[Verse 1]
Putin's pointing fingers east, blaming Kyiv for the blast
Student dormitory hit in Luhansk, six souls didn't last
Dozens wounded in the wreckage, anger burning hot
Vows of vengeance echo loud, diplomacy forgot
[Chorus]
Numbers climbing, bodies falling
Eighty-three thousand claimed this year
Human cost keeps on calling
While the world just watches here
This is war in twenty-six
Same old cycle, different tricks
[Verse 2]
Russia hunting for recruits, their army wearing thin
Mediazona counting graves, tracking where they've been
Institute assessments show the campaign's moving slow
Guardian reports the blame game's all for show
[Chorus]
Numbers climbing, bodies falling
Eighty-three thousand claimed this year
Human cost keeps on calling
While the world just watches here
This is war in twenty-six
Same old cycle, different tricks
[Verse 3]
Families torn apart tonight, mothers count the cost
Children's faces in the rubble, innocence is lost
Evacuation sirens wailing through the broken streets
While politicians make their speeches, tragedy repeats
[Bridge]
UN officials speak of patterns that defy the law
CBC and BBC report what correspondents saw
Al Jazeera tracks the losses, Russia Matters breaks it down
Security Council meetings while the cities burn and drown
[Verse 4]
Offensive operations grinding through another day
International law bending as the mortars find their way
Student dormitories targeted, innocence erased
Two years later still no end to this unholy race
[Verse 5]
Memorial walls are growing longer with each passing week
Hospitals overflowing with the wounded and the weak
Sanctions pile upon sanctions but the war machine rolls on
Every sunrise brings more sorrow till the hope is nearly gone
[Final Chorus]
Numbers climbing, bodies falling
Eighty-three thousand claimed this year
Human cost keeps on calling
While the world just watches here
This is war in twenty-six
History's cruelest bag of tricks
[Outro]
May twenty-third, the story told
Same war, different day
When will this madness finally fold
Nobody can say