How Many Winters (feat. Folkshade) by Sascha Ende

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LYRICS

[Intro]
The snow lies quiet on the border roads
Footprints fade where the cold wind goes
Church bells hum through broken stone
Waiting for a peace not yet known

[Verse]
In the east the night still burns
Fields of wheat where the earth still turns
Mothers count the days in lines
Between the sirens and the signs

[Verse]
Men in rooms with polished floors
Speak of lines and years and wars
Promises written long or short
Ink that never stops the mortar

[Pre-Chorus]
They say the deal is almost there
But almost doesn’t stop the air
From shaking windows, breaking sleep
From digging graves too wide, too deep

[Chorus]
How many winters must we stand
With hope held tight in trembling hands
They talk of peace, they talk of land
While fire still falls on Ukraine

[Post-Chorus]
Oh, the words are close
But the guns still speak

[Verse]
Across the sea in warmer light
They shake their hands, say timing’s right
Fifteen years, they count it down
While bombs still circle towns

[Verse]
The Donbas waits behind the wire
Maps are drawn, erased by fire
Demilitarized dreams on paper
Still no silence for the labor

[Pre-Chorus]
They say tomorrow might be new
But tomorrow’s old for those who knew
The sound of drones instead of rain
The taste of dust instead of grain

[Chorus]
How many winters must we stand
With hope held tight in trembling hands
They talk of peace, they talk of land
While fire still falls on Ukraine

[Bridge]
A president says one more try
Another counts the cost too high
Some speak only across the table
Not to the ones who bleed and labor

[Bridge]
If peace is real, let it be loud
Louder than rockets, louder than doubt
Let it last longer than a term
Longer than fear, longer than the burn

[Chorus]
How many winters must we stand
Till olive trees outgrow the sand
No more lines drawn by another’s hand
No more fire over Ukraine

[Outro]
Till church bells ring without delay
Till sons and daughters come home to stay
No dates, no deals, no empty plan
Just quiet skies over Ukraine

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