[Intro – Spoken, Over Marching Drums]
“They came at nightfall.
Columns of steel.
But the heart of a nation… would not kneel.”
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[Verse 1]
Steel thunder rolls across the dawn
Columns driving, Kremlin’s pawn
In the east, the sirens cry
As the fire rains from the sky
Darkened skies above the land
Ghosts of Chernobyl make their stand
From Hostomel to the Dnieper shore
Kyiv swore: “We yield no more!”
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[Pre-Chorus]
Urban warfare, house by house
Molotovs and roaring shouts
Fathers, sons, and daughters fight
They will not go into the night!
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[Chorus]
Stand at the gates! Kyiv won’t fall!
Steel and resolve face the tyrant’s call
Through the storm, they held the line—
March of the brave in a city of spine!
Stand at the gates! Let it be known—
The spirit of Ukraine is carved in stone
Against the horde, they stood alone
Kyiv holds! The flame is never gone!
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[Verse 2]
Jet-black shadows cross the field
But the heart of freedom will not yield
Burning tanks and shattered pride
Mark the edge of Putin’s lie
Roads to conquest paved in ash
Dreams of blitzkrieg met the crash
Of a people forged in pain
Once again, they rise again!
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[Pre-Chorus]
Barricades and broken glass
Empires fall—but legends last
From Maidan’s fire to modern day
They swore they’d never look away!
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[Chorus]
Stand at the gates! Kyiv won’t fall!
Steel and resolve face the tyrant’s call
Through the storm, they held the line—
March of the brave in a city of spine!
Stand at the gates! Let it be known—
The spirit of Ukraine is carved in stone
Against the horde, they stood alone
Kyiv holds! The flame is never gone!
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[Bridge – Instrumental, with Heavy Riffs and Choir]
(Choir chanting in Ukrainian: "Слава Україні! Героям слава!" – "Glory to Ukraine! Glory to the heroes!")
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[Final Chorus – Key Change, Higher Intensity]
Stand at the gates! Kyiv won't fall!
Echo the cry: Slava to all!
Through the fire, through the rain,
They fought for every street and name!
Stand at the gates! Never alone—
All the world heard that thunderstone
They faced the dark with hearts of flame—
Kyiv lives, and breaks the chains!
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[Outro – Slow, Solemn, with Echoing Vocals]
"Where tyrants come to test their might,
The brave will rise, and they will fight.
Kyiv stands—forever bright..."
