Dark Winter

[00:14.03] The ash piles, a familiar sight today
[00:21.02] Black snowflakes in the wind
[00:23.68] The yesterday's our callused fingers can't reclaim
[00:29.07] Each heavy breath we take is proof
[00:35.55] Of daunting war zone paths we didn't want
[00:40.06] But to survive all had to choose
[00:44.21] Hold on, hold on, hold on
[00:49.76] The ice will melt
[00:53.19] The sun will come
[00:55.36] Sickness breeds shadows that lurk in hearts
[01:00.75] 'Til they tear and bleed
[01:03.53] Dark winter perseveres
[01:09.65] Voices screaming together as one
[01:14.91] We won't take bended knee
[01:17.78] Dark winter perseveres
[01:23.65] And so do we
[01:26.98]
[01:32.89] Contagion burdens our humanity
[01:39.84] Where children used to play
[01:42.78] Now violence flares, their futures crushed and quarantined
[01:47.81] Scattered we all know what it takes
[01:54.37] To weather through the cold
[01:56.95] 'Cause if we fall, we forfeit too much that's at stake
[02:02.86] Hold on, hold on, hold on
[02:08.43] The ice will melt
[02:11.85] The sun will come
[02:14.14] Sickness breeds shadows that lurk in hearts
[02:19.62] 'Til they tear and bleed
[02:22.45] Dark winter perseveres
[02:28.81] Voices screaming together as one
[02:33.80] We won't take bended knee
[02:36.62] Dark winter perseveres
[02:42.53] And so do we
[02:44.73] Lives are lost, hearts displaced
[02:47.30] And no one knows how many we can save
[02:50.69] Far off from home
[02:52.07] Frozen still, but one day we will outgrow break through
[02:57.16] Sickness breeds shadows that lurk in hearts
[03:02.70] 'Til they tear and bleed
[03:05.44] Dark winter perseveres
[03:11.65] Voices screaming together as one
[03:16.66] We won't take bended knee
[03:19.49] Dark winter perseveres
[03:25.69] And so do we
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