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VERSE 1

A nation besieged

A people deceived

Dictator in need

His general from Syria

Is called to the front

He’s leading the hunt

Dog of war is a runt

Battlefield steel factory

Survivors to save

The strong and the brave

Fend off the depraved

With nothing but their iron will

Machine guns are cocked

Munitions are stocked

Hapless enemies mocked

Azovstal will never bend

Send them all to hell

PRE-CHORUS

Why have you come here

Swarming us like gnats?

Ignore the siren song,

You mindless fascist rats!

CHORUS

And to the south

City stands with passion

Mary’s luminescent jewel

Hammered down to ashes

Look to the south

To no avail

Fierce defiance riding high

These people are tough as nails

V2

The battle goes on

Through night and red dawn

Many soldiers are gone

Somebody has to help them

Out with weapons and more

Which politicians adore

Or stopping nuclear war

Conundrum for the centuries

The easiest choice

All free nations rejoice

In such a clarion voice

Who really knows the suffering?

Propaganda machine

The world’s never seen

What could it possibly mean?

Subvert the will of millions

Send them all to hell

PRE-CHORUS

Why have you come here

Swarming us like gnats?

Ignore the siren song,

You mindless fascist rats!

CHORUS

And to the south

City stands with passion

Mary’s luminescent jewel

Hammered down to ashes

Look to the south

To no avail

Fierce defiance riding high

These people are tough as nails

Solo (Nakos)

V3

A city in flames

The crumbling frames

Hope of victory wanes

His tyranny advances

But they fought till the last

Till alternatives passed

Fight till death, never cast

Aside into ignominy

They’re going to pains

Where brutality reigns

Still their honor remains

Empires will disintegrate

A quest for revenge

The madman descends

Upon a means to an end

Let a Russian winter swallow him

Tolling of the bells