The Light We Keep

[Verse 1] January howls through broken lines, Frost on the wires, dark in the homes. Missiles fall like a ruthless rhyme, Trying to teach us we’re alone. Candles tremble, windows breathe, Children count the seconds slow, But in the silence, underneath, A stubborn current starts to glow. [Pre-Chorus] They aimed for switches, steel, and flame, For the pulse beneath our skin— But you can’t blackout a people Who remember who they’ve been. [Chorus] We keep the light, we keep it burning, In hands, in hearts, in every street. Through frozen nights, through power turning off, Ukraine still stands on living feet. You can strike the grid, you can shake the ground, But you can’t break what we defend— We are the light that won’t go out, We bend, we rise, we mend. [Verse 2] Engineers by headlamp glow, Breath like smoke against the dark, Solder hope in falling snow, Sparks reborn from shattered parts. Neighbors share the last warm room, Songs replace the radio, From Lviv to Kharkiv, cities hum With a will they’ll never know. [Pre-Chorus] They counted megawatts and fear, Thought winter was their friend— But winter forged our spine of steel, And taught us to transcend. [Chorus] We keep the light, we keep it burning, In hands, in hearts, in every street. Through frozen nights, through power turning off, Ukraine still stands on living feet. You can strike the grid, you can shake the ground, But you can’t break what we defend— We are the light that won’t go out, We bend, we rise, we mend. [Bridge] When darkness comes, we learn each other’s names, When sirens sing, we choose to stay. Hope is not loud, it doesn’t boast, It shows up, fixes, shares the coat. From ashes, from the coldest test, We build tomorrow by standing fast— Not because we do not ache, But because we will not break. [Chorus] We keep the light, we keep it burning, From village road to river bend. Through winter’s bite and iron storms, Our story doesn’t end. You can cut the power, cut the night, But dawn remembers where we’ve been— We are the light that won’t go out, We bend, we rise, we win. [Outro] So let the cold recount its lies, Let shadows claim what they can see— In 2026, beneath dark skies, Ukraine chooses electricity: Not just in wires, not just in flame, But in the human will to be— A living grid of hearts aligned, Free.