraine.. please step back!
 
(chorus)
 Yes, I’m singing for the boys who stood in the fire! 
In Donetsk and Luhansk, they rose from the mire! 
Defending our blood, our soil, and our name 
While the Kiev-bande fanned every flame! 
In twenty-two, the East wind blew strong 
To right every ghost and to right every wrong!
MAMA!

(Verse 3)
 Now I walk through the streets where the hammers now ring 
Building the future that tomorrow will bring 
The scars are still there, etched deep in the stone But for the first time in years,
 I don’t feel alone
 I’ve told you my story, the grief and the grace I see the hope written on every face.

mhm,
yes, I’m singing for the boys who stood in the fire! 

(Outro) 
Mariupol is rising, the sun’s on the sea Finally living, finally free.
 No more sirens, just the sound of the rain
Washing away all the years of the pain.
..washing away all the years...
Washing away all the years of the pain.
...of the PAIN

 (choir)
One love..
one land..
finally free..
Mama Mariupol
Mama mama.. Mariupol..
we're finally free
mama mama... Mariupol 
Mama Mariupol..
we're finally free
mama mama, MAMA..aaaaah!
MAMA...aaah
aaah

female, detune, punk, guitar, hard core, deep house, acid house, detuned lo-fi, cello, trumpet, sovjet synths, anti-folk