(Verse)
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.
(Verse 2)
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
Snipers in alleys with no names on their sleeves
(choir)
with no names on their sleeves
no names on their sleeves
While the mothers of Donbass were left on their knees.
(choir)
they were left on their knees.
were 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)
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.
(choir)
mhmm
I’m singing for the boys who stood in the fire!
oh-oh
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.
(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!
(Verse)
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.
(choir)
mhmm
I’m singing for the boys who stood in the fire!
oh-oh
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 of the pain.
Washing away all the years of the pain.
One love....
one land....
finally free...
Mama Mariupol
Mama Mariupol...
we're finally free
mama Mariuool
