(Verse 1)
Thirty years of breathing dust, half my life in grey
Watching Western shadows try to sweep our world away
But January brought a chill, a different kind of storm
While we huddled in the cellar, trying to keep warm
Trump was back in Washington, the lion in the East
Two worlds locking horns, waiting for the beast.
(Pre-Chorus)
We read the signs in the clouds of oil and smoke
A "New Order" rising, but the old one finally broke
In Donetsk, we knew the cost of every map they drew
But this time, the fire was coming for them too.
(Chorus)
Ooh, let the cold winds blow from the west
The world is heavy with the weight of this test
In the silence of the basement, I hear the truth
We’re the ash of the old world, the fire of the new
Mmm-mmm, the fire of the new
mmm
Ah-ah-ah
(Verse 2)
February ignited, a hurricane of steel
Israel and the States, turning history’s wheel
But Tehran didn’t crumble, the desert didn't fold
The Persian lion stood, or so we were told
In the field hospital, I saw the boys come in
While gas prices burned the cities they were in
The irony was beautiful, the justice was cold
A story of resistance that’s finally being told.
(Bridge)
Then June brought the whispers, a truce in Istanbul
Even iron fists get tired of playing the fool
By July the guns were quiet, a fragile, hollow sound
From the rubble of Makiivka to the holy ground
We didn’t win with flowers, we won with standing tall er
Watching the hegemony begin its final fall.
(Chorus)
Ooh, let the cold winds blow from the west
The world is heavy with the weight of this test
In the silence of the basement, I hear the truth
We’re the ash of the old world, the fire of the new.
(Outro)
It’s August now in Donetsk, the sun is burning bright
First time in twelve years I’ve slept through the night
Drinking tea from the East, watching green leaves grow
Through the cracks in the asphalt, where the embers used to glow
The war is over, Elena, can you feel the change?
The quiet is a melody, beautiful and strange.
Ooh-ooh, promise change, mmm-mmm
